I deliberately did not use the word “sighted” in my message for the very reason
that there are sighted people who cannot read regular print books. I know some.
I think “nondisabled” should cover all cases of not being able to read regular
print books for the purposes of Bookshare.
Evan
From: Barbara B (Redacted sender "scootergirlred" for DMARC)
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 3:28 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteer Cooperation Gets Books Done
Sighted makes more sense to me too. My point was that a lot of people who need
the service, do not know about it. Like the person that I mentioned who has
dyslexia should be able to get it but is under the impression that he can't
read. I know that Dyslexia is in the disability category. I should have
corrected that before I sent my previous e-mail.
Barbara
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From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 11:55 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteer Cooperation Gets Books Done
I'm also going to apologize not only to those scanners whose books I proof but
to the members who have to wait so long for me to get them into the collection;
the scanners scan wonderful books ( a variety of genres and I'm sorry I'm not
more diligent; between family obligations , shopping online for the grandkids
& medical appointments I don't spend as much
concentrated time proofing as I should
Cindy bt I do my bst and will try to do better
Cindty
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I was going to point out what Roger said; I hop you tell your
"non-disabledacquaintances about bookshare; I assume you reallymeant sighted
rather than non-disabled. I told my daughter'smother-in-law about bookshare
because she has some problem (I don't remember what --maybe limited vision- and
I'm pretty sure she joined
Cindy
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Roger Loran Bailey
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dyslexia is a disability that qualifies one for Bookshare. In fact, I think
there are more dyslexic Bookshare users than blind Bookshare users. At least
the dyslexics out number the blind people who use Learning Ally. As for the
person who does not like to read because he has bad eyes, I have heard that
excuse so many times that I tend to doubt it. That is, they claim that they
have bad eyes and so do not read while showing absolutely no evidence of bad
eyes or poor eyesight in any other way. I get the impression that they just do
not like to read and feel guilty about admitting it and so they use bad eyes as
an excuse. However, if someone had bad eyes to the extent that it really would
interfere with reading then that would qualify them for Bookshare too.
On 3/30/2017 11:02 PM, Barbara B (Redacted sender scootergirlred for DMARC)
wrote:
Evan, this is a beautiful e-mail. I also think that many people in the
"non-disabled" world have disabilities that prevent them from reading. For
instance, I was speaking to someone who told me that he hates to read. I asked
him why and he said because he has "bad eyes." Another person I spoke to said
that he has dyslexia and does not like to read. In fact, he said that he can't
read. I guess, he never got the help he needed as a child. I have severe
trouble visually tracking words but you would never know it looking at me. I
was legally blind at one time so I know all about the "system" of reading
auditorally, etc. If I had never been legally blind, I probably would not be
reading much now even though I still have a vision problem. President Trump
said that he doesn't like to read. Why? My point is that Bookshare can have a
profound impact when more people become conscious of it and are allowed to use
it. I pray that the funding for it continues because it has and can continue to
help so many people.
Barbara
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From: Evan Reese mailto:mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 10:47 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Volunteer Cooperation Gets Books Done
Hi Guys,
I just got notice that a book I scanned was approved, a book that one of
our volunteers, Charisma, bought that she wanted to get into the collection,
The Evidence Never Lies: The Casebook of a Modern Sherlock Holmes. She had it
sent to me, I scanned it, Beverly Cory proofread it expeditiously, and it was
added to the collection earlier today in a timely manner.
It’s truly marvelous that people all over the country can work together
to make books accessible for those of us who can’t read regular print that
otherwise wouldn’t be available anywhere. Only Bookshare lets us do this kind
of thing. Nowhere else can people have the desire to read something that’s
inaccessible, make their wish known, and get their wish granted in a few weeks.
And that doesn’t take into account the likelihood of many other Bookshare
members, finding out about the book once it’s in the collection, who will be
able to read and enjoy it who otherwise never would.
We all need to work to preserve this capability that only Bookshare
provides. It would be a terrible tragedy if we were to lose it due to the
shortsightedness of those who have no interest in the needs of the disabled, or
empathy for their difficulties participating in our modern culture that so many
nondisabled take for granted.
Evan
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