[blindkid] about a book "Slightly Above Time"

Tue Nov 15 18:08:07 UTC 2011

Hi Heidi,

Are you a parent of a blind or visually impaired child?  If so, what state
are you located in?  
What is the name of the book and is written by Mark Forti?

By the way I have my own company called Helping the Blind and Visually
Impaired.  For more information go to
http://www.visuallyimpairedandtheblind.com

I have also created a page on facebook called Helping the Blind and Visually
Impaired and I have also created a facebook group with the same name Helping
the Blind and Visually Impaired.  In order to like the page or join the
group you have to be signed into your facebook account.

I have also created a Google Group called Helping the Blind and Visually
Impaired.  To subscribe to my google group go to the website address stated
in this email.  Then go to the google group subscribe box on my website
enter your email address and then click on the subscribe button.  You will
need to go back and check your email as you are going to get an email from
Google Groups now you may need to check your spam folder or your junk email
folder just in case it does not come to your inbox.  When you do receive the
email from Google Groups all you need to do is reply to it and press send.

I saw your message on the Blindkid mailing list.  I will look into your
inquiry and see what I can find out  Then as soon as I have some information
I will email it to you.

Thank you for your time regarding this matter..

Sincerely,
Christine Chaikin President
Helping the Blind and Visually Impaired
visit: http://www.visuallyimpairedandtheblind.com
Email: christine at visuallyimpairedandtheblind.com
Office: (949) 630-2652

-----Original Message-----
From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Dr. Denise M Robinson
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:01 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
Subject: Re: [blindkid] about a book "Slightly Above Time"

Heidi
What is the name of the book?
Denise

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Richard Holloway
<rholloway at gopbc.org>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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