[Digitalarchivists] book scanner walk-through request

Sat Nov 1 03:35:26 UTC 2014

newmy51 wrote:
> Jacques, Did you not see mine and John's replies? -Danny
and
> …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

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.

I explained this in more detail in an email to Jesse tonight. Sounds like
he should have a suggestion for my short-term problem.

JACQUES!

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:26 PM, newmy51 at gmail.com <newmy51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jacques,
>
> Did you not see mine and John's replies?
>
> -Danny
> On Oct 31, 2014 2:04 PM, "jacques revera" <jacquesrevera at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey All,
>> 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
>> 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
>> http://youtu.be/CsJVwxwYhag
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 1:47 PM, jacques revera <jacquesrevera at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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)
>>>
>>> I spoke to John who said:
>>> "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."
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: John Shutt <john.d.shutt at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 9:58 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Digital Archivists group book scanner question / request
>>> To: jacques revera <jacquesrevera at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Hi Jacques,
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> John
>>> On Oct 28, 2014 9:49 AM, "jacques revera" <jacquesrevera at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks John
>>>>
>>>> The Ace Monster Toys scanner seems to be disassembled this year and I
>>>> have been unable to get further on their list yet.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Should I post this to the digital archivist list or some other list or
>>>> could you refer me to someone?
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 8:05 PM, John Shutt <john.d.shutt at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jacques,
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>> On Oct 26, 2014 10:47 AM, "jacques revera" <jacquesrevera at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is for a political project on a deadline.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have low-vision, cannot sustain reading well - but I see well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> http://www.zamzar.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Jacques
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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