[BlindMath] Accessible version of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach
John G. Heim
jheim at math.wisc.edu
Wed Oct 13 17:23:43 UTC 2021
I'd like to start a project to create an accessible version of "Gödel,
Escher, Bach ".
I created a group on groups.io. AccessibleGEB at groups.io. To subscribe,
send an email to AccessibleGEB+subscribe at groups.io.
I figure the first step would be to collect descriptions of the
illustrations. I am in the process of creating a web form to allow
people to enter those.
https://people.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/AccessibleGEB/
It is usable as-is but it needs some security/friendliness refinements.
But we can start spreading it around already.
On 9/6/21 12:03 PM, lucasradaelli at gmail.com wrote:
> I decided to go after this book after hearing many , many times people
> recommending it. It seems to be really worth it.
>
>
>
> Em seg., 6 de set. de 2021 às 12:47, John G. Heim <jheim at wisc.edu
> <mailto:jheim at wisc.edu>> escreveu:
>
> Bookshare gets it's materials mostly from volunteers. I wonder if it
> would be worth wile to try to put together a better version of this
> book. Its more than 40 years old but i know it still has a lot of
> fans.
> We might be able to find some sighted volunteers to describe the images
> for us. I'd be willing to coordinate the project but I wonder if
> anybody
> else thinks it is worth the bother.
>
> On 9/5/21 9:00 PM, blindmath at nfbnet.org
> <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Checking the bookshare version, the first 30 pages had one or two
> images
> > with a basic description, all the rest did not. In this book,
> > unfortunately, having the images described is a must...
> >
> >
> > Em dom., 5 de set. de 2021 às 22:29, Bhavya shah via BlindMath <
> > blindmath at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org>> escreveu:
> >
> >> Dear John,
> >>
> >> Does this book's Bookshare copy have the mathematical content in
> Math
> >> ML and/or image-based illustrations described? Bookshare, in my past
> >> experience, has tended to do a poor job with the accessibility of
> >> mathematical and scientific texts so wanted to make sure. A
> professor
> >> once recommended this but I never got around to looking for it and
> >> reading it; thanks for bringing it up Lucas!
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> On 9/4/21, John G. Heim via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org
> <mailto:blindmath at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> >>> Bookshare has it. Bard (library of Congress talking book
> program) does
> >>> not. That's a shock to me. It won a Pulitzer. It's got a
> wikipedia page.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 9/4/21 10:02 AM, Lucas Radaelli via BlindMath wrote:
> >>>> Folks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anyone know a place where I can find an accessible
> version of the
> >>>> book
> >>>> Gödel, Escher, Bach?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks.
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