[bksvol-discuss] Regarding Bookshare Testimonials
- From: "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:50:10 -0800
Hi All,
Many of you had responded enthusiastically to an invitation awhile ago to write
a testimonial for Bookshare on the website www.greatnonprofits.org.
Unfortunately, as Sue and a couple of others informed me, the website is not
entirely accessible. So far only one volunteer, Susan, has actually been able
to post a review. I have included it at the end of this email because I thought
you would enjoy reading her heartfelt and articulate post.
In an earlier email to Sue I had offered to try and post her testimonial for
her because of the problems with the site that she was encountering. I am happy
to extend that offer to any others among you who have not posted a testimonial
because of similar difficulties.
Irrespective of this particular website, it would be great to start compiling
volunteer testimonials that we could then put to use in a number of different
ways.
Both our marketing division and communication division would be delighted to
have as assortment of up-to-date testimonials to include in various
publications, presentations as well as on the new website and other Bookshare
materials. When our new site is rolled out we will also begin to more actively
recruit new volunteers through various online platforms like
www.VolunteerMatch.org that we currently use, and volunteer testimonials will
be useful to have on hand.
As a start, if any of you would like to write a testimonial and send it in, I
will compile and submit them to Bookshare's Marketing and Communications
directors ccing the rest of the Bookshare Team so your voices are heard. If you
would like me to try and submit it to greatnonprofits on your behalf I would be
happy to attempt that as well.
Below is Susan's post (thank you for sharing Susan!):
"I first visited Bookshare's website (which makes digital books accessible to
people with disabilities) in 2003 to locate a book which I was unable to find
anywhere else. Since then, my husband Larry and I (who are both totally blind)
have accumulated a large library which we either save to our computer or to a
portable device, enabling us to read books not only at home but on the go as
well. We both also enjoy adding books to Bookshare's collection - Larry scans
them with our Optibook 3600 scanner, while I correct scanning errors (to the
best of my ability, sometimes a tedious task) before adding them to the
library. Joining Bookshare has enabled us to read not only familiar authors but
to acquaint ourselves with new authors whose works we have never experienced
before. No matter how many books we submit, we both receive such pleasure when
we receive the email notice that our book has joined the other books to
explore. Though there are several sources from which we can obtain books, often
Bookshare is the first organization to make them available. Over the last five
years, we have also made several friends and assisted volunteers in learning
the process required to submit their books to Bookshare. The collection is
diverse and has provided us many hours of wonderful and informative reading!"
All good things,
Pavi
Pavi Mehta
Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare
Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
Phone: +1 650 644-3459
pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.benetech.org
The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
A Nonprofit Organization
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