[bookshare-discuss] Re: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 16:28:55 -0700 (PDT)
Wow! I never knew all that about pi, e.g., that it also stands for or equals
180 degrees. smile. The site will be useful for proofreaders of math or
scientic books; we can learn ow to translate symbols into words. There were a
couple of books some time ago that I could have used that for.
Cindy
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--- On Sat, 5/23/09, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009, 3:49 AM
> What an interesting site.
>
> Try entering a mathematical constant like pi, or a date,
> like your birthday.
>
> Thanks for the heads up on this one.
>
> Bob
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:05 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Dictionaries and
> Encyclopedias
>
>
> >
> > Yes, there are lots of online dictionaries and
> encyclopedias. There's a new search engine-, Wolfram Alpha.
> Rather than providing sites, like Google, it provides
> information Here's where you can find info about it. I
> haven't tried it myself.yet Wolfram Alph
> > Today marked the official launch of Wolfram Alpha, a
> research engine designed to offer instant information about
> almost anything you care to ...
> > www.blogstorm.co.uk/wolfram-alpha/
> > Cindy
> >
> > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection)
> and books-being-scanned list available at sites below
> >
> >
> >
> > Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
> >
> > Books Being Scanned List:
> > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 5/22/09, Shelley L. Rhodes <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Shelley L. Rhodes <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Dictionaries and
> Encyclopedias
> >> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 6:28 PM
> >> I use the online dictionaries,
> >>
> >> And
> >>
> >> Wickopedia is one of the most accurate
> encyclopedieas on
> >> the market today and free, smile.
> >>
> >>
> >> Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
> >> And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
> >> guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Guide Dogs for the Blind
> >> Alumni Association
> >> www.guidedogs.com
> >>
> >> The people who burned witches at the stake never
> for one
> >> moment thought of their act as violence;
> >> rather they thought of it as an act of divinely
> mandated
> >> righteousness.
> >> The same can be said of most of the violence we
> humans have
> >> ever committed. -Gil Bailie, author and lecturer
> (b. 1944)
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Feldman"
> <nancy_feldman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 6:40 PM
> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Dictionaries and
> >> Encyclopedias
> >>
> >>
> >> > These two items have been much on my mind of
> late.
> >> >
> >> > When I was in elementary school, we had a
> huge World
> >> Book Encyclopedia, in
> >> > 153 volumes or some huge number.
> There's a funny
> >> story about that
> >> > dictionary. I didn't realize it was
> out-of-date,
> >> and so I wrote a report
> >> > one day about presidents, and said that
> Kennedy was
> >> still alive. (I was
> >> > born in 1967, folks.) <Smile>
> >> >
> >> > This was because the encyclopedia was
> copyright 1959
> >> and, of course, he was
> >> > alive back then. I was young, what can
> I say?
> >> >
> >> > In any case, does someone still publish these
> huge
> >> encyclopedias? Any
> >> > chance of getting them on Bookshare?
> >> >
> >> > Similarly, what about a good Oxford
> dictionary?
> >> >
> >> > Failing that, is there someplace I can get
> both of
> >> these in a convenient
> >> > electronic format?
> >> >
> >> > Finally, I'd love to see a scrabble
> dictionary for
> >> Bookshare.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> >
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