[bksvol-discuss] Re: A Plan for More Work (was Acdcent Marks)
- From: "Ixchel, Jackie" <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 13:46:02 -0400
Hi,
I would also like to proof for whoever needs it. I like reading
mystery, fantacy, fiction and historical fiction. I like reading a lot
and sometimes I am a little OCD when I proof. :)
Now that summer is coming I will have a lot of time to proof! This
helps me both read and acquire credits so that later I can donate them
since I won't need them for a while.
Jackie
On 6/3/12, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Sandi, well I like to proofread fiction with the exception of
> horror. I've read some science fiction, I've done some anthologies
> (three), and I seem to be in a historical fiction or historical mystery
> niche right now. I like mysteries, fantasy, romance, etc. I wouldn't
> mind doing something which makes me laugh. I don't think I'd want to do
> something horribly violent (especially if it's gratuitous). As for
> language, I don't like to use strong language, but if I find strong
> language in a book (you know the words) I will proofread what's there.
> With regard to non-fiction, I can't say I've done much of that, that is,
> textbooks, books with charts and tables, etc. I haven't done poetry or
> cookbooks (this last would be really hard because I wouldn't be able to
> check for accuracy. As for my procedure, if I proofread a book for you,
> you can count on me reading every word and also corresponding with you
> should I have text questions. I don't have your email address but I
> wouldn't mind doing stuff for you if I found it interesting. If you wish
> to judge what I've done, you can find some stuff I have proofread and
> give it a look. Regards, Kim Friedman.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandi Ryan
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 10:05 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Plan for More Work (was Acdcent Marks)
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I just saw Lissi's great e-mail on more work for everyone, and here's a
> plan
> I think could work for that:
>
> When I came on board a year ago, I thought I was going to be a proofer.
> I
> mean, I'm blind, and that seemed like the best way for a blind person to
> go.
> However, I immediately met Valerie Maples and Lissi, and they encouraged
> me
> to try scanning. Well, that made sense to me, because I'd been scanning
>
> books for nearly as long as scanners had been accessible. I determined,
>
> since I love scanning, to be one of Bookshare's best scanners, and to
> work
> with proofreaders who actually read the books I scanned and would put
> the
> very best book possible into the collection.
>
> The way I've gotten enough work to keep me busy is to tell Valerie and
> Lissi
> when I'm running short, and to let the list know that I have a library
> card
> from my local library which gives me access to books throughout the
> country.
> Each one costs $1, which I gladly pay for the privilege of scanning it
> into
> the Bookshare collection. I turn in only Excellent scans, so even a new
>
> proofreader should be able to read through the book and make only a few
> changes. I do insist that you read the entire book, though.
>
> The other thing proofreaders and potential proofreaders can do to help
> expand the list are the things Lissi and Valerie have done--research
> books.
> Find those you'd like to proof that aren't in the collection, and let a
> scanner know you're interested. But when you want a book scannd, we
> need to
> know the exact title, exact author's name, ISBN, and publication date.
> That
> saves ever so much research time for us. We'll scan faster if you find
> and
> send us copies of the books--but if you can't--I know many of us are
> working
> with zero budgets--let us get them from ILL or some other means--then
> we're
> working together. I have come up with maybe ten books to scan, but I
> work
> with wonderful proofers who are constantly looking for books for me to
> scan.
>
> Let's all team up and put lots of really good volunteer books in the
> collection. When you see a HOLD, respect it. When you find a book
> you'd
> like, put it on the wish list, or contact someone you know scans and ask
>
> them to scan it and have you proof it. Then you'll have your own holds.
>
> There are plenty of books in the world to be done by volunteers. But
> everyone needs to take an active role in locating, scanning and
> proofreading. Find your niche, and work as hard as you choose. And
> welcome
> aboard to new people. I'm amazed at how wonderful this job still is
> more
> than a year down the road!
>
> Sandi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:18 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>
>
>> Dear Kim and Booksharian Friends,
>>
>> Kim, Since I'm reading this thread out of order, you may have already
>> had
>> this suggestion. To produce an I umlaut I delete the i, and press the
>> control and shift down together. As I hold them, I type the colon Then
>
>> release all three keys and type i. when you backspace your
> screenreader
>> should say i umlaut. This is with Word 2003. Soon I'll have to make
> the
>> leap to a more updated word, oh dread!
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Many thanks to Sandi, and to those of you who advised her about how to
>
>> get
>> Strawberry Season back for me. Thank you to the volunteer, too, who
>> released it. I've proofed Books one and two in this wonderful trilogy
> and
>> had bought books for Sandi to scan and for me to proof the third book.
>
>> I'll be getting on it tomorrow once I've checked in Mr. Monk on
> Patrol,
>> from a wonderful scan done by Jamie. Just 30 pages to go.
>>
>> Bookshare has the Monk novels and they are laugh out loud funny. I
>> hope
>> many of you will give them a try. They'll brighten your reading
> landscape.
>> Jamie has been consistently faithful seeing that they have been added
> to
>> the collection. She's a marvel of generosity, scanning many books and
>> putting holds on the ones she knows some of us care deeply about.
>>
>> As for Island Wife, The Wind From the Hills and The Strawberry Season,
>
>> by
>> Jessica Sterling, they are fabulous historical romances with deep
>> character study and very concerned with family dynamics set in the
>> Scottish Hebrides near the end of the nineteenth century. They are
>> intelligently written and the type of series you can lose yourself in.
>
>> They are not formulaic, pot boiler, cookie cutter romances. The
> transcend
>> the genre in general.
>>
>> I fear we have a shortage of scanners. It takes much more work
>> tracking
>> down books that aren't in the collection yet, and we all have to be
>> willing to do the work knowing it may be replaced by PQ versions of
> our
>> books, but I love the process of making a proof as error free as I
> can,
>> love the reading of the book as I proof and therefore still feel my
>> efforts were worthwhile even when a book I've worked on is replaced,
>> though occasionally, the volunteer copy has better navigation and
> other
>> perks for Bookshare readers than the PQ books.
>>
>> I've never seen the check out list as short as it is now. Is it
>> because
>> Bookshare is emphasizing textbooks and working harder at training
>> volunteers who can describe graphics? Since we blind readers were so
>> active in helping Bookshare during its start up years, it's sad to see
> our
>> role diminishing.
>>
>> Since I love hunting down books to add, there is no shortage for Evan
>> to
>> scan for me to proof as well as for other generous scanners to scan.
>>
>> If there is interest, I have about 20 books I'll be happy to give to
>> anyone who has the time to scan them in the next month or so. I don't
> want
>> to proof them and don't want them returned. I'd just love to see them
> in
>> the collection and if there are willing scanners, their presence could
>
>> plump up the check out page a little.
>>
>> Let me know if there's an interest and I'll post a list. I sure would
>> like
>> to get them out of this book clogged room.
>>
>> I also have a box of mostly lighthearted books with graphics that I
>> don't
>> feel equal to the task of describing. if There's an interest in those,
>
>> I'll post that list,
>> too. I just don't want to overwhelm anyone with more scanning than
> they
>> have time for, something I've accidentally done before.
>>
>> Keep up the good work, all of you. I remain glad to be in your
>> company.
>>
>> Always with love,
>>
>> Lissi
>>
>> Always with love,
>>
>> Lissi
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "misha" <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:07 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>
>>
>>> Those sneaky French. According to this web page
>>>
>>> http://french.lovetoknow.com/French_Accent_Marks
>>>
>>> They do have umlauts (though usually called trema when it is used in
>>> French words). I say sneaky because, I always thought naive used an
>>> acute accent, but the table on the web page clearly uses naive as an
>>> example of umlaut accent and it clearly fits the case of pronouncing
> each
>>> vowel separately. I still think in most American books an acute
> accent
>>> is almost always used for naive when it occurs in an English
> sentence.
>>> Now if it's in a French quote, I guess it better be the trema or the
>>> gendarmes will be on the way.
>>>
>>> I can't help much with how to produce it, though. In MS Word under
>>> insert there is a symbols item which brings up a table of all kinds
> of
>>> different characters, but it's hard enough for me to find what I want
> in
>>> there (which is why I don't have any of them is this email), much
> less
>>> how a blind person would.
>>>
>>> Misha
>>>
>>> On 6/2/2012 6:25 PM, Kim Friedman wrote:
>>>> Hi, Cindy I think it's another word for that umlaut-like mark. I
>>>> found
>>>> the word on a site where it was talking about French accent marks
> (they
>>>> do seem to have a lot of them). Regards, Kim.
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cindy
>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:02 PM
>>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>>>
>>>> I'm curious. What is traemma?
>>>> (the answer to your question, though, is umlaut.smile
>>>>
>>>>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:16 AM
>>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>>>
>>>> Hi, Ali, what sort of accent mark is alt 0237? Is it that I
>>>> umlaut
>>>> or
>>>> traemma I want? Please write back and let me know. Regards, Kim
>>>> Friedman.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Ali
>>>> Al-hajamy
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:11 PM
>>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If your computer has a number pad, make sure numlock is turned
> on.
>>>> Hold
>>>> down the alt key, and press the following numbers: 0237.
>>>> See also:
>>>> http://usefulshortcuts.com/alt-codes/accents-alt-codes.php
>>>>
>>>> On 02-Jun-12 01:01, Kim Friedman wrote:
>>>> > How does one make the accent mark on the computer for the I in
> the
>>>> > word naive? I know how it's done for literary Braille, but I
>>>> have
>>>> no
>>>> > idea how it's supposed to be printed. I could sure use help
> with
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>> > Regards, Kim Friedman.
>>>> >
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