[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Case of The Perjured Parrot?
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 23:22:02 -0800 (PST)
For what it is worth, and I realize this will probably need not be popular with
some volunteers, I was all for allowing them to be submitted, but with the
designation of good or fair and notes in the synopses about the fact that it is
simply because they are missing page breaks and pagination. I would venture to
guess that more than 50% of people listen to their books, and it would be very
readable for that. However, I would want it noted for people who read print or
braille and also so that volunteers who would want to improve them or repair
them would know what was needed. The two books we did were very good scans
excepting those highly prominent issues. In fiction, however, they aren't as
necessary as in nonfiction. We have many, many more books in the collection
that
are in far worse shape than Russ's scans, and the Perry Mason series would be a
very popular addition. Although we did not realize there were so many at the
time, Vivian, ourselves, and Cindy were all willing to donate time in between
other projects to take on these books. Yes, it does eliminate blind volunteers
from working on them, but it was still a way to get otherwise good scans and
books into the collection.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Valerie
www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
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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.
-- Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
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