O, indeed yes, Monica, I'm very willing. I need help wherever I can get it. If you wish to email me off list you can write me at the following email address kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxxx I'm thinking we shall work together and yes I have a Skype account. If you email me, we can exchange particulars and in general write so we get to know each other a bit. Regards, Kim. _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica Willyard Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:10 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookbooks Hi Kim. If it would help you, I'd be happy to work with you on Skype or by phone to help you learn to scan. It's not quite as easy as your family thinks. It's also not as hard as you think. (smile) I've never seen anything either, and I've been scanning for 20 years now. Shhh! Don't tell anyone I'm that old. (grin) If you like, you can email me off-list at rhyami@xxxxxxxxx . One of the cool things about this list is that we all help each other learn about scanning or proofreading. No one here was a perfect scanning maestro when they started. I like helping people learn to scan, and I like seeing people become more independent so they can read what they like. Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kim Friedman Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:27 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookbooks Hi, Lori, what intimidates me is that I've never had a scanner before and I don't know the first thing about scanning anything. I have stuff that might be wider than the scanner's bed. Will the book still scan in that case? When I got Kurzweil 1000 version 11.0, I called the Tech Support folks and they helped me set up Kurzweil and I've read some of the manual, but manuals and me don't get along, I.e., I hear what I'm reading, but whatever knowledge that is there isn't absorbed by me as it goes right over my head. I am not the greatest problem solver in the world and have no idea of the questions I ought to be asking and resolving to scan something. I have family members who assume that all one does is slap something down on the scanner, it scans automatically, Kurzweil reads it automatically, and voila! instant images ready to be read, etc. I'm wondering if it's really all that simple. I've never seen anything in my life, so have no way to gauge what's occurring. Let's face it, I'm scared. I know it's irrational and unreasonable, but there it is. I don't know anybody living nearby who can walk me through using the thing. That's It pure and simple. I've put something on the scanner and have apparently had no results due to my total lack of knowledge, possible non-willingness to persevere, and fear. Regards, Kim the scannerphobe. _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori Castner Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:21 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookbooks Kim what intimidates you about the cannon scanner? My husband uses one and has had very good luck. Lori C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kim <mailto:kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> Friedman To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:15 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookbooks Hi, Monica, if you are interested The Cake Bible is in the NLS program. In fact, I got the recording and duplicated it for my personal use. Rose Levy Beranbaum has other cookbooks and one of them is The Pastry Bible. I think her books may be tough because her ingredients lists are written using weight measurements as well as the cups and spoons measurements we're used to. Along with that, she uses sidebars which have commentary. I imagine there are a lot of illustrations in her books. I have heard of Taste of Home, but haven't read the magazines they produce. I'm getting Bon Appétit and I used to get Gourmet. I have found some neat cookbooks. I've got some cookbooks in print that I'd definitely love to see in the Bookshare collection. I have a Canon LIDE90 scanner but am unsure and intimidated about using it. It's a flatbed scanner and is longer than it is wide. It's sitting there on my desk and is plugged into the computer with a USB cable. Anyhow, thanks for writing back. Regards, Kim. _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica Willyard Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 4:31 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookbooks Kim, you and I have similar interests in cookbooks. (smile) I'd like to see the list of cookbooks you'd like to have access to. I can help with scanning if they are at my library. I also have just been given a stack of cookbooks today, and I'll work on adding those too. Many of them are from Better Homes and Gardens or Taste Of Home. I don't know how well they'll scan. The Taste Of Home books seem to be doing well so far. The Better Homes and Gardens books are thinner but are also done in columns. I'll tackle one soon and see how well it works out. I did send a book called The Cake Bible to the Bookshare office with the hope that Carrie's proofreaders could work on it. I don't know if they are able to process it though. I hope so because there are a lot of good cake recipes in there. My mom used to read it to me. Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kim Friedman Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:08 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookbooks Hi, Monica, I thank you for your message. This stuff, needless to say, is unknown territory to me. The stuff I found on amazon.com vary in date, but I'll bet you some of them are definitely of recent vintage (not sure though). I thought these would be a change from the usual Weight Watcher stuff of which Bookshare seems to have a great amount. I like ethnic cookbooks and seem to be gravitating to cookbooks about desserts and baking, if only for making me imagine how those desserts might taste. (I'm getting hungry just thinking about this stuff.) I am not saying there shouldn't be books on health, diet, and nutrition, but I lean towards the straight cookbook that concerns itself with what people eat in a particular cuisine, how to get the ingredients, cooking methods, history of cooking in that cuisine, and (I hope) lovely delicious recipe instructions that make me wish I were eating what I'm reading about. Would anybody like me to go into amazon.com and I can send the names of cookbooks that I'm interested in seeing at bookshare, both the ones on my shopping cart (to be bought later) and those on my wish list? I think if anyone is interested in this I should send the lists directly to interested parties on the Bookshare volunteer discussion list. Also they might write me off list so nobody gets in trouble. Regards, Kim. <mailto:.bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica Willyard Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:36 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookbooks Hi Kim and Jamie. For what it's worth, I've found that many cookbooks from the 80s and early 90s scan better than brand new cookbooks. I think that's because they were using computers with more standard fonts, and they tend to use real fractions instead of the half symbol in ingredient lists. Cookbooks from the 60s, on the other hand, don't scan so well because they often use a font that is sort of decorative or like handwriting, and the paper has yellowed. The Frugal Gourmet books from the late 80s scanned very well. I wish I still had them to submit. I scanned them back when I was using DOS when I scanned them in 1991, and they were almost flawless. I couldn't convert them when I started using Windows, and that means scanning them from scratch. I got them from my local library. That means I can get them again. I just need some vacation time to do more scanning. The Frugal Gourmet Cooks With Wine is my favorite in that series. Oh no! Now I've made myself hungry from thinking about the Italian gravy recipe in that book. 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