[bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion
- From: "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 08:13:38 -0400
The important thing is education. People with sight have no idea how screen
readers work, how braille displays work, or any other tools that people
without sight or like Judy S., the software she uses, how that works either.
We don't use it so we have no clue how to make the files work with all of
the different types of readers that are available.
Yes, the manual has become quite better at explaining things but there is so
much to know and people with sight don't think about things like the auto
correct feature in word or em dashes or fractions not translating into
Braille. A good fast fact sheet would be a handy reference tool for new and
experienced volunteers. That's where this list is so nice--a person can ask
a question and get quick answer--but you also have to know the question to
ask. Like in my first college calculus class, in sheer frustration I told my
professor, I don't even know what I don't know so I don't know what to ask
you for help with! I think volunteers for Bookshare may feel the same way.
They think they're doing a great job (and they are just by being
volunteers!) but in many cases they don't even know what they don't know.
It would be great if new volunteers were given a file or a couple of files
to "practice proofread" where maybe page breaks are missing and they have to
insert them, fractions are symbols and they have to change them, em dashes
are real and need to be a double dash, to give them the skills they need to
become successful proofreaders before we actually turn them loose on real
books.
--
Jamie in Michigan
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