Hi, Shelley. There definitely is a learning curve with scanning books, and I'm definitely still learning. I got my first copy of Kurzweil as a community college student in North Carolina and just scanned textbooks, although not up to Bookshare standards as far as what was kept and what wasn't, and they weren't always of the greatest quality. What I do now isn't always of the greatest quality, either, but I'm learning from what everyone says here and from my own experience, and I do try to apply all that with everything I scan. Take care. Julie Morales Email and Windows/MSN Messenger: inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 4:44 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Requirements for acceptance -- the bottom line (rejected book) Oh, my is there a learning curve in scanning books. smile. I have had four years of it, now, and I am always learning and changing, in fact I am going back and replacing copies of books I submitted way back when that are well... bad! There is a lot of experience and skill just gained by experience and of course asking questions. Though, some of the Excellent books I submitted were from a Kurzweil 6 OCR engine. Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner