[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Case of The Perjured Parrot?
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 19:34:26 -0800
Several sighted volunteers did volunteer for the [project. I'm only one,
smile. I released ones I hadn't gotten to yet because someone was looking
for books to work on. I think there was a warning attached to the books,
in the history, but maybe not.
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I think if Russ can provide the books, there are several sighted
> volunteers willing to divide and conquer this project. The biggest problem
> for us has been procuring the correct copies of the books. If I have a book
> in hand, it becomes not nearly so difficult.
>
> Russ, which version (is it Open Book) do you have currently? There might
> be some way to find where page breaks were... I know in Pages on my Mac
> every page break was paragraph marker, space and two more paragraph
> markers. On the other hand, I know K3000 strips page breaks and is very
> annoying.
>
> Seems like technology is always a love/hate relationship…
>
> Valerie
>
> www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Russ Kiehne <russ94577@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Fri, January 4, 2013 8:43:10 AM
>
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Case of The Perjured Parrot?
>
> I understand how you feel. Unfortunately, at this point in time, I don't
> have the money to buy Kurzweil 1000. I thought long and hard about saying
> anything about having this collection.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Sandi Ryan
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:18 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Case of The Perjured Parrot?
>
>
> As a blind volunteer who had this issue early on, I'd encourage you, Russ,
> to find a better way! A book that is not available for proofing by a blind
> volunteer leaves out a lot of volunteers. And a bad scan (one that doesn't
> include page numbers and breaks) is unfair to any volunteer that gets it,
> whether blind or sighted. In my case, because I could, I switched from
> OpenBook (which did this to me no matter what I did!) to Kurzweil 1000. I
> have happily scanned books which others have happily proofed for nearly 2
> years, which made it very worth it! If you can do it with settings, that's
> even better, but to have your scans really work for Bookshare, you need to
> figure out how to have pagebreaks and page numbers retained. That's a very
> basic need, and it is totally possible.
>
> I'd love to read the Perry Mason books!
>
> Sandi
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Valerie Maples
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:45 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Case of The Perjured Parrot?
>
> Dear Russ;
>
> Are you saying that none of the 82 have pagination or page breaks? If so,
> that really is not a good trend to set. I was under the impression that it
> was just a limited number and then the scans could be adjusted to have
> that. I can't speak for anyone else, but it probably took us 20+ hours to
> insert pagination and page breaks manually, and that was not proofreading.
> It is very time-consuming. Not to mention trying to find exact copies of
> your books. If that is the case, are you going to be willing to send your
> books to sighted volunteers to lessen the burden of completing the work?
>
>
> Valerie
>
>
> www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
>
>
>
> From: Russ Kiehne <russ94577@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, January 3, 2013 9:25:10 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Case of The Perjured Parrot?
>
> You are correct. I'm the one who has been uploading them. I now have all
> 82 Perry Mason novels. The remainder need pagination and page breaks.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Valerie Maples
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 8:40 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Case of The Perjured Parrot?
>
>
> Hi, Ann!
>
> I think the problem with all these was they needed pagination and page
> breaks. We did one, inserting them manually and it was time intensive, but
> scan was high quality otherwise. We were waiting to get some of ours back
> that we had sent out to be scanned, but have not yet gotten them, so did
> not commit to more at this time. Not sure how a blind person would insert
> pagination, but they are good otherwise...
>
>
> Valerie
>
>
> www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
>
>
>
> From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, January 2, 2013 8:08:12 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The Case of The Perjured Parrot?
>
> Hi all,
>
> Cindy, I have just downloaded The Case Of The Perjured Parrot. I take it
> that these are the Earl Stanley Gardner books you mentioned last night? If
> you still want this one, let me know and I'll release it. I am happy to
> proof it. I suspect that it's one of these books done with Open Book that
> has section breaks instead of page breaks as it is listed as having fifteen
> pages.
>
> Again, if you want this here book, I'll be happy to release it back to you
> as it still has your hold on it. Please advise.
>
> Ann P.
>
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