[bookshare-discuss] For Valerie
- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:42:55 -0400
Hi Valerie. It would be cool to have you as one of our proofreaders. (smile)
You'll find lots of help available if you choose to give it a shot.
Bookshare only accepts books as rtf files, and they are already processed
with OCR software. You can use the program you're comfortable with for
proofreading. Many of us either use Word, Kurzweil, Openbook, or a Braille
notetaker for proofreading. When it comes to book submissions, most of the
time, a volunteer has at least run the spellchecker on the book. Many of our
volunteers read the book before submitting. That isn't always true, but it's
happening more these days because of the strong commitment of our volunteers
and their willingness to learn how to scan well.
I always feel excited when someone expresses an interest in volunteering,
whether it's proofreading or scanning, because the work we do for Bookshare
literally changes people's lives. From comforting a lonely, newly-blind
grandmother to inspiring a little boy with autism to become a biochemist who
searches for a cure for cancer, our work touches people in ways that we can
hardly imagine. I feel such pride and affection for every volunteer who
works to make the world of books more accessible, meeting the wants or needs
of someone, somewhere. This is what inspires me and keeps me going when a
book I'm working on seems a little too thick at times.
You may find it easier to learn how the process of proofreading works if you
take a book rated excellent to start with. Books rated good tend to have
more complex issues that are probably better left to someone who has a
little more experience. I'm not saying you can't take a book that's rated
good. You are free to take any book that interests you. The books rated good
are sort of like the advanced slope at a ski resort, open to anyone but
prone to cause confusion and wrong turns to new adventurers. (smile)
In the beginning, we were a bunch of ragtag pioneers trying to just level
the ground enough to build. We were all self-taught and were just glad to
get legible words from our technology. That began to change as we began to
share tips, encourage each other, and learned how to make the most of our
technology. We have submitters who are very new to computers working
alongside people who have been scanning for decades. The same is true of
proofreaders. I like that dynamic because if I get confused, there is always
someone around who has been through the same thing and knows how to help me.
I found out quickly that if I made a mistake, someone else had made it too,
and no one got upset about it. We have our little disagreements about how we
do things from time to time, as any family or friends might do. Yet I still
think I work with some of the best people on the planet and hope you'll come
to know them as I have.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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From: Valerie Maples [mailto:vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:16 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: wish list request
I could give my hand a t one and see how it goes from there. I have never
edited someone else's scans, but I can give it a go. What kind of file would
I be editing; would it already have been run though your OCR software and
what do you use, if so.
I am excited about hoping to add these to the collection!
Valerie
Check out my kids at:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples <new>
http://www.caringbridge.org/ms/nicholemaples
http://www.caringbridge.org/ms/cindymaples
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jorgemaples
On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote:
I can get a lot of these, my library lists 22 books.
Would you be willing to edit, smile.
The scanning for me is a breeze the editing is not.
Smile, I would go today and pick some of them up but am not feeling good but
can go and grab some of them when I go to the library again.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
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Guide Dogs for the Blind
Alumni Association
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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: Valerie <mailto:vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Maples
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:47 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: wish list request
I know I am weeks later in the conversation, but I loved these books as a
young girl and have searched for them for my daughter. I would be glad to be
part of the process if someone can provide the books for me to work with. We
have only submitted books that Nichole needed for school or wanted to read
for pleasure because my time is so limited, but I would be glad to work on
this project if the books are supplied. I enjoyed them even far more than
the Nancy Drew series, and that is saying something. :-)
Valerie
Check out my kids at:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples <new>
http://www.caringbridge.org/ms/nicholemaples
http://www.caringbridge.org/ms/cindymaples
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jorgemaples
On Apr 3, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Jamie Prater wrote:
Hi, all, I have recently learned about a set of books about a nurse named
Cherry Ames. One author started out writing them and then gave copyright to
another author, so I'm not sure which author to list, but the NLS only has
them in handcopied braille--high demand, low quantity of copy, and when it's
gone, it's gone, and hard records from way back, and they recalled their
record players. This seems to be a really good set of books about a nurse.
Some of the titles include Cherry Ames, Veteran nurse; Cherry Ames, Boarding
School nurse; Cherry ames, Cruise Nurse; Cherry Ames, Jungle nurse, and
there are several others. I think these would add nicely to bookshare and
hopefully will be easy scans. Have a blessed day, thanks in advance, and
happy scanning/proofreading.
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