I bet those braille writers weigh 16 pounds. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Candi Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:02 AM To: Braillenote List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Places for Books
Please take this off list. It's very off topic and pety. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "denise avant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"'Braillenote List'" <[email protected] >Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 07:10:40 -0500 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Places for Books >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 ___ 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
