[bookshare-discuss] Re: Requesting some Help with the List
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:06:08 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Dave. You do make the difference between the
two groups clearer. People in the volunteer group,
however, seem to discuss all kinds of things,
including topics that perhaps belong to the
discussion. Itmakes it much more interesting, though,
especially for volunteers like me who aren't also
members.
Cindy
--- talmage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> I'm not Peter but hopefully I can give you some
> answers along the lines of
> what Peter was referring to.
> Third party software would be packages like the
> Victor Reader, braille
> translation programs, and any other programs that
> would be of interest to
> someone using the Bookshare service. I think,
> although it wouldn't qualify
> as third party software, the Bookshare unpack
> utility would be a valid
> topic of interest to the discussion group as well.
> Third party hardware would be items like BookPorts,
> Book Couriers, MP3
> players, braille devices, etc.
> The best way I could describe the difference between
> the discussion group
> and the volunteer group would be, the discussion
> group is for those
> interested in using Bookshare as a library service,
> and the volunteer group
> is for those who wish to build and add to the
> library itself. As such,
> while you will probably get comments on the
> structure, bugs, and errors, in
> the web site itself in both groups, the questions
> relevant to uploading,
> editing, validating, scanning, scanning tools, books
> being scanned, books
> awaiting validation, etc. are more suited to the
> volunteer list.
>
> Hope this helps, and that it isn't contradictory to
> the point Peter was making.
>
> Dave
>
> At 06:45 PM 9/21/2004, you wrote:
> >Thanks, Peter, for the clarification. I was
> wondering
> >why so many people seem to be leaving the
> >bookshare-discuss list. But I could use a little
> more
> >clarification (though maybe I'm alone in this).
> >I'm not sure to what third-party applications and
> >devices refers, or content.
>
>
>
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