[bksvol-discuss] Re: html ed. of The Crystal Cave in Bookshare edition.
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:20:12 -0400
Amy,
Check into a program called
Read Please.
The program is free, the pay for version has better voices, but I think you
will find it an improvement, or maybe not over Narrator, any how, give it a
try. You cut and paste into the window what you want it to read and it
does. It is designed for students with learning disabilities but I have
several friends who have used it till they could afford something better.
http://www.readplease.com/
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
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From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: html ed. of The Crystal Cave in Bookshare
edition.
Am I being stubborn as I have tried every thing I can think of and cannot
seem to get this into rft except in wordpad which is, for me, a nightmare.
As it is, it is in notepad and it is the first notepad file I have ever seen
in english and don't know if it will stay that way. Besides, did I not read
somewhere that txt files were no longer being accepted. If that is the case
I will let you do it as what we both want is a good, correct copy'
On the other Subject. I can send you the $25 at the beginning of the month
but the only way I can give you what will obviously be a well-earned
percentage would be if the amount would be included in the grant or if you
would let me pay you in no more than $50 a month increments untill it is all
paid off. If that is allright with you I would be more than grateful for
your help and expertise. The more I try to do without the Kurzweil, the more
I fail and the more frustrated I get. For some reason VRS won't work in my
maching which means the only voice I have is the accessibilities' narrator
which I can get to read some text but not other and usually not the one I
need most. Another reason I need Kurzweil. No one, Not Bookshare nor
Humanware nor Dell can figure out how to make VRS work on my computer or why
it doesn't but all I have to do is try and it shuts down.
I don't know how it happened or what I did right but I suddenly find myelf
with an rtf copy of Crystal Cave but as you are already almost finished with
it and use the copy I just found to try to teach myself how to do this
properly or at least how to use Wordperfect and its various modes to become
a vallidater. Thus the fans of Stewart will win with your good copy, I will
(hopefully) learn and be able to really validate other books, and maybe find
a way to use the +@#%^ narrator and other Accessibility Options in my
machine and other option which I might beable to learn. O for the good old
days of IBM course books for using their products. 25 years ago with one of
those books I learned their memory 6000 typewriter who wanted to be a
computer in less than the 3 days the course itself took.
I should have started with something other than the Kurzweil as every other
program seems to have more problems. Once more I turn to you or a few others
to help do what I wanted to do. At least I know I scanned 3 book which
others will also get to enjoy even it I did them essentially selfishly. I am
also selfish in wanting to be a scanner/validater (one or both) as for the
first time in a long time I can do something for someone else. I have missed
that. That is what made teaching such fun. My students could use what they
learned from me for the rest of their lives. And on a practical, visible
level they could use my writing course to enable them to make it through any
course that required an essay or any writing skills. And also how to work
out problems by asking themselves questions. Often if you can voice the
question you already have the answer. I am aboutto ask Word perfect a slew
of questions.
Thanks for everything,
Amy
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