Fine reader 10 works with JAWS as far as I know of, but it's $400. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:31 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio Replying to myself. Dan, what is fine reader? Did it come with the scanner you bought? I'd like a way to scan things for personal use but cannot aford a program like Kurzwiel 1000 or open book. Does this fine reader software work with jaws? Also, my laptop only has 1 gb of ram and a small harddrive (60 gb I think) could I get a scanning sollution for this setup? I'm running jaws 11. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacey Robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:25 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio > Dan, > I don't always do well reading manuals, (don't always comprehend > everything) can you giv me tips (off list if you want) on proofreading > with jfw 11 and ms word 03? > Any help is appreciated. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:02 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio > > >> Team, >> >> What a remarkable group this is! The latest bio I have recieved is >> from >> Dan Beaver below. >> >> Scott Rains >> Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department >> ________________________________________ >> >> >> I have been a volunteer for Bookshare for several years. I first >> purchased a membership because of needing some of the technical books >> that Bookshare offered. After approximately a year I decided to give >> back to the community by helping to add more books to the collection. >> >> I purchased a very plain and normal Epson flatbed scanner for the >> work. >> It and the Fine Reader software I purchased have served me very well in >> doing the scanning. >> >> I am blind and have been so since the age of eight years. I use Jaws >> and >> NVDA as my screen readers. I do my Bookshare work in MS Office for the >> most part. >> >> I feel very fortunate to have been the first blind individual to have >> worked my way through the BS in computer Science degree program at Utah >> State University. That struggle prepared me very well for facing >> challenges through out my career. I graduated and gained employment with >> IBM and was an IBMer for 30 years. My years at IBM helped me learn and >> develop skills that have served me well in the scanning and validating >> effort. Being detail oriented is important in this endeavor. >> >> Over the years I have validated many books and have submitted a large >> number of books which I scanned. My wife has scanned books and asked me >> to submit them. She prefers to work behind the scenes. >> >> One of the largest group of books we submitted that are now in the >> collection are the Boy Scout Merit badge booklets that teach the skills >> necessary for achieving the rank of Eagle in the scouting program. this >> was done in order to support a young man we are very close to in his >> efforts to earn his Eagle. It was fun working along side other >> volunteers in our community who helped with this project. It was also >> fun helping those volunteers to proof read the scanned booklets and to do >> the cleanup. >> >> When the project was complete we had spent 514 hours and 22 minutes >> scanning, cleaning and submitting those books to Bookshare. My wife put >> in over 200 hours herself on the project. >> >> Unfortunately I lost my job and have had to focus intently on finding >> a >> new job. This has made it nearly impossible for me to spend time >> scanning and proofreading over the past 15 months. I hope very soon to >> jump back into the game and complete my personal project of submitting >> the rest of the "Work and the Glory" series. That in itself will take me >> several months because the books are very large. I also am planning to >> do the "Kingdom and the Crown" series. >> >> Some other books we have submitted include murder mysteries by Anne >> Perry. those were very challenging with all the Victorian era English >> dialect involved. >> >> We also submitted several books by Steven R. Lawhead. Three of those >> were his version of the Robin Hood story. Very different than your >> generally accepted story of Robin Hood. >> >> I agree with the comments of at least one other volunteer. they said >> that validating or else scanning and doing the initial cleanup of a book >> helps to learn more from that book than at any other time. Indeed, I >> have learned more from the books I have validated and submitted and have >> grown more threw that process. >> >> >> Thanks Bookshare for making this opportunity available to all of us >> out >> here. 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