[bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:00:34 -0500
Thanks, Jill. You explained it very well and told mme what I wanted to
know.. Have a good one!
Sue
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From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:32 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
Sue, Ordinarily when someone buys a scanner, a program for using it
accompanies the scanner; however, these programs are generally woefully
inadequate for the visually impaired. Hence, Kurzweil 1000 and Open Book
were developed to meet this need. I can only speak about Kurzweil which has
its own syynthesized speech, or one can use their screenreader (JAWS or
whatever one uses) if that is preferred. In the case of Kurzweil there are
many additional features which make the print word truly accessible to the
visually impaired. So it is software, not a scanner, but designed to work
with an off the shelf scanner. On the Kurzweil web site, they recommend
scanners which they have tested and which work best with Kurzweil. I hope
this explanation helps, but ask away if it doesn't. Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:00 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
>
> Hi Prat,
>
> Kurzweil must be something. Will you please explain to me exactly what it
> is? At first I thought it was a scanner. Is it a screen reading program?
> Everything I read assumes one knows what it is.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:39 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I recommend that you leave this book for someone who has Kurzweil 1000 9
> available. Kurzweil has an automatic tool to deal with this type of
> situation. Release the book and I'll pick it up.
>
> Pratik
>
>
>
> Pratik Patel
> Interim Director
> Office of Special Services
> Queens College
> Director
> CUNY Assistive Technology Services
> The City University of New York
> ppatel@xxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of siss52
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:25 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
>
>
> Kasondra,
>
> How about you? I imagine you would like to eat as well. <smile> The sad
> news is that even if your find and replace had recognized the hyphens at
> the
> end of the line and removed them, you would have to read the whole thing
> and
> put back the hyphens that were accidentally eliminated. So be glad!
> <smile> I will get a lot of mail about this, but what I woulld suggest is
> that as long as a word is not hyphenated from one page to the next, let
> the
> hyphens go.. It will lower the rating because the system will judge by
> parts of words, but you can put a note in the commments section explaining
> why, and raise the rating to excellent if you feel everything else is in
> order. I just got Cindy off the hook. <lol>
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kasondra payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:36 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the Oxford Companion to American Literature
>
>
> Thanks, Cindy. The problem is that the find and replace didn't recognize
> the hyphens at the end of the lines. The book is about a thousand pages.
> What are my options? Remember that my kids and husband would like to eat
> once in a while.
>
> Kasondra Payne
>
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