From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from w088.z208036108.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net ([208.36.108.88] helo=toccata.grg.afb.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16lwTT-0004P0-00 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:30:43 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2FIUUc03202 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:30:30 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:30:30 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.grg.afb.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: FW: USA: Online book-sharing service for the blind borrows a page from Napster In-Reply-To: <15505.57772.579267.621067@akp.selfhost.com> 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: Forget OpenBook and K1000 and all that Windows stuff, use scanimage and gocr from the command line. It works. On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi all, > > Gena, a couple of misconceptions here. First, one doesn't have to buy > the book in order to scan it. One can request the book from a regular > library and scan it. As for the cost of K1000 or Ruby, yes, these do > cost, and it is a shame that such things have to cost as much as they > do. > > There are scholarships available through various organizations, > apparently. I think what they are trying to do is to get Lions or > something similar to donate the money so that folks who can not afford > the fee will be able to do so. I think they are also looking for > organizations who want to scan books. > > I know it looks like things are sort of skewed, and I know they need > to do more about getting access via Lynx and that, but the idea is > sound. > > I'm not sure what formats they require. I do know that there are > strict rules about not submitting stuff that has been scanned for you, > like text books and all, or propriatary materials from a university. > They're working on all this. It's only a couple of weeks old. > They'll work out the kinks. > > Ann P. > > -- 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