[bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners, scanners, scanners

  • From: "Devorah Greenstein" <DGreenstein@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:59:03 -0400

I think it's a fabulous idea. I already have an accumulated stack of
emails and I think an ongoing blog supplement to the volunteer manual
would be super useful. But, wouldn't a blog also become a stack of
information? Maybe a blog to gather the information and then have a
compilation with a date and update it quarterly? Monthly? Something like
that?

Also, this strand has my "Scanners, scanners, scanners" subject line and
how will I separate scanner information from this great idea proposed by
"E." 
<smile>. I would still like to hear about scanners!

Devorah

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darrell
Shandrow
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 7:52 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners, scanners, scanners

Hello,

Hmm.  This really sounds like a great idea.  I wonder if the 
Friendsofbookshare.org webmasters might want to consider implementing an

accessible Wiki, such as MediaWiki, as a means of permitting dynamic 
maintenance of such documentation?  I happen to know a few things about 
blogging, CMS, knowledge bases and Wikis, so I am available to help if 
approached to do so.  I feel this should be undertaken either directly
by 
Benetech or by the friendsofbookshare.org group, so I don't want to just
go 
off on our own completely outside one of these venues.

Thanks.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 6:44 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners, scanners, scanners


reading the below message makes me wonder if we can co-operatively
create a add-on to the official manual.

It will be unofficial until approved by bookshare staff. If can be
posted to the friendsofbookshare site. New members and old can use it
as a reference.

We can include relevant email answers from folks such as Jake and
others.

They have written about paragraphs, protecting page numbers and such.

Let's enshrine those notes all together somewhere.

I have kept lots and lots of emails.

If we just set up an address to which they can be sent, I will check
through what I have and post the emails.

Then we can consolidate them into the add-on to bookshare.

E.
Elizabeth
and Burton the lab Seeing Eye dog

At 09:11 AM 3/24/2008, you wrote:
>Good morning,
>I am a newbie sighted volunteer, happily validating away, learning
>about em dashes, page numbers, paragraph spaces, headers, etc.
>But I'd like to try my hand at scanning books too. So, inquiring
>among you more techie Booksharians, my questions are:
>Are there any "all-in-one" copier/scanner/fax machines that have the
>ability to do what is needed, with reasonable resolution and speed,
>to get a book scanned for Bookshare?
>My local craigslist is always listing flatbed scanners for $10 and
>up, some of them say that they are photo scanners. Would these work?
>Some craigslist scanners are just plain old scanners. Today, for
>example there's a HP ScanJet 3300C for $15. Would this work?
>What criteria do I need to use to select a scanner?
>Suppose I decide to take the plunge and buy a high speed scanner
>(and figure out some way to slice off book spines).
>What's the cheapest I could get away with for a high speed scanner?
>I have even more questions, but let me start with these.
>Much appreciation for sharing your communal wisdom!
>
>Devorah
>
>
>
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