<div dir="ltr">newmy51 wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><span class="">> Jacques, Did you not see mine and John's replies? -Danny<br></span>and<br>> …I have been using the scanner at the Internet Archive…They have a special service for the visually impaired and can OCR your book to a myriad of formats…You will have to request a text to speech service… Please inquire with Jesse at the internet archive. He is the head of the books group. This is a good long term solution for you, and they have a number of resources you will find advantageous. Danny, I <br><br>I missed it because the subject line read "Re: Digitalarchivists Digest, Vol 19, Issue 4" - But NOW YES! FANTASTIC HOOK UP FOR ME THANK YOU! DANNY! I contacted Jesse by phone today and began a conversation. He was ready to scan my books immediately into Daisy format and upload to the archive. I can't do that until I understand all the daisy-copyright implications. I am anti-copyright as an individual but working on a national project, a Dialogue event with these two authors. I can't go down that road this week.<br></div><br></div>I explained this in more detail in an email to Jesse tonight. Sounds like he should have a suggestion for my short-term problem. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">JACQUES!<br></font></span><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:26 PM, <a href="mailto:newmy51@gmail.com" target="_blank">newmy51@gmail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newmy51@gmail.com" target="_blank">newmy51@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><p dir="ltr">Jacques,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Did you not see mine and John's replies?</p>
<p dir="ltr">-Danny</p>
</span><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Oct 31, 2014 2:04 PM, "jacques revera" <<a href="mailto:jacquesrevera@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacquesrevera@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hey All, <br></div>I have this urgent short term need to use a book scanner... and am interested in supporting your project long term. I did not get a response three days ago. Can anyone refer me to a hacker space or something similar in the area, the peninsula or San Jose where there is access to a book scanner? This is a pretty urgent need. As I said below, I have a reading disability and need to read several books this week in my work participating in the promotion of<br>REVOLUTION AND RELIGION: A Dialogue Between Revolutionary Christian Cornel West and Revolutionary Communist Bob Avakian on the role of religion in the struggle for material and spiritual emancipation. Here is Cornel's short promo<br><a href="http://youtu.be/CsJVwxwYhag" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/CsJVwxwYhag</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:47 PM, jacques revera <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacquesrevera@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacquesrevera@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"><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">
<p dir="ltr">John</p></font></span><div><div>
<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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