[bksvol-discuss] Re: Kind of Blue
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 20:44:01 -0700 (PDT)
No hurry, Chela. Devorah meant that she can't even look at it for 10 days, and
I suspect that E has plenty to keep her busy in the meantime. There's never a
rush. Take a deep breath, and relax. smile
G.Cindy
--- On Wed, 5/28/08, Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kind of Blue
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 8:33 PM
> Ok I'm feeling pressure already, just started the scan
> last night,
> went to bed, sstarted it back up again, ran into some
> optimization
> problems, had to restart my PC for some odd reason, so
> guess what
> folks, can't garantee it will be done in 10 days,
> unless I skip meals
> and no sleep aloud, and GC, I wouldn't be so sure that
> the captions
> would scan correctly with the photos situated wherever
> they're
> situated. So now I have to redo the scan from page one, and
> the covers
> don't scan properly either because of the design work.
> NOTE TO E.E.:
> Is the following optimization great for any book, that is
> probably 6
> inches thick and is paperback?
> Thresholding: static, optimized, scanner brightness 69,
> minimum
> brightness 20, maximum brightness 80, resolution 300,
> speckle removal
> disabled optimized, text quality draft quality.matrix, and
> the
> selected recognition engine is fine reader engine 8.0.
> What do you suggest? I'm kind of lost.
>
> On 5/28/08, Devorah Greenstein <DGreenstein@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Just in case I'll be the one describing pictures
> in "Kind of Blue", I'm
> > ordering it from the Orlando library so it will be
> waiting for me when I
> > arrive in Orlando. The Orlando Public Library delivers
> books to people's
> > residences. They prefer it to people checking books
> out in person in the
> > library. I don't know, but it is a lovely service.
> >
> > devorah
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Grandma Cindy
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:49 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kind of Blue
> >
> > I think probably Judy or Marilyn or Devorah can do a
> better job of
> > describing the photos for you, E. I'm never very
> pleased with mine;
> > they're too detailed sometimes, and lately
> probably too skimpy.
> >
> > But Chela, are the photos necessary? I'm guessing
> they're photos of
> > people, like the Ray Charles book I did, and the
> captions are probably
> > all that's necessary.
> >
> > G.Cindy
> >
> > ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE
> BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
> > AVAILABLE AT
> >
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
> > http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> >
> http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
> >
> > A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE
> AT
> >
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
> >
> > Jake's site for useful links:
> http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 5/28/08, E. <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: E. <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kind of Blue
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 12:08 PM
> >> I will work with Cindy who can get the book and
> help
> >> describe the photos.
> >>
> >> I have done that before with other books.
> >>
> >> books over the internet. They will list names of
> books,
> >> authors
> >> copyright and so on.
> >>
> >>
> >> Certainly the index can be fixed up. Again, there
> are
> >> sighted people
> >> on the volunteer list who help us blind validators
> with
> >> some of the
> >> tricky bits.
> >>
> >> E.
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