I'm glad you explained Evan. You subject line gave me a bit of a worry that she was ill or something. Maybe now is the time for you guys to switch to Macintosh. There's a program for using on Macs; hopefully Apple wiull soon make Macs easy to use for blind people. Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Thu, 10/22/09, EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Proofreading Hiatus for Lissi Until Late Monday > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 9:56 AM > > > > > > > > Hello Fellow > Booksharians, > > Just a short note to let > you all know that Lissi > has had some serious computer trouble, but she should be > back online by Monday > evening. > > I'm just mentioning it > here because I know there > are several people whose scans she proofreads on a regular > basis and we thought > that it would be a good idea to let you know that she is > not willingly > neglecting her proofreading. > > A gentleman who definitely > knows what he is doing > IMHO, took a look at it this morning. In addition to having > an extensive virus > infection, which her antivirus software did not tell her > about, she needs either > a new video card, a new monitor, or both. He was having > trouble seeing the > screen well enough to work effectively. He will be > bringing both on Monday. > Also, the system will get a complete disk wipe and > reinstallation of Windows XP > and all her applications to clear out the virus, and also > to get rid of a number > of malfunctions involving Windows that were around before > the virus > infection. > > Hopefully,, if all goes > well, she'll be able to get > back in action by Monday evening. Because she's told > me, I know that she very > much misses proofreading and is eager to get back to it as > soon as ever she > can. > > Evan > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.