[OLPC library] OLPC-health

[Edward Cherlin]

On Feb 2, 2008 12:31 AM, Pascal Scheffers <pascal at scheffers.net> wrote:
> Hi Mika,
>
> Maja and I are still working on converting 'where there is no doctor'
> to HTML. If you want to help with that:
>
> We're working on the Spanish edition: http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download_dnhd.php
>   and are making some progress. We have created XHTML documents from
> the InDesign documents we received, that is slow, chapter by chapter
> work. We're a couple of chapters in.
>
> Two tasks of that project could use immediate help:
>
> 1. InDesign

It would be helpful if we could do this in Free Software. Have you
looked at Scribus?

> doesn't export any table-like structures correctly, for
> example, look at page 6 of http://www.hesperian.info/assets/donde_2007/donde_ch01.pdf
>   These tables need to be manually edited into the XHTML output. If
> you can create XHTML, creating a bunch of those tables would be a big
> help. The images used in these tables may need to be manually
> converted too (most other images are done automatically).
>
> 2. The XHTML output misplaces all the images, they need to be moved to
> the right location in the XHTML and tagged with a correct width= tag.
> A script I wrote will take all width= tags and automatically converts
> the TIFF images to the right dimensions for the XO.
>
> And then there a number of other things which still need to be
> addressed, when most of the conversion work is done:
> 1. A global index for the HTML chapter files (the home page for the
> book)
> 2. I need someone Spanish to create pretty labels for all the 'see p
> 150' references. In HTML it is not 'page 150', but more 'chapter 10,
> what to do with nasty cuts', etc.
>
> Alternatively, you could pick up one of the other Hesperian books

I'm in a discussion with a naysayer who claims that no publisher will
give OLPC the right to distribute and translate textbooks. I see in
the Wiki that Hesperian is a nonprofit. Do we have any licensing
arrangements with for-profit publishers for textbooks?

> and
> convert that to XHTML on your own. They have a number of other books
> which would be really great to have on the XO. (For example, the
> english edition of Where there is no Doctor)
>
> After Maja and I are done with 'Donde hay ...', we're likely to also
> do the english edition (but not before aug-2008). The other books will
> have to be worked on by other people.

Yes, we need to recruit more people. I'm working on ways to keep track
of our projects and the people working on them, and to get the word
out about what we need. Mainly I'm asking people what they would
suggest, and then suggesting that they work on it. ^_^ But it's rather
chaotic right now.

> After that, we'd like to create/
> adapt content which is more aimed at the XO age group itself, really
> basic human/mammalian physiology, for example.
>
> If you want access to the InDesign documents, ask Anna or me and we'll
> send you a private link. I promised Hesperian to not freely distribute
> those.
>
> Regards,
>
> - Pascal.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1 feb 2008, at 22:21, Mika Matsuzaki wrote:
>
> > Hi Pascal,
> >
> > I saw that you've done lots of work on the OLPC-health content so
> > far. I'd like to help out, so let me know what needs most help!
> >
> > Best,
> > Mika
> > URL: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mika
> >
>
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