[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scanning books--take heart, Patti
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:14:33 -0500
Scanning stuff you like to read is quite a lot of fun. This is usually what
I do, though there are a few things I have scanned that don't interest me, I
may be thrusting them onto the mercy of the validators soon, smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Advisory Council
www.guidedogs.com
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to
stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
-- Vance Havner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:14 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scanning books--take heart, Patti
Patti,
True, it's time-consuming. But if you scan books you
are interested and want to read yourself, then it's
fun. After you scan (which is what bores me --some
people, I gather, have a scanner that reads the book
to them while they scan, but that's not me), you can
either just check the paginatin to be sure you didn't
omit any pages and eliminate junk characters,if you
can, *or* -- you can read the book as you would for
yourself and make corrections as you go along. The
latter is what I did when I scanned (now I just
validated except for providing missing pages
occasionally). There is no time limit, and I think
you'll enjoy re-reading favorite children's books, if
that's what you want to scan, or other books. I
enjoyed revisiting Goodnight, Moon and Amelia Bedelia.
It reminded me of when my children were young. I'd
love to do some of my old favorites but the books are
very old (if anyone wants to scan The Adventures of a
Brownie I'd be happy to validate it).
Cindy
--- Patti Johnson <razz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the scanning tips, Shelly and Cindy,
> believe me, I can use all I
> can get. I do not have any one here that will help
> me with the scann, by
> telling me where pictures are in the book. I wish I
> did but I don't know
> anybody that would spend that kind of time with me,
> I get a friend to go
> through mail for me on the way somewhere, but as far
> as spending a lot of
> time doing something like this I don't think she
> would be willing to do
> that. So I will just scan and see what happens, I
> guess, and fix things I
> can fix but my goodness, that seems so time
> consuming, to sit with the book
> while scanning or after to go through it again. I
> have the time to do it, I
> just wonder if I have the patience!! You all are
> truly remarkable, doing
> this work, I just need to get in there and stop
> feeling so inadequate!
> Patti
>
> Dear Lord, help me to become the kind of person that
> my dog thinks I am.
>
>
>
>
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