From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from server1.shellworld.net ([64.39.15.178] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16lxDE-00063h-00 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:18:00 -0500 Received: from localhost (amanda@localhost) by server1.shellworld.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g2FJHuB75787 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:17:56 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from amanda@shellworld.net) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:17:56 -0500 (EST) From: Amanda Lee To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 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: Or in Windblows, TextBridge comes free with some scanners and scanners are cheapper than probably Janina's was ten years ago TextBridge does not have the more user-oriented features found in a product such as K1000 or Open book, but, if one is determined to convert printed materials into an accessible form, it can be done at a fairly reasonable cost. much the same, Janina has a good solution as well... Amanda Lee On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > Oh, I don't know, Gina. Maybe they could use a ten year old scanner, linux > and sane and gocr, like I do. > > > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Georgina wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Please see my message on the cost of producing these books. To say that > > someone with low income can recooperate some or all of their costs is got to > > be missleading. > > > > As you already know my feelings on the cost of K1000 there's no need for me > > to go into that but if someone can't afford a scanner and K1000 or even Open > > Book Ruby, how are they going to recooperate some or all of the cost? > > > > Surely, corretcing is out of the question too? Firstly, they'd have to go > > and buy the book and then be able to compare words and other symbols on the > > screen with that on the printed pages of the book. > > > > Furthermore, that's if they can afford to use Windows to use the above ocr > > packages. I understood that the image files were also required, thus only > > Windows users might and I say might be the only ones to be able to submit > > scanned material. What is the required format? > > > > It'll be very interesting to see how many people will be in a position to > > submit material to the project. > > > > Gena > > > > > > > > >Actually, the cost is $50 per year. First year there is a $25 setup fee. > > >But as stated, if you contribute by submitting books that you scan, > > >correct errors and do what they call Publish to submit books already > > >uploaded and/or do what is known as Basic Publish whereby you clean-up > > >their database to reflect appropriate information about the entried > > >therein, you earn fifty cents per title. To download and correct a book, > > >you earn $2.50. Do ten of those per year, you earn half of your annual > > >membership. > > > > > >So, there are ways that a person with limited income resources can benefit > > >and still use the service. > > > > > >Amanda Lee > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >