[NABS-L] Scanning My Own Books

[Karl Martin Adam]

www.sacred-texts.com=20has=20some=20pretty=20cool=20public=20domain=20stuff=
,=20
but=20I=20don't=20know=20how=20good=20their=20Orthodox=20collection=20is.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Justin=20Heard=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20Valerie=20Gibson=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=204=20Dec=202018=2010:44:06=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[NABS-L]=20Scanning=20My=20Own=20Books

Yeah,=20I=20thought=20of=20Project=20Gutenberg=20this=20morning.=20Are=20th=
ere=20any=20
other
websites=20that=20are=20good=20for=20accessing=20the=20public=20domain?=20I=
=20use=20
Christian
Classics=20Etherial=20Library=20as=20well.

My=20goal=20is=20to=20save=20whatever=20I=20scan=20into=20a=20word=20docume=
nt=20so=20I=20can
transfer=20it=20to=20my=20braille=20display=20rather=20than=20relying=20on=
=20
Bluetooth=20or
USB.=20Would=20Esword=20allow=20me=20to=20do=20that?


On=2012/4/2018=2010:40=20AM,=20Valerie=20Gibson=20via=20NABS-L=20wrote:
=20You=20might=20try=20esword=20or=20logos=20for=20ios.=20=20Reading=20book=
s=20on=20logos=20
is=20a=20bit=20fussy.=20=20I've=20been=20meaning=20to=20email=20developers=
=20about=20it,=20
but=20don't=20have=20the=20tech=20knowledge=20to=20know=20what=20exactly=20=
is=20going=20
on...however=20books=20can=20be=20read=20there.=20=20The=20best=20way=20I'v=
e=20gotten=20
around=20the=20glitch=20with=20VO=20and=20reading=20the=20boomks=20on=20IOS=
=20is=20to=20
read=20with=20a=20braille=20display.=20=20you=20can=20read=20perfectly=20th=
at=20way.
=20If=20it's=20an=20old=20book=20you=20might=20try=20looking=20in=20the=20p=
ublic=20domains=20
for=20it.=20=20Often=20times=20I've=20run=20into=20books=20that=20cost=20to=
=20buy=20which=20
are=20free=20because=20copyright=20has=20expired,=20and=20the=20only=20thin=
g=20you're=20
really=20paying=20for=20is=20the=20fact=20that=20someone=20compiled=20them=
=20or=20the=20
fact=20that=20they=20look=20pretty.

=20Hope=20this=20helps.

=20Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

=20On=20Dec=204,=202018,=20at=207:46=20AM,=20Justin=20Heard=20via=20NABS-L=
=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wrote:

=20I=20did=20try=20the=20school=20library,=20but=20a=20lot=20of=20these=20b=
ooks=20come=20from=20
seminaries=20and=20monasteries=20so=20they=20don=E2=80=99t=20have=20them.=20=
Several=20are=20
several=20centuries=20old=20but=20have=20only=20recently=20been=20translate=
d=20to=20
English.=20They=20are=20academic,=20but=20only=20if=20you=E2=80=99re=20focu=
sing=20your=20
studies=20like=20I=20am.

=20Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

=20On=20Dec=204,=202018,=20at=206:30=20AM,=20Karl=20Martin=20Adam=20via=20N=
ABS-L=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wrote:

=20I=20can't=20help=20you=20with=20scanning,=20but=20have=20you=20tried=20B=
ookshare?=20=20
Also,=20if=20you're=20a=20student,=20have=20you=20tried=20your=20school=20l=
ibrary=20(if=20
you're=20looking=20for=20academic=20books,=20any=20decent=20university=20li=
brary=20
should=20get=20you=20access=20to=20a=20lot=20through=20Oxford=20Scholarship=
=20Online,=20
Cambridge=20Core,=20and=20Proquest.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Justin=20Heard=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20=

<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Mon,=203=20Dec=202018=2021:01:07=20-0500
=20Subject:=20[NABS-L]=20Scanning=20My=20Own=20Books

=20Hi=20there.

=20I=20am=20angry.=20I=20want=20access=20to=20a=20lot=20of=20books=20that=20=
have=20not=20been=20
made=20into
=20EBooks=20through=20either=20Kindle=20or=20Nook,=20and=20I'm=20tired=20of=
=20waiting.=20
These
=20aren't=20bestsellers,=20so=20it=20could=20be=20years.

=20What=20is=20the=20most=20reliable=20method=20for=20scanning=20my=20own=20=
books?=20I=20
have
=20thought=20about=20doing=20this=20before,=20but=20when=20I=20last=20tried=
=20with
=20Kurzweil1000,=20=20or=20maybe=203000,=20I=20did=20not=20have=20the=20bes=
t=20of=20luck.=20I=20
was
=20using=20a=20flatbed=20scanner.=20I=20succeeded=20because=20I=20had=20rea=
d=20the=20book=20
in=20a
=20digital=20format=20before=20so=20I=20caught=20the=20mistakes.=20I'm=20lo=
oking=20for=20
a=20way
=20that=20will=20have=20a=2095%=20success=20rate=20in=20recognizing=20text,=
=20and=20will=20
allow=20me
=20to=20save=20it=20as=20a=20word=20document.

=20Thanks=20for=20reading=20this.


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