[bookshare-discuss] Re: Things to do while scanning
- From: "robert tweedy" <rtweedy2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 11:08:12 -0600
I have freedom box as well. You can write me off list so it don't take up
the list. rtweedy2@xxxxxxx
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From: "Ted Shelly" <tshelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 7:42 PM
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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