[bookshare-discuss] Re: Volunteering for Bookshare
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 22:48:40 -0400
Most of what I scan is for others who want to proofread it, mainly Lissi, and
they generally give or lend me the books. I do generally purchase books I want
to scan for my own interest, if I can't get them from Paperback Swap or the
library; but since those are in the minority, I haven't bought most of the
books I scan. Lissi does buy books for me to scan, but she is a big user of
Paperback Swap.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Christine Szostak
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 10:25 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Volunteering for Bookshare
I am assuming as a scanner, you purchase your own texts, correct?
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan Reese
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 9:47 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Volunteering for Bookshare
Sharon: Glad to hear there are others like me who prefer scanning to
proofreading. As I've said before, I know how it works, but still there's a
kind of magic about making words appear, either spoken or in braille, from
inaccessible pages. Proofreaders can't do that!
And the fact is, as Roger rightly points out, we do need more scanners.
Without us, there's nothing to proofread.
I'm not dissing proofreaders. Far from it, as my Lissi is one of the best;
and she hardly scans at all. But there's an imbalance of scanners to
proofreaders, and I don't know what can be done about it.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Sharon
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 9:30 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Volunteering for Bookshare
Yea, I'm the opposite. I'd much rather scan than proofread. Especially
with the new standards for proofreading.
I just don't have the patience for it; I want to be scanning the next
book.
Sharon
From: Kim Friedman [mailto:kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 6:58 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Volunteering for Bookshare
Hi Bob, I remembered telling a friend of mine what I was proofreading and
she saying she'd go nuts if she tried to do that. I know there are people who
are comfortable doing both scanning files and proofreading but I find the
prospect of scanning intimidating, but proofreading I enjoyed, especially if I
got to read something I was interested in. I'd get to read the book before
anyone else at Bookshare did (I'm referring to fellow Booksharians and not to
the admin. Staff.) I haven't analyzed what makes some people prefer Scanning
files and vice versa. I think there must be continuum of submitters who would
rather do anything rather than proofreading to those like me. Regards, Kim
Friedman.
From: Bob W [mailto:rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 3:21 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Volunteering for Bookshare
Hi Christina.
Sounds like you would take volunteering seriously. Great! That's what
they need.
I haven't volunteered for about a year because of arthritis.
However, volunteering was one of the most challenging and interesting
parts of my bookshare experience.
You may find that different people consider certain hardware and software
essential. I used Kurzweil extensively in my proofreading, and would deem it
essential, but others might not.
Another thing I found essential was communication with the person doing
the scanning. I love good teamwork, and this fit right in perfectly.
However, beware of volunteering as a proofreader: it could become
addictive.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Christine Szostak
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 3:49 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Volunteering for Bookshare
Hi All,
I am considering volunteering for Bookshare and have a quick
question. My particular interest is in proof reading as I have done a fair
amount of general proofing for students, peers, and colleagues and love doing
it!
As I am totally blind, I was curious if anyone here without any
vision is a proof reader and how you deal with things like making sure paging
is accurately matching the original hard-copy source and how you deal with
things like knowing that bolding needs to be added without looking visually
at the original source... I know how you check for these types of things with
JAWS so I would know how to check whether they are present or not, but what I
do not know is how to check whether they match the original text. Any advice or
suggestions would be much appreciated!
Have a wonderful week!
Chris
Christine M. Szostak, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Shorter University
Rome, Georgia
szostak.1@xxxxxxx
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