[bksvol-discuss] Re: Welcome, Estel...

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 16:25:38 -0400

It depends.  Most books now a days scan good enough that it is usually 
fixing a letter here and there.  I usually go by context to what a word 
should be, and don't change them unless I am sure.

Course this is why we have that "Excellent very few errors" instead of 
"Excellent no errors"  smile.

So there is a bit of room.

If a book is truly horrible I will rescan.

But usually am a submitter, so I submit my cleaned up stuff before it gets 
to the site, I check it for scanning mistakes.


Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Advisory Council
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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
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 11:56 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Welcome, Estel...


Dear Cindy,

Thank you for the welcome and advice.

Today's goal will be to apply to be a volunteer.

I'm already on the volunteer  e mail list and will lurk there until I have
something to offer.

How about Lissi as a shortcut for Estelnalissi? You're right. Shorter is
more practical.  Sometimes I even misspell  people's short names guessing by
the way they sound on jaws instead of checking their spellings.

Can blind readers proof read books? I'm a careful listener and would catch
missing words, or errors in punctuation or spelling, but what about cross
checking with the print book. Do the blind readers scan the  page when in
doubt or do they rescan the whole book and compares just cleaning it up
until it sounds right enough??


I will catch up on the techno stuff eventually. Two people on this list have
already offered help and I promise not to wear them out.

Always Turning Pages,

Lissi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 3:25 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Welcome, Estel...


> First, welcome.  Second, I apologize for shortening
> your name, and henceforth I'll use the whole name if
> you prefer; it is very pretty, but  long (smile).
>
> People on this list are very willing to help and to
> answer any question you ask. I am unable to answer
> your questions about the scanner, Open Book and
> Juliet, but someone will soon --also the question
> about how to read the downloaded books.
>
> Are you registered as a volunteer as well as a member?
> If so, you can validate, which means proofread, books
> as well as, or instead of, scanning them. If you want
> to do that and are not yet a volunteer, then the first
> thing you have to do is to apply to be a volunteer
> (simple process, but it sometimes takes a while to be
> approved). When you've downloaded a book and proofread
> and corrected it and uploaded it to the collection,
> you get to keep your corrected file and also earn 50
> cents toward your annual membership. (You get $2.50
> credit for scanning a book).
>
> Cindy
>
>
> -- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sara and Book Sharers,
>>
>> My name is Estelnalissi which means Hope Is Sweet in
>> Tolkien's Elvish and I'm new to book share and this
>> list.
>>
>> I  subscribed yesterday. Usually I lurk longer to
>> learn how and what to contribute but Sarah mentioned
>> Star Trek books in passing in her discussion of
>> referencing books, and I have a box of Star Trek
>> hardbacks from a friend with a bookstore on Amazon.
>>
>> She'll sell me any book for fifty cents each. I'd
>> gladly send any of these books free to anyone on
>> this list for scanning and then keeping or passing
>> on.
>>
>> I don't know how this is done. If anyone might be
>> interested I could post a list of them to this list
>> or off list. Please let me know because I need to
>> give them back to her if no one is looking for them
>> at this time.
>>
>> About me! I'm a retired elementary teacher who has
>> read braille since first grade. I'm looking forward
>> to volunteering for Book Share, but I'm not a quick
>> study with computers. I have a fairly powerful Dell,
>> read the screen with jaws, have a new HP all in one
>> printer - scanner, Open Book a Braille Note, and a
>> Juliet 2 sided braille printer. I'm still clueless
>> about how to use the scanner, Open Book and the
>> Juliet.
>>
>> If I could only ask you one question it would be, is
>> it possible to download books from book share so
>> that they can be read in refreshable braille or
>> voice on the braille note?
>>
>> Also, if anyone on the list has the time or patience
>> to teach me anything to help me become a productive
>> volunteer I'd appreciate it. I write down any
>> instructions I get in a braille notebook and save
>> the post in a computer tips file.
>>
>> I'm an insatiable reader and with this huge new
>> reading resource I don't know where to start! The
>> first Book Share  book I'm reading is Playing With
>> Fire, an Inspector Banks mystery. Some of my
>> favorite authors are Charles Dickens, Dick Francis,
>> Sue Grafton, and John Grisham. I enjoy reading
>> mysteries, suspense, classics, current general
>> fiction, humor, cookbooks, knitting patterns, and
>> poetry. I have a special interest in almost any
>> historic, cultural or fiction book about Ireland,
>> Scotland and Wales and have a large collection of
>> them.
>>
>> I've always loved just being in the pressence of
>> books. I have a large print library I can't see to
>> read, but bought the books with the vague hope that
>> some day I'd be able to read them. Now their time
>> has come. Once I learn to scan I can not only read
>> them, but share them.
>>
>> That's more than enough for starters. I feel
>> fortunate to be in the company of other book lovers.
>>
>>
>> Always Turning Pages,
>>
>> Estelnalissi
>>
>
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