[Dtb-talk] scanning and editing textbooks

[Jacob Struiksma]

I also would talk to the publisher to see if you get electronic version of 
the books.  I would do some searching on the internet also.
from
Jacob Struiksma
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Kearney" <gkearney at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] scanning and editing textbooks


Here are a few things:

1. I assume you have contacted Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic to
see if a recording of the books in question are available.

2. Bookshare will scan and edit books sent to them. The problem is
that the the process also destroys the book in the process, the cut
the binding away from the book so they can run it through the
scanners. What you will get back from them is a DAISY formatted book
which can be read in a computer.

3. While K12 publishers must provide their text in NIMAS format.
College publishers are not bound to. YOU are rigth the the request
must come through DSS. If you have a Vocational Rehabilitation
counselor he might be able to get them for you. You might also try the
librarians at the college library or the regional library for the
blind which, if I recall is the library at Perkins.

Hope this is of some help.

Greg Kearney
On Aug 8, 2007, at 09:15 , Tasha Chemel wrote:

> Hi, My name is Tasha Chemel, and I am a social work student at
> Boston College. Unfortunately, the woman  who runs the DSS office is
> very unfamiliar with the process  of scanning and editing books.
> Because Boston College has no dedicated scanning facilities, she's
> sent all of my books to the print shop, even though no one at the
> print shop has had any experience with creating scans of sufficient
> quality to undergo OCR. When I told her the files would need to be
> edited, she said she'd look into a student to do this but that it
> really wasn't her priority. I was told that someone on this list
> might be able to help me with the following questions. First, does
> anyone know of a service that would scan and edit my books? Second,
> does anyone have some good strategies   (or is familiar with the
> rellevent laws) for getting the textbook publishers to release the
> files? I know that most publishers will only speak to people from
> DSS, and the woman from DSS has left them messages and emails, but
> she's not getting a lot of responses and I want to see how i can
> help the process along.
> Any advice on these matters would be much appreciated.
> Tasha
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