[blindkid] about a book "Slightly Above Time"

Carol Castellano carol_castellano at verizon.net
Tue Nov 15 17:59:18 UTC 2011


Some scanning software makes this one step easier by allowing a "Save 
as Editable Text" option, along with jpg and pdf.
Carol

At 10:33 PM 11/14/2011, you 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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Carol Castellano
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National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
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