[BlindMath] Accessible version of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach
John G. Heim
jheim at math.wisc.edu
Wed Oct 13 19:49:01 UTC 2021
Anyone can help just by spreading the word about the project.
On 10/13/21 1:37 PM, lucasradaelli at gmail.com wrote:
> This is awesome. Joining. I can't help with descriptions I can't see,
> but I will be following along.
>
>
> Em qua., 13 de out. de 2021 às 14:23, John G. Heim <jheim at math.wisc.edu
> <mailto:jheim at math.wisc.edu>> escreveu:
>
> I'd like to start a project to create an accessible version of "Gödel,
> Escher, Bach ".
>
> I created a group on groups.io <http://groups.io>.
> AccessibleGEB at groups.io <mailto:AccessibleGEB at groups.io>. To subscribe,
> send an email to AccessibleGEB+subscribe at groups.io
> <mailto:AccessibleGEB%2Bsubscribe 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/
> <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
> <mailto: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>
> > <mailto: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>
> > <mailto: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>
> <mailto: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>
> > <mailto: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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