From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from chruser.svc.tds.net ([204.246.1.38]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16m600-0006fs-00 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:40:56 -0500 Received: from snoopy ([216.170.198.140]) by chruser.svc.tds.net with SMTP id <20020316044100.NXSY5791.chruser@snoopy> for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:41:00 -0600 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20020315234245.00831210@somtel.com> X-Sender: talmage@somtel.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:42:45 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: TALMAGE@SOMTEL.COM Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I understood them to say that they would take the image files in addition to the file that has already been converted to either rtf, txt, doc, etc. They just want the images on hand in case ocr improves significantly. I too would question the value of trying to maintain image files in any quantity, you would need enough to make it worth while to even bother, but not so many that your storage and band width are taken up by storing and uploading. All in all I think it is a bad idea. Dave Talmage At 03:34 PM 3/15/02 -0500, you wrote: >They don't require image files. They will accept image files but will >hold these until they have the proper technology to convert these into an >accessible electronic format. I questioned their acceptance of Image >files because they are huge and am concerned about their running out of >storage space for these pigs. I cringe about it but if this is the only >way they can receive a book, in moderation, I suppose this isn't all bad.