[bksvol-discuss] Re: graphic novels
- From: Lisa Friendly <lisaf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>, <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:43:13 -0700
Hi Cindy et al,
We don¹t have a policy against doing graphic novels per se, but I don¹t know
if scanning would be successful. You¹d want to extract the text only and it
may well be rendered in a way that doesn¹t scan as text. In that case, the
only option would be for a sighted volunteer to type in all the text in the
same order as it appears in the sequential cells. Depending on the length of
the novel, that could be extremely labor intensive.
It might be worthwhile for Shelley or someone else in Friends of Bookshare
to write directly to the publisher and ask for an accessible version of the
text.
Lisa
On 3/27/08 12:08 AM, "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> Have any of you successfully scanned a graphic novel?
> Shelley wants to read Laika, by Nick Abadzis, and was
> unable to scan it so she wanted me to put it on the
> Wish List. I looked it up on Amazon and see it's a
> graphic novel. I don't know how many of you have seen
> one--they're like comic books, only they are thicker
> and tell a whole story. But like comic books the story
> is told in squares and colors and drawn characters and
> dialogue. I have no idea how one could possibly be
> scanned.
>
> So what to do? Lisa, what is bookshare's policy on
> this? The only thing I can think of is to rewrite the
> story in text, but that would be quite a job.
>
> G.Cindy
>
> ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
> AVAILABLE AT
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> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
>
> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
>
> Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
>
>
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