Open albertvillanova opened 2 years ago
I don't see a direct link to download all of the data at once. Should we write code to crawl it, or contact the site owner first? similar situation: #230 #241
Hi @cccntu,
Yes, I agree: no direct link seems to exist
Moreover, crawling their site is forbidden by their terms of use: https://bloomlibrary.org/page/termsOfUse
Acts Against the Site/Services
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(f) using manual or automated software, devices, scripts, robots, or other means or processes to access, "scrape," "crawl," or "spider" any pages contained in the Site;
I guess we should contact site owners first to ask for permission.
CC: @yjernite
request for permission sent
Thanks, @apergo-ai. Any feedback on this? Did you contact Daniel Whitenack from SIL?
They are working on it. I'll check
description:
Bloom users can create an original text or select a template, called a “shell book,” and insert culturally appropriate pictures and local translations of text. The books created can then be saved as a PDF and distributed in printed or electronic form. It is also possible to use Bloom to create EPUBs and “talking books.”
SIL has been developing and using Bloom since 2011. For the All Children Reading Enabling Writers competition, SIL added features to let Bloom users create decodable texts and leveled readers. Literacy specialists can create “Reader Templates” that help writers create texts for specific languages that are decodable at various stages of learning and conform to leveling guidelines.