[Blindmath] Audio books

[Smith, Andrew]

Hi, what exactly don't you find helpful about the audiobooks from
Learning Ally?  I have found them to be quite helpful indeed, since
graphs, images and other mathematical objects are described.  I have
found that they don't always have the exact textbook you need.  In my
case, for instance, they haven't had any of the exact books we've
needed yet.  In this situation I just picked a similar book.  For
instance, when I took calculus, I grabbed Ron Larson's calculus books.
Calculus is calculus no matter how you slice it, so I figured it would
be "good enough."  For problem sets, I use a reader or have a friend
read me the problems.  I, too,  find working with people to be a bit
frustrating so I do what I can on my own.  Although the books can be
slow, most DAISY readers offer an option to adjust the speed.  Since
I'm used to reading at a very high speed with JAWS, VoiceOver etc, I
adjusted the speed to fit my preference.

Hope this might help some.
Happy 2016!

On 12/31/15, Anna via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have been trying to use an audio book for the first time.  It is for a
> statistics class I have to take. It was recommended to me to use an audio
> book read by a person, so I got one from Learning Ally.  In the last
> semester I was trying to use JAWS and some combination of my vision and
> listening to science and math on the computer.  It did not go well at all.
> So I am trying the audio book but I am quickly realizing....This is going to
> take forever...
> Using a reader and/or tutor seems the most efficient option.  I have some,
> although not very much experience with working with people like this. I find
> it difficult.  I guess I am just looking for support and other people's
> experience.
> Have you used audio books for math?  How did it go?
> Have you used a reader?  How was that?
> How much time did you have to spend just reading through the book with the
> reader?  How did you reference the book or related material when you are not
> with your reader? How did you study on your own time?
> Any relevant information i can get on this would be helpful.  Thank you and
> Happy New Years.
>
> Anna E Givens
>
>
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