<p dir="ltr">Leaving for Colombia tomorrow, otherwise I would. Happy to help when I'm back (12th).</p>
<p dir="ltr">-Danny</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 28, 2014 1:47 PM, "jacques revera" <<a href="mailto:jacquesrevera@gmail.com">jacquesrevera@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I would sure be grateful for a walk through of the book scanner this week if anyone is able. I am a quick study, professional AV tech, advanced at video and handy. (busy/unable Wednesday and Thursday day/night this week)<br><br>I spoke to John who said:<br>"I'm pretty slammed at the moment (fighting off mono and apartment
hunting at the same time), but happy to hand off the cameras for the
scanner if someone else can walk you through using it."<br><br></div>Jacques<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">John Shutt</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.d.shutt@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.d.shutt@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:58 AM<br>Subject: Re: Digital Archivists group book scanner question / request<br>To: jacques revera <<a href="mailto:jacquesrevera@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacquesrevera@gmail.com</a>><br><p dir="ltr">Hi Jacques,</p>
<p dir="ltr">I would repost to the Digital Archivists list and see if you get a bite. I'd also be happy to organize a meeting and help out when my life is less chaotic.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We could always use help with improving the hardware and software! I think Andrew DeFries is heading up that effort right now. I added him to the other thread, so you can find his email there if you want to get in touch.</p><span><font color="#888888">
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 28, 2014 9:49 AM, "jacques revera" <<a href="mailto:jacquesrevera@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacquesrevera@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks John<br></div><div><br>The Ace Monster Toys scanner seems to be disassembled this year and I have been unable to get further on their list yet.<br><br></div>I can't make this Thursday night's meeting but I would sure be grateful for the walk through. I have interest in going further with book scanning and the software and might be able to join with the Digitalarchivists on some work. Not much money but I can work.<br><br></div>Should I post this to the digital archivist list or some other list or could you refer me to someone?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 8:05 PM, John Shutt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.d.shutt@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.d.shutt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Hi Jacques,</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm pretty slammed at the moment (fighting off mono and apartment hunting at the same time), but happy to hand off the cameras for the scanner if someone else can walk you through using it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The scanner stand itself is at Noisebridge in the Mission in San Francisco. I've heard that Ace Monster Toys in the east bay also has a scanner, but I've never made it out there.</p><span><font color="#888888">
<p dir="ltr">John</p></font></span><div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 26, 2014 10:47 AM, "jacques revera" <<a href="mailto:jacquesrevera@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacquesrevera@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi,<br></div>Can I use your book scanner to copy a 260 page book this week? I am in Oakland and know what hacker spaces are but don't know anything about local spaces or scanners. Maybe there is something in Oakland?<br><br></div>This is for a political project on a deadline. <br><br>I have low-vision, cannot sustain reading well - but I see well.<br><br></div>I have "read" about book scanners and I am interested in working on and learning about the DIY hardware, software and text-to-speech. As a person heavily involved in books, reading and study: after many years relying on only audiobooks, kindle books text-to-speech and computer text-to-speech, I have found when not reading purely for enjoyment, I need the physical book to mark-up, flag, organize and navigate a book effectively. The most accessible scenario for me to work with a book would be to have the physical book and a text file to translate to computer speech mp3 listened to on an ipod. I am currently using this tts convertor<br><a href="http://www.zamzar.com/" target="_blank">http://www.zamzar.com/</a><br><br></div>-Jacques<br></div>
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