[bookshare-discuss] Re: Things to do while scanning
- From: Brenda Mueller <brendin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:32:15 -0500
I seem to think that Freedom Box is some kind of device that I read about some
years back. I may be mistaken, so hopefully someone will help us with this
question.
Brenda Mueller
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Ted Shelly <tshelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 20:42:17 -0500
>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Things to do while scanning
>Jana,
>Can you tell me more about "freedom box". What is their web site?
>Thanks,
>Ted
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jana Jackson [mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 7:30 PM
>To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Things to do while scanning
>Hi, everyone! First of all, I want to wish you all a very happy and blessed
>2005! I look forward to seeing what this year holds for Bookshare as well.
>I've found several things that help to make scanning less boring. <Smile
>First of all, as Mike and shelley have stated, it's sometimes fun to read
>the book while I'm scanning it. If I feel like watching a movie, I often
>log on to Freedom Box, which, by the way, is an excellent on-line network
>for blind people. They have just launched Freedom Box System Access, a
>low-cost alternative to current screen readers. Anyway, Freedom box
>includes a ton of sound-tracks for audio-described movies, so I often watch
>one while I'm scanning. If I know that I'm going to be on the phone for a
>while, I will sometimes scan a book while I'm chatting with a friend,
>especially when I'm to the point where I'm ready to use the Scan Repeatedly
>feature in K1000 which, by the way, is a God-send! If I don't feel like
>reading a book, watching a movie, or chatting, sometimes I find it nice to
>just sit and think while I'm scanning... but that's very rare! <Smile
>Having said all that, Rose, I think a long book is quite a daunting task,
>and I have to be feeling especially brave to undertake it! <Smile> Happy
>New Year, everyone!
>Jana
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