Thanks Shelly, that was the name of the portabook I have, Cooking with
Feeling. I really like it, it covers a lot of areas, gives you pointers on
how to do different things, and I think it is divided into chapters so you
can just download what you want to read.
Patti
Dear Lord, help me to become the kind of person that my dog thinks I am.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 2:08 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books searching and cookbooks
Cooking With Feeling I think is pretty comprehensive
From: National Braille press in electronic Braille
Will that work, smile.
Also I had the reference around here somewhere, the Show "Cooking Without
Looking" which I guess has a list serv also created a cook book with
everything from contemporary to fancy recipes I believe it is also available
in electronic format.
You are right particularly with storage issues, electronic Braille is wonderful!
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: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 1:35 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] books searching and cookbooks
I just found an annoyance with bookshare stuff being listed from the NLS search. Everything bookshare has turns up in the list as an electronic resource, which is sometimes misleading. I am annoyed by finding the remote listings, because they are not free with a bookshare subscription, downloadable, or even an electronic resource. I'm not even sure why bookshare lists them. It is even worse to be taken from NLS to bookshare to APH just to find you can't obtain what you were looking for in a format you approve.
As you can tell from my subject, my search was for Betty Crocker
cookbooks. I simply won't have a braille cookbook that huge! I also
don't want to pay a fortune for something I won't look at because it is
made inconvenient by being in so many volumes.
Does anyone know how to get ahold of a comprehensive electronic
cookbook? Preferably Betty Crocker. Scanning is not a very practical idea,
because
someone would have to edit the whole thing, and that someone won't be
me. I'd by a CD if I could find something that would work. If some
accessible book provider provided an electronic version of a popular
cook book I would pay something for it as well. I just don't like
really specialized or fancy cook books, and dont want one I can't trust
because it may be full of scannos.
If anyone has suggestions please let me know. Off list would be fine.
I also wish General Mills would offer their boxed directions somewhere,
because although I wouldn't consider two volumes too big, I'm not sure they
are up to date enough. they are constantly changing directions on boxes, to
my great annoyance. Of course I would probably also prefer that in
electronic form. I've become very lazy when it comes to manual searching.
;-)
Sarah Van Oosterwijck http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
