[bksvol-discuss] Responses to "Write Your Bookshare Memoir..."

From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:05:46 -0700
OK folks, two list members have responded to the invitation to write up a 
biography on being a Bookshare Volunteer. We are circulating them among 
in-house volunteers but I wanted you to be able to read them two. Here's the 
first from Chela below.

Keep them coming!

Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
________________________________________

Hello there, my name is Chela Robles from Concord California. I’m a blind jazz 
trumpeter and love to read books. 

I became interested in Bookshare when I was told I could access books for 
pleasure and education from a friend of mine and signed up in August 2006 and 
began reading to my heart’s content! I then realized I could also join the 
volunteer list too and wanted to share some of my books I’ve scanned and 
prepared for my own enjoyment so that way others can enjoy them as well. I then 
filled the necessary form out to be a volunteer and thus became a volunteer in 
2007 to pay for my own membership at Bookshare. 

I’m at Bookshare because I want to increase my knowledge of learning how to 
prepare books by scanning using Kurzweil 1000, an Optical Character Recognition 
solution software for the blind, and proofreading books as well using JAWS for 
Windows, a screen reader from Freedom Scientific based in Florida and Microsoft 
Word 2003 on an XP Home edition machine. I proofread mostly when working with 
Bookshare and will begin to scan again once I get a new scanner then I’d do 
both. 

Whenever someone asks for help on the list for volunteers, I try to find the 
solution on Google if it has to do with formatting and such, but I also love to 
learn about what other people do to make Bookshare quality books excellent and 
very legible. I also like hearing more about how Bookshare staff does their 
part in helping us volunteers do our part as well. I’m currently editing the 
Bookshare volunteer glossary which is going to be in English and in Spanish 
since I speak both and am learning Portuguese. Together the blind and sighted 
can make a huge difference and it starts by spreading the word for making 
printed material accessible to all with disabilities! Who is with me?

For more information about me and my music or other hobbies, feel free to write 
me on the list or at cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx

I’ll always and have always enjoyed working alongside Bookshare you guys rock 
so keep it going and many kudos to ya!
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[bksvol-discuss] Responses to "Write Your Bookshare Memoir..."

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