[bksvol-discuss] Re: Three new requests for nonfiction books
- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 11:19:50 -0600
That's a good question. I'm not sure what fine reader, or any other scanning
software, would do with mathematical symbols, but, once done, what is the
reading software such as Kurzweil or openbook, or the various braille
translation programs going to do with the results. Do they do Nemeth Braille?
These are tough questions. But, I think bookshare is going to have to come up
with a workable solution if it is going to translate anything but English
text-oriented material for the school children it proposes to serve in the near
future.
Once such a book were scanned properly, who among us would validate the various
formulae and equations in the book for accuracy. In a time and land far far
away, I made a pluses in statistics, so could possibly do a credible job on a
statistics manual, but wouldn't even want to attempt a book on physics, and
can't even imagine validating a book on chemistry.
Bob
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From: Carrie Karnos
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 10:17 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Three new requests for nonfiction books
How is someone going to place square root signs, integral signs, etc into an
.rtf book? Is there a way to hit some keys and put those symbols in? Actually
what's needed is for the Finereader software to recognize those symbols and put
them into the .rtf file. Without Finereader cooperating, it would take many
hours to put all those symbols in by hand...
Or am I not understanding something?
Thanks, Carrie
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From: Sharon <mt281820@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 7:21:42 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Three new requests for nonfiction books
But whoever gets it can get a reader for the equations, place them in the
book, and perhaps, hopefully, submit a BSO.
Sharon
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Carrie Karnos
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 2:34 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Three new requests for nonfiction books
I have already bought, chopped, scanned and OCRed Elements of Statistical
Reasoning, but I haven't pre-validated it yet. Will have it in the collection
within a week, but I'm not sure how much use it'll be, since there's no way
(that I know of) to represent all the equations in it.
Carrie
----- Original Message ----
From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 8:45:12 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Three new requests for nonfiction books
I'm forwarding this from Jamie. When I added the books
to the nonfiction section, I noticed that Elements of
statistical reasoning, by Edward W. Minium, Robert C.
Clarke, and Theodore Coladarci 1999 edition, needed
for an upcoming class, is still on the Wish List.
Actually, I think it's a 1998 edition, according to
Amazon.
Carrie, can it be had?
G. Cindy
--- "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:57:45 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Fwd: bookshare
> To: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Cindy, will you add these books? Thanks!
>
> Angie O <dotbug3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Date: Mon,
> 31 Dec 2007 21:23:49 -0500
> From: Angie O <dotbug3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: ] bookshare
>
>
> Jamie,
> I DB friend who is a Bookshare volunteer has asked
> me to get
> these three books added to Bookshare's wish list.
> Can you do
> that for me?
>
> I have 3 books that I
> would really, really love to see on Bookshare, so
> here they are:
>
> 1) A World of Ideas: The Dictionary of Important
> Ideas and
> Thinkers, by
> Chris Rohmann (not Bill Moyers)
>
> 2) Great Thinkers of the Western World: The Major
> Ideas and
> Classic Works
> of More Than 100 Outstanding Western Philosophers,
> Physical and
> Social
> Scientists, Psychologists, Religious Writers and
> Theologians, by
> Ian P.
> Mcgreal
>
> 3) The Great Thoughts, by George Seldes
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