[bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteer Poll: Cookbooks
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 07:17:09 -0700
Pamela and all who have written on-list or directly to me,
Your prompt answers have been enlightening and timely as we continue rewriting
the online manual. Your contributions are shaping some of the proofreading
guidance that will be included in the coming edition.
Your willingness to take on new challenges - cookbooks or not - is encouraging
especially to Bookshare's senior staff who are rarely more than a half-step
away from your concerns and contributions.
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteer Poll: Cookbooks
Scott,
I have done one cookbook hoping for feedback to know if was done well. I
didn't get anything back. Since I am sighted and the measurements are a BIT
important, I would only tackle the proofreading with an original printed copy
to follow. I found many fractions that did not translate perfectly! There is
also many pictures in alot of cookbooks - can cause page numbering issues.
Then there is the set-up to the recipe: are the ingredients in two columns,
should there be white space between the instructions?
What more in format can be done to help them be read by the screen reader
software?
Anyway, I do love a challenge and am picky; so cookbooks and other
instructional books would be interesting to me!
--- On Wed, 8/4/10, Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Volunteer Poll: Cookbooks
To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 5:23 PM
Volunteers,
The strategy for adapting to the PQ influx that we have discussed here
recently has emphasized looking at small publishers. The assumption has been
that volunteers would continue to work on books of Level 1 and Level 2
difficulty. Yet Bookshare will continue to have books of greater difficulty.
Recently we have heard from volunteers celebrating their first cookbooks - real
skill stretchers. Maybe cookbooks can be an enjoyable Level 3 and beyond
training ground for some?
I would like to evaluate the level of volunteer interest in working explicitly
on cookbooks. I am raising this on-list because there are multiple issues to be
resolved, such as fractions, and multiple perspectives are helpful in resolving
them.
Keep in mind that raising the issue do not necessarily mean that we will take
cookbooks on as a volunteer project. Cookbooks come to mind because of the
recent celebrations on the list. From Bookshare's perspective it would be
valuable to see a pioneering group organize itself around developing the
techniques for tackling the toughest books whatever their content. You may find
that cell phone or refrigerator repair manuals hold greater interest for you as
a place to stretch skills and techniques but let's see if there is something
for us to learn from cookbooks as a first example.
A couple questions for the list or privately to me:
If you have done a cookbook what difficulties did you encounter?
Were you able to complete the book or did you team up with someone or have to
give up on it?
If you teamed up what did that involve?
What good scanning or proofing solutions did you invent or discover in working
on a cookbook?
Do you have advice for others who might want to tackle their first cookbook?
Thanks
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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