[blindlaw] accessing textbooks while in law school

Tue Jun 11 21:47:06 UTC 2013

Hi all,

This is turning out to be  an interesting discussion.
I generally get my books scanned as it is very difficult here in India
to get most books in an accessible format.
However, I prefer to hire readers for reading my books.
This is primarily because I find it hard to concentrate for long
periods of time while reading books on the computer and also because I
find it hard to remember things that way.
I instead prefer to ask my readers to read the books  and then try to
recapitulate all the pertinent points in my own words.

Best,
Rahul

On 12/06/2013, Bill Spiry <b.s.spiry at gmail.com> wrote:
> Readers like Kinddel and Nook are well and fine but I found they lack the
> flexibility I needed with texts for law school. Bottom line is that most of
> us need to have the capability to make notes and mark up law texts to
> enable
> efficient review and reference later. Getting my books to a word format
> gave
> me that capability. I can't imagine what a hassle it would have been to
> have
> my book in a format with such limited markup. The point is, you'll likely
> best be served by pushing to get your texts in Word or at least PDF so you
> can convert them into an editable format for law school. Resources on my
> mobile devices certainly are useful for me in my practice but they wouldn't
> have gotten me through LS.
>
> pushing
>
>
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> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
> Nowicki
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] accessing textbooks while in law school
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> What about the e-book reader Blio?  How does it compare with the others
> discussed in this conversation, in particular with regards to the
> availability of law school textbooks?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bill Spiry
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> Note that some universities disability services offer a scanning service
> for
> converting textbooks for students with disabilities. The U of Oregon does
> this in association with the main library on campus. Very useful for those
> few texts I could not get digitally from publishers and for large packets
> assembled for some courses by professors.
>
> I suggest asking your campus office for students with disabilities an/or
> the
> campus library if such a service is available.
>
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> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Luis
> Mendez
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> Don't forget, that if all else fails, you still have the option to scan the
> material you need to read.  In some cases that will be your only option..
> Therefore it is important that you acquire a high quality ,high capacity,
> high-speed scanning system. I rely on such a system in my practice.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 9, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Laura Wolk <laura.wolk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hello,
>>
>> i'm sure this question gets asked rather frequently, but i am
>> wondering if anyone can provide some guidance about accessing
>> textbooks for law school. i have been out of undergrad for 4 years and
>> so much has changed since i left school.
>>
>> i am aware that the nook, kindle, etc are inaccessible, but what about
>> getting the nook and kindle apps on my iPhone/iPad? are these
>> platforms then accessible? if books are available as nookbooks,
>> kindles, or on ibooks, am i able to use my apple devices to access
>> them? how about from a windows computer?
>>
>> secondly, while in undergrad i was mostly successful at contacting the
>> permissions departments of publishers to have them provide electronic
>> copies for me. sometimes the disabilities office needed to intervene,
>> but i got many books this way. i have as of yet not had success doing
>> this with law books. can anyone provide any tips of the trade to be
>> more successful at this?
>>
>> i greatly appreciate any advice you might be able to offer.
>>
>> thanks,
>> laura
>>
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