[blindkid] about a book "Slightly Above Time"

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Heidi
What is the name of the book?
Denise

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Richard Holloway <rholloway at gopbc.org>wrote:

> If you can get it as a text file, text files are certainly readable on a
> BrailleNote.
>
> If you scan it and want it to become text, you need to run it through an
> OCR program to convert it into text. The quality of text conversions varies
> based on several factors, mainly the quality of the source documents (a
> typical book should be fine) and the quality of the actual scans. The
> biggest problem with bound books is getting a clear scan all the way to the
> gutter side of the text. If the book is  not terribly expensive, you might
> need to break the binding if it won't get flat enough or you can even
> physically remove the pages. (When the gutter of the book won't lay flat
> the text is scanned out of focus and won't convert very well.)
>
> Obviously a text file is WAY simpler!
>
> You might also post the actual book name here just in case someone has it
> or hears of it being somewhere. (There's nothing to loose by asking, right?)
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 14, 2011, at 11:15 AM, hpscheffer at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hi, I'm trying to get a book in braille for my daughter, it is new and
> Bookshare does not have it, anyone know what the easiest way would be to
> get it in braille. I'm wondering if I can find it as a download to then put
> on a thumb drive and see if she can read it on her Braille Note, but it
> would not be in braille format so I don't know if it would work. I could
> also put it on the Victor reader, but I prefer her to read it. I could also
> scan it, but it has 310 pages so that would be very time consuming. Any
> experiences from anyone how to get this quickly?
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
> > Heidi
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