[bksvol-discuss] Re: chopping books
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:57:40 -0700
Thanks, Melissa.
Thanks for the head's up, Larry. The garbled emails problem resurfaced last
week but I had not known that mine were coming out in invisible ink in JAWS
again. I will see what can be done on Monday.
On the topic of chopping again, one of Benetech's engineers is having us save
the spines of chopped books for an art project:
"... so he can create some sort of sculpture or mosaic from them. He is
interested in the concept of transformative technology, something that bridges
a gap between old and new. Another example he gave was the cassette/CD players
that were popular in the 90's but are rarely seen now. That technology,
however, does not produce a byproduct with which you could create art."
Scott
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Melissa Smith [mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 4:05 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: chopping books
In the past, this has been fixed on the receiver's end by changing the
character encoding in their email client. I'm not sure what email client
you're using, so can't give specific instructions, but it can usually be
found in the view menu.
Here is the contents of Scott's last message.
Roger,
Your aversion is shared by everyone here at Bookshare. It is a bit of
trial by fire
that new volunteers and staff go through here when they "kill" their
first book.
The machine used to despine books is basically a guillotine powered by
an electric
motor to press the blade down through thick books. The one at Bookshare
is about
3 feet wide by 4 feet deep and has legs that have it standing about
three feet off
the floor.
Places like Kinkos may have such a machine. We have never needed to check.
Melissa Smith
On 7/15/2011 5:15 PM, Larry Lumpkin wrote:
>
> Scott,
>
> Your messages are coming to me blank. I’m a JAWS user.
>
> *From:*bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Scott Rains
> *Sent:* Friday, July 15, 2011 5:00 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: chopping books
>
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