Hi Kim. I have scanned a lot of books and have found through experience
that there is no one set of settings in any ocr package that works all the
time for scanning books. I evaluate each book to see what settings are
best. The optimizer in k1000 is good for this.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kim Loftis
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:06 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Better Way to Read Ebooks
Hi Roger,
Very true, a Kindle book cannot be scanned, but if someone were to install
the Kindle PC app with the accessibility plugin, it would be accessible,
if
cumbersome to use for particular books. Let's say, though, that I find a
paperback version of a book, and there's a Kindle version available on
Amazon. Am I allowed to scan the paperback version for the use of
Bookshare
members? *smile*
Thanks,
Kim
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From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:56 PM
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Better Way to Read Ebooks
I think the key word in your question is the word scan. A Kindle book
cannot be scanned. It is already in electronic format. It is an ebook
and we have been asked to not submit ebooks. The only books that are
eligible for volunteer submission are print books that we have scanned.
On 3/2/2012 2:53 PM, Kim Loftis wrote:
Hi Monica,
LOL I must agree about that accessible Kindle PC app... I own it,
and while I love being able to read a Kindle book, it's exceedingly
simplistic, particularly, as you say, for anything where I might wish
to search to reference something later. *smile*
So, for purposes of Bookshare eligibility, if I find a book that is
available as a Kindle publication, is it still eligible to be scanned
for Bookshare account holders? I believe the answer is "Yes", but if
I'm wrong, I'd love to be corrected prior to scanning something that
I thought was eligible and turned out not to be.
Many thanks!
Kim
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From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:43 PM
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Better Way to Read Ebooks
Hi Susan. You've asked a good question. I'll share what I know, and
maybe someone else can fill in some things if I miss something.
Kindle books have a proprietary format and have DRM protecting them.
QRead can't open them because it is against American copyright law
for the developer to break the DRM to open the file. We are allowed
by law to do that individually for personal use if a book isn't
accessible, but doing that is a difficult process.
Books from Apple are different though. They are in Epub format. I
think they have some protection on them. I'm not sure because iBooks
is so accessible on the iPhone/iPad that I haven't tried opening
them in anything else. QRead just came out today, and I haven't
experimented with my books from Apple yet.
Kindle books are accessible if you use the Kindle for PC with the
accessibility plugin provided by Amazon. It's a clunky reader at
best, especially for reading nonfiction and textbooks. Still, we can
use it, and it does work. I'd love it if QRead could legally open
Kindle books. For now, that is not possible due to how Amazon puts
DRM on their books.
--
Monica Willyard
Visit my GoodReads book shelf at
http://www.goodreads.com/plumlipstick
On 03/02/2012, Susan Lumpkin <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Monica,
I'll probably give you your laugh for the day! Are Kindle or books
from the Apple bookstore considered to be a proprietary format or
are they E-pub books? Hope you're not laughing too much!
Susan (smiling)
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica
Willyard
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:14 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A Better Way to Read Ebooks
Hi everyone. I've seen many questions from blind people on this
list about how they can read different formats of ebooks accessibly
and how they can get the most from Bookshare's own books. We've
talked about how we're tired of running around trying to figure out
how to read various types of ebooks, feeling like we want to pull
our hair out. I found something new today, and I think it will help
Bookshare's users and blind volunteers. Check out
http://q-continuum.net/qread/ for a better way to do things. For
the first time, we have a program that can read pdf, epub,
Bookshare, text, and other types of books with one easy to use
interface. The program is called QRead, and it's on sale for $20
till CSUN ends. There is a free demo version that loads 30 percent
of your book so you can see how it works.
One of the features I like best is the ability to keep your place
in books when you shut down the program. I also like that it can
unzip daisy books from Bookshare on the fly, letting you start
reading immediately without thinking about where to unzip your
book.
I don't work for the developer or anything. I'm just really excited
to have one interface, one reader for the PC instead of trying to
sort out which program will open a particular type of book. It's
worth trying if you want better options for handling ebooks.
--
Monica Willyard
Visit my GoodReads book shelf at
http://www.goodreads.com/plumlipstick
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