[bksvol-discuss] Re: Marie Brennan Books
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 22:08:41 -0400
Would be very nice if there was. It would be nice if it was universal as well.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 29, 2012, at 10:04 PM, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually, you cannot save a document in Pages in RTF at this time; I was very
> upset since I bought my original iPad and Pages for that purpose after
> extensive discussions with tech support before buying. You can read RTF, but
> only save in DOC, PDF, or Pages formats on my last working, so I would then
> have to resave on my computer in RTF to submit.
>
> Rumor has it there may be a Microsoft suite for iPad this summer and maybe it
> will support RTF.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Valerie
>
> From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, May 29, 2012 8:21:43 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Marie Brennan Books
>
> Hi folks,
>
> It'd be interesting to find out whether proofreading on the iPhone would be
> possible. Just, please, before you take on the task, be very clear what is
> necessary to be retained in rtf files, all paragraphing, all page breaks,
> the ability to assess and insert if necessary bold, italics, and font
> sizing. There are other attributes to be preserved and removed but those are
> the big things.
>
> Just be sure that whatever software you are using to edit has the same
> capabilities as Microsoft Word, or Kurzweil 1000. At this point, those two
> packages are the most effective proofreading software.
>
> Good luck giving the iPhone a try!
>
> Let us know what you experience.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ixchel, Jackie
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 2:43 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Marie Brennan Books
>
> Hi,
> I'm really sorry to hear that, at least you're doing something you want to
> do--not school work. :) Do you have Pages on your phone? If so, you could
> definitely proof from there, I think.
> Also, off topic, (if you want, you can write me offlist) is it easy for you
> to use your iPhone with voiceover, it's kind of hard for me so I just wanted
> to get a second oppinion on whether it's just me.
> I'll try my hardest to see if I can get a scanner and since school is
> winding down, I might try and locat e abook and try to do it but I'm not
> sure, I'm pretty busy. Like I said, I'll try to get a scanner.
> Jackie
>
> On 5/29/12, Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Sure. This was why I brought up the question of possibly developing an
> > app so that people like me who don't always have access to their
> > computers but do have fairly constant access to their phones could
> > maybe do scanning and or proofreading through the phone?
> > Alright, I note that you don't know me none of you do but seeing as
> > we're all volunteers together you may as well know what started this.
> > I have leukemia. I've been trapped in the house for months wondering
> > what in the world I was going to do and remembered that I've always
> > wanted to do volunteer work with bookshare but never had the time
> > because of my overly full life. it is a rather obvious that my life is
> > no longer full of things to do or to be for that matter except bored.
> > So now after five months of being trapped in the house working on
> > schoolwork when I can and not when I can't I'm bored I want out and
> > this is about the best way I can think to do it. Not to mention I want
> > to make books accessible to others seeing as I'm deaf blind as well.
> > Jackie I think it is now a question of which of the two of us can get
> > hold of a scanner at first. But quite frankly I would be more than
> > happy to do that if that were in the equation. The thing in question
> > is obviously a scanner.
> > Thanks,
> > DR
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On May 29, 2012, at 4:32 PM, "Ixchel, Jackie"
> > <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> Since we apparently can't proof one book together, maybe once we get
> >> a scanner, I can do one and you could do one if you like.
> >> Jackie
> >>
> >> On 5/29/12, Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> That's good to know but does this not extend to single chapter as
> >>> well depending on whether single chapter or 10% is larger portion of
> >>> the text?
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On May 29, 2012, at 4:17 PM, "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Dasha,
> >>>>
> >>>> Currently, you can't share content in the way you're suggesting.
> >>>> Only one person can be the proofreader of a book at a time.
> >>>> Bookshare hopes to change that in the future, so books can be done
> >>>> a chapter at a time.
> >>>> Currently, the 10% limit is the amount of material that can be
> >>>> passed at a time directly from a person who has scanned a book and
> >>>> submitted it, and the person who has checked it out and is
> >>>> proofreading it. That happens when, for example, the person
> >>>> proofreading the book discovers that part of a chapter is missing,
> >>>> and the scanner can then send the proofreader those missing pages
> >>>> directly. Sometimes when a page is missing, and the original
> >>>> scanner can't get the book again or isn't available, a volunteer
> >>>> other than the original scanner will find the book in their
> >>>> library, and scan it for the proofreader. But other than those
> >>>> kinds of situations, volunteers cannot share scanned or proofread
> >>>> material with each other, because of the laws that govern
> >>>> copyright.
> >>>>
> >>>> What you might ask for on this list is if someone will scan a short
> >>>> book for you, like a middle-school level, or a short children's
> >>>> first chapter book, to proofread. Then you can dip your toe into
> >>>> the proofreading waters without something that feels overwhelming.
> >>>> smile.
> >>>>
> >>>> Judy s.
> >>>>
> >>>> On 5/29/2012 10:14 AM, Dasha Radford wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I do appreciate the help it's true. Unfortunately, we still need
> >>>>> somebody
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