[bksvol-discuss] Re: Sue Grafton-"P is For Parrel"
- From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:50:34 -0400
yes. you call your local branch of NLS where you get your audio books from,
and tell them you want to obtain a username and password for web braille.
Registering a name is free, so no worries there. All you'll be asked for is
your email address and a desired password,. They will send you an email
containing your username, password confirmation, and a link to their site.
From there, you can do searches of their entire catalog, or simply narrow it
down to only their web braille content.
Once you find a book you want, books are downloaded a braille volume at a
time, so you have to make sure you have all the volumes you want of a given
book.
Just as with bookshare books, they are of brf format. There are free
programs which you can download to back-translate brf into txt files, but if
you have OpenBook or Kurzweil, these programs support brf files, so you can
save the step of back translating. Even easier, if
you have openbook or Kurzweil, is to do your book search directly from
within these programs. You can do your searches by title or author, and they
will search both bookshare,web braille, and other websites all at once, and
import them directly into your computer, saving the bother of using internet
explorer. Additionally, when you choose to download a book, it will download
all the volumes at once, so if you happened to download a nine volume book,
you save a lot of time and bother than if you had done it through internet
explorer.
I will say, that each volume is still a separate file, but with kurzweil,
there is an append option from within the utilities submenu of the file
menu, and this enables you to copy text from one file into another, so you
can very easily condense your multi-volume books.
If you want any help with any of these processes, feel free to email me at
tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tiff
----- Original Message -----
From: "shannon work" <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 11:51 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sue Grafton-"P is For Parrel"
> Tiffany,
> I apologise for the goose chase. I really thought that there was something
> missing. They don't usually leav you standing on your ear like that. She
> usually does a little bit at the end to sum up the loose ends. This one
kind
> of left me hanging.
>
> I appreciate your help. Again I am sorry for the goose chase.
>
> I don't know anything about Web Brail. I don't know how to read brail so I
> have never looked into that site. Are they books like bookshare's that I
can
> read them on the computer if I don't have one of those brail displays?
> Shannon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 4:54 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sue Grafton-"P is For Parrel"
>
>
> > Hello.
> > This afternoon I downloaded the copy of the book from bookshare, as well
> as
> > getting the book from the library, and apparently the book does end that
> > way.
> > I have not read closely through the bookshare copy to see if maybe there
> is
> > a page missing about this money you spoke of earlier, but both the print
> and
> > bookshare copies end with the exact same sentence which goes:
> >
> >
> > I followed them out onto the deck. We sat in the dark, just the three of
> us,
> > sipping wine and chatting, listening to the surf rumble on the beach
until
> > Jonah arrived.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am not able to read the print with my eyes, but I am able to look at
the
> > page and see that the print ends partially through the page, and all the
> > other pages in the book are blank.
> >
> > As for each of the other books in the series ending with the same quote,
I
> > honestly have no explanation for the difference.
> >
> > Back to the issue of not knowing what happened to the money, when I have
> > time tomorrow I will try to look more closely at the scanned copy to see
> if
> > there is a page missing maybe before the end, but it's definitely not
the
> > last page.
> >
> > Oh, and by the way, did you know that almost all of these books are
> > available through web braille? I know bookshare gets books quite a bit
> > faster, but if you're wanting to read these books, some of which are
> older,
> > they are so nice and neatly edited. Just another note, I believe web
> braille
> > does have this P book. All the way through R as well.
> >
> > Tiffany
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "shannon" <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 5:32 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sue Grafton-"P is For Parrel"
> >
> >
> > > Yes I did. They have all been good.
> > > Shannon
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Louise" <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:44 AM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sue Grafton-"P is For Parrel"
> > >
> > >
> > > > Did you read Q is for Quarry?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "shannon" <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:02 AM
> > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sue Grafton-"P is For Parrel"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Tiffany,
> > > > >
> > > > > I would be indebted to you if you could. My curiosity is killing
me.
> > > > > Smile
> > > > >
> > > > > The text of the copy on the site is really pretty good. Just that
> one
> > > > little
> > > > > thing called the end is missing.
> > > > > Would you, if you decide to do the amendment post it here on the
> list
> > so
> > > I
> > > > > can finish this book?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks so much for this
> > > > > Shannon
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:52 AM
> > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sue Grafton-"P is For Parrel"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > If I don't have to rescan the whole book, and can simply paste
in
> > the
> > > > > > missing pages, I'm more than willing to do so. could I then,
> simply
> > > > > download
> > > > > > the book which is already up there, paste in the pages, and
> resubmit
> > > it?
> > > > > > I have resubmitted better copies of books which I have scanned
> > myself,
> > > > or
> > > > > in
> > > > > > other cases submitted books which I was the original submitter
and
> > > > simply
> > > > > > cleaned them up, but is it permissible for me to follow through
> with
> > > the
> > > > > > steps I listed above? I know typically they will not accept a
> book
> > > not
> > > > > > scanned by you.
> > > > > > Tiff
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "shannon" <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 9:38 AM
> > > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Sue Grafton-"P is For Parrel"
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hello guys,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I don't know how many of you read her books but this one on
the
> > site
> > > > > seams
> > > > > > > to be missing something.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Usually her books end with a brief synopsis by the lead
> character
> > > and
> > > > > she
> > > > > > > ties up all the loose ends in the story. and usually ends with
> the
> > > > > phrase
> > > > > > > "respectfully submitted"
> > > > > > > Those lines are not in this particular book. I wonder if
anyone
> > > could
> > > > > get
> > > > > > > the last part of this book and amend the copy on the site?
> > > > > > > Most of this copy is great. Not too many goofs at all except
> that
> > > the
> > > > > end
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > > missing. Whom ever validated this probably didn't know how all
> the
> > > > other
> > > > > > > books end and didn't realize that there probably should be
more.
> > > There
> > > > > is
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > > synopsis of the story on the end of this book but it is the
sort
> > off
> > > > the
> > > > > > > back of the book, not actually text of the story itself.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If anyone is at all interested in finding the end of this
story
> I
> > > > would
> > > > > > > appreciate it. I am kind of dangling here. I cant stand the
> > > suspense.
> > > > I
> > > > > > want
> > > > > > > to know where the money went? smile and how did they think
they
> > were
> > > > > going
> > > > > > > to get away with the Medicare scam?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Shannon
> > > > > > >
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> > > > > >
> > > > >
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