[Blindmath] Blindmath Digest, Vol 77, Issue 6

Tue Dec 18 17:11:25 UTC 2012

www.coursesmart.com They do everything over the web.  They have hundreds of
accessible titles.  I believe there is a fee and after that you simply
request texts, but you will need to check that out.   Best of luck,
Bente

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Lal
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Hi vincent,

How do I get access to course smart? I am not in the USA.

Pranav
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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of vincent
martin
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 9:29 AM
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I do the Quality Control for books that appear in Course smart that have
been requested as accessible text.  Pearson is doing a great job, even on
books that have not been designated as accessible.  the text you just
referenced, I decided to look at from my end and it reads extremely well.
There are a lot of other books on Course smart that are already accessible.
Most of all, anyone can rent access to the books.

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Today's Topics:

   1. The tides are turning! (Bente)
   2. Re: The tides are turning! (Ken Perry)
   3. Re: The tides are turning! (Rosanne Hoffmann)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:43:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Bente <bente at casilenc.com>
To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindmath] The tides are turning!
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I am posting this because I know that many of us on the list have been
waiting, wishing, and hoping for a math text that was easily and fully
accessible.  I have just tested the text College Algebra in Context with
Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences, 4th Edition
written by Ronald J.
Harshbarger.  The book is fully accessible including alternative text
descriptions for all graphics!  I have to confess that I am not a JAWS
expert so I had my best success with my Ipad and Voice Over.  As an example
of how good it reads is that when reading a table, Voice over will go back
and read the column heading before reading the information.  Even if  a
college is not using this text it is nice to know that a student could
purchase it to learn from.  It has been my experience that our students will
continually search the web for alternatives to understand information when
their course material is lacking in accessibility.  The book is published by
Pearson Publishing. This is not a commercial for Pearson Publishing, it is a
celebration of something long awaited.

Bente J. Casile
Math Learning Specialist
Disability Support Services
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh NC

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:49:30 -0500
From: "Ken Perry" <kperry at blinksoft.com>
To: "'Bente'" <bente at casilenc.com>,	"'Blind Math list for those
	interested in mathematics'"	<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] The tides are turning!
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Good to hear I know from talking to some of the Pearson group that they are
working hard to get their texts to all be accessible so this is great news.

ken

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From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bente
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:44 PM
To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindmath] The tides are turning!

I am posting this because I know that many of us on the list have been
waiting, wishing, and hoping for a math text that was easily and fully
accessible.  I have just tested the text College Algebra in Context with
Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences, 4th Edition
written by Ronald J.
Harshbarger.  The book is fully accessible including alternative text
descriptions for all graphics!  I have to confess that I am not a JAWS
expert so I had my best success with my Ipad and Voice Over.  As an example
of how good it reads is that when reading a table, Voice over will go back
and read the column heading before reading the information.  Even if  a
college is not using this text it is nice to know that a student could
purchase it to learn from.  It has been my experience that our students will
continually search the web for alternatives to understand information when
their course material is lacking in accessibility.  The book is published by
Pearson Publishing. This is not a commercial for Pearson Publishing, it is a
celebration of something long awaited.

Bente J. Casile
Math Learning Specialist
Disability Support Services
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh NC
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:35:32 +0000
From: Rosanne Hoffmann <rhoffmann at aph.org>
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Subject: Re: [Blindmath] The tides are turning!
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This is great news - I use Pearson texts for both of my classes at the
university.

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:50 PM
To: 'Bente'; 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] The tides are turning!

Good to hear I know from talking to some of the Pearson group that they are
working hard to get their texts to all be accessible so this is great news.

ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bente
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:44 PM
To: blindmath at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindmath] The tides are turning!

I am posting this because I know that many of us on the list have been
waiting, wishing, and hoping for a math text that was easily and fully
accessible.  I have just tested the text College Algebra in Context with
Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences, 4th Edition
written by Ronald J.
Harshbarger.  The book is fully accessible including alternative text
descriptions for all graphics!  I have to confess that I am not a JAWS
expert so I had my best success with my Ipad and Voice Over.  As an example
of how good it reads is that when reading a table, Voice over will go back
and read the column heading before reading the information.  Even if  a
college is not using this text it is nice to know that a student could
purchase it to learn from.  It has been my experience that our students will
continually search the web for alternatives to understand information when
their course material is lacking in accessibility.  The book is published by
Pearson Publishing. This is not a commercial for Pearson Publishing, it is a
celebration of something long awaited.

Bente J. Casile
Math Learning Specialist
Disability Support Services
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh NC
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