[bksvol-discuss] Re: Marie Brennan Books
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 16:53:26 -0400
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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