Hello ann, You know, I don't even know how you drew your conclusion. I did not bash bookshare. I just don't happen to prefer scanned books if at all possible. Is that okay with you. And by the way, there are a few christian books that make the new york times best sellers list, no matter how small the publisher. Some of them even make it into audio format, even in an unabridged format. You don't even know what I was looking for. And in any case, if we don't advocate for thing, then they may never happen.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ann K. Parsons Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:01 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Places for Books Hi all, denise avant writes: > Hi, > I do have web braille. But (1) it takes a while for new books and (2) the > titles aren't all that well-known. I'm currently reading a book as part of a > Sunday school class and it would have been nice to see if I could have > gotten it in an electronic format. It's not on web braille. > So I was just wondering if another source existed. I know bookshare is there > if you don't mind putting up with scanned materials though my book isn't > there either. So I'm scanning it. Well, when you get done scanning it, send it to bookshare, and it will be there. Did you try CCEL for your book? Sometimes it has amazing stuff. You've got to remember that if you're reading something that is fairly specialized, a book for Sunday School put out by a small Christian press, it's not likely to be in electronic format, even today. However, Denise, when you start bashing Bookshare and it's some 25,000. books, remember, if you can, what it was like even ten years ago, let alone twenty-five years ago or longer. If you consider that, then "putting up with scanned books", is a pittance, a mere pittance to pay! God help us all if we ever forget where we've come from and how sterile and limited the collection of books and newspapers and magazines was. Thing is, folks, not to sound like a Cassandra, but let this war in the Middle East spread, let the economy crumble, let the power companies go dark, and we'll be right back there again, boom! You better all hone your Braille skills and any other skills you think might be auxiliary. "Putting up with scanned books" indeed! I'm just finishing a Bookshare book. I had to clean it up some cuz it has a bunch of ASCII codes in it, but the BrailleNote Editor works surprisingly well. I was able to find and replace most of the garbage, and it's fine now. In fact, I may just submit it back to BookShare as a cleaned up book. If you don't like the scans, then clean 'em up! I can remember sitting in the Rundell library in the mid 80s marveling at the Kurzweil reader that was as big as a couch reading to me aloud. <soap box mode ended> Oh, and just to make this OT, nobody even heard of a notetaker when I went to school. Only notetaker I had was a tape recorder and a ten pound brailler. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons *** NEW EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** NEW WEB SITE: http://www.portaltutoring.info Skype: Putertutor "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
