[bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Robots
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:10:36 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for the info.
I've been using the CLorox Swifter-like thing for my
kitchen floors. It works well, though it's not
automatic--needs my hands to push--but far better than
a mop and pail, which I stopped uing years ago--and
stopped therefore stopped mopping altogether. I
suppose I shouldn't admit that, but we're all friends
here. smile
Cindy
--- Rose Combs <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It is more or less a light job machine, don't expect
> it to deep clean
> anything. We have the one that sprays a bit of
> water and cleans tile floors
> since that is what we have here. It does OK, better
> than I can do myself in
> fact, but it likes corners and when it gets into one
> it may sit there for
> half an hour cleaning one small spot before it turns
> off with a message
> telling my husband it is stuck.
>
> As I say, I don't do such a wonderful job of
> mopping, so it does better than
> I would be not as well as someone else might do.
>
>
>
> Rose Combs
> rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grandma Cindy [mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:00 PM
> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: Robots
>
> Rose,
>
> Does that robot vacuum really work well? I was
> angling to get one but
> something we read sid it was very expensive and
> didn't work all that well.
>
> What I really wish I had was Samantha's twitchy nose
> in Betwitched--or I
> Dream of Jeannie's. Think of the energy, both human
> and electrical, that
> would save.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Rose Combs <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I want Wayne to come to my house if he can clean
> house and read at the
> > same time, I need someone to clean house while I
> work!
> > He can't be afraid of a
> > big Labrador, however. He is our pet and he
> thinks he is the master
> > around here.
> >
> > I really do want a robot who would clean the
> house, throw away what
> > needs to be tossed, wash dishes, clean floors,
> counters and stoves and
> > will empty the fridge without getting sick at the
> smells. My little
> > Irobit vacuum just does not do enough work around
> here.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rose Combs
> > rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: maithe007 [mailto:maithe007@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:20 PM
> > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: A Validater's
> Secret Weapon
> >
> > OOOHHHH! I definitely have to get wireless
> headphones! This is an
> > excellent idea!
> >
> > Maithe
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "duane iverson" <diverson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:48 PM
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: A Validater's
> Secret Weapon
> >
> >
> > > How about wireless headphones. You can do
> > housework while you read and you
> >
> > > get plenty of exercise.
> > > My computer is back on a desk in my bedroom so
> > when I incounter a scanno I
> >
> > > run back, up arrow to the error, fix it, and run
> > back to the kitchen.
> > > What is the range of a wireless keybord do you
> > have to be in the same room
> >
> > > with the computer?
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "Bookshare Discuss"
> > <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:28 AM
> > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] A Validater's
> Secret
> > Weapon
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hi everybody. I have a secret weapon for
> > validating books. I mentioned it
> >
> > >> to Linda Adams the other day, and she had no
> idea
> > such a thing could help
> >
> > >> her. I thought I'd mention it here in case it
> > would help someone else.
> > >>
> > >> Several people have written in the past that
> they
> > don't enjoy validating
> > >> and having to sit at the computer all the time.
> I
> > can't sit at the
> > >> computer and type for longer than 15 to 20
> > minutes without pain due to a
> > >> neck and back injury I got in a car accident 8
> > years
> > >> ago. I needed a way to read and work while
> still
> > being able to change
> > >> positions. I bought a wireless keyboard that
> > allows me to work on my
> > >> computer from across the room, either in bed
> when
> > I'm sick or in an easy
> > >> chair when
> > >> I feel well. A lot of times, I'll start
> Kurzweil
> > reading a book and will
> > >> curl up with some pillows and just listen till
> I
> > need to correct
> > >> something. With
> > >> my wireless keyboard handy, I can quickly
> correct
> > the scanno and start
> > >> Kurzweil reading again. The keyboard has volume
> > controls on it, so I can
> > >> adjust how loudly Kurzweil is reading with the
> > press of a button.
> > >> Sometimes, when I take scans by people like
> > Mayrie or Jim
> > >> Baugh, I start Kurzweil reading and only have
> to
> > touch the wireless
> > >> keyboard once or twice during the whole book.
> If
> > I take a rougher scan to
> >
> > >> validate,
> > >> I do the rank spelling first and catch a lot of
> > the obvious errors. I do
> > >> this sitting at my desk for good posture. Then
> I
> > start reading and go to
> > >> a more
> > >> comfortable chair or my bed to relax and enjoy
> > the book. If I do it this
> > >> way, I read the book and then go back and strip
> > the headers at the end
> > >> while I'm
> > >> sitting at my desk. It lets me read the book
> > comfortably, and that means
> > >> I do a better job with validating it. Of
> course,
> > all of this would work
> > >> with Openbook or Microsoft Word too. I don't
> know
> > if any of this would
> > >> help any of you here. It's made a big
> difference
> > for me and is how I'm
> > >> able to validate several books a week without
> > going crazy. A Wireless
> > >> keyboard costs anywhere from $25 to $110
> > depending on how fancy you want
> > >> to get and whether or not you get a wireless
> > mouse too.
> > >>
> > >> Monica Willyard
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