[NABS-L] Scanning My Own Books

[Justin Heard]

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

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


On 12/4/2018 10:40 AM, Valerie Gibson via NABS-L wrote:
> You might try esword or logos for ios.  Reading books on logos is a bit fussy.  I've been meaning to email developers about it, but don't have the tech knowledge to know what exactly is going on...however books can be read there.  The best way I've gotten around the glitch with VO and reading the boomks on IOS is to read with a braille display.  you can read perfectly that way.
> If it's an old book you might try looking in the public domains for it.  Often times I've run into books that cost to buy which are free because copyright has expired, and the only thing you're really paying for is the fact that someone compiled them or the fact that they look pretty.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Dec 4, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Justin Heard via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I did try the school library, but a lot of these books come from seminaries and monasteries so they don’t have them. Several are several centuries old but have only recently been translated to English. They are academic, but only if you’re focusing your studies like I am.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Dec 4, 2018, at 6:30 AM, Karl Martin Adam via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I can't help you with scanning, but have you tried Bookshare?  Also, if you're a student, have you tried your school library (if you're looking for academic books, any decent university library should get you access to a lot through Oxford Scholarship Online, Cambridge Core, and Proquest.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Justin Heard via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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>>> Date sent: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 21:01:07 -0500
>>> Subject: [NABS-L] Scanning My Own Books
>>>
>>> Hi there.
>>>
>>> I am angry. I want access to a lot of books that have not been made into
>>> EBooks through either Kindle or Nook, and I'm tired of waiting. These
>>> aren't bestsellers, so it could be years.
>>>
>>> What is the most reliable method for scanning my own books? I have
>>> thought about doing this before, but when I last tried with
>>> Kurzweil1000,  or maybe 3000, I did not have the best of luck. I was
>>> using a flatbed scanner. I succeeded because I had read the book in a
>>> digital format before so I caught the mistakes. I'm looking for a way
>>> that will have a 95% success rate in recognizing text, and will allow me
>>> to save it as a word document.
>>>
>>> Thanks for reading this.
>>>
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