[bksvol-discuss] Introduction
- From: Roderick Macdonald <rmacd@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Bookshare Volunteer Discussion List <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:30:45 -1000 (HST)
Aloha from Hawaii,
I have just joined this list, and only recently joined Bookshare as a
volunteer, although I havwe been a Bookshare member for about four years.
I am interested in validating books - especially chess books or
suspense-thriller books by authors such as Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Ken
Follett and the like. I also hope to get into book scanning soon.
If I might ask three questions here...
1. Can someone please tell me how I can change my subscription to this
list to "digest" format?
2. Can someone give me advice as to the "best" (in your opinion) software
to sue to scan books? I have OpenBook and OmniPage but really have not set
either up properly yet.
3. Can someone recomment a book, chess or thriller, that I can try as my
very first validation effort?
I know everyone has their own favorites as to the "best" software, but I
once tried scanning a Fodor's Travel Guide to Europe, and the software I
was using - I believe an early version of OpenBook - consistantly scanned
the word "plane" into "piano". Inasmuch as I did not care to go flying off
to Europe on a piano, I lost interest. I hope to be better this time.
Many thanks.
Rod Macdonald
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