[BlindMath] Accessible version of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach

Wed Sep 8 04:21:14 UTC 2021

I used to feel in ferior when I was in college because inaccessable 
books and book share wasn't particularly helpful though books were quite 
perfect for accessable ethical technological solution for any 
technological problem ence I obtained risc reduction program

Thanks allot.

Yours Sincerely,

Sanchit.

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Created: 2021-09-08 Wed 09:50

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On 9/7/2021 7:36 PM, tattenberg at gmail.com wrote:
> I also got the Bookshare version of this book about 5 years ago, and still have it on my computer. Bookshare is unfortunately still not a good resource for accessible materials that range beyond simple texts, especially educational resources in math, coding, and the hard sciences. I understand why this is, but the issue doesn't seem to be getting resolved.
> I'd love to get a more accessible version of GEB if anyone can conjure one.
>   -  Trevor
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> From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of sanchit via BlindMath
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> allso heard it nicely collate sort of worth wile material Looking forword for accessible version download
>
> Thanks alot.
>
> Yours Sincerely,
>
> Sanchit.
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> Created: 2021-09-07 Tue 00:33
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> On 9/6/2021 10:33 PM, Lucas Radaelli via BlindMath wrote:
>> I decided to go after this book after hearing many , many times people
>> recommending it. It seems to be really worth it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Em seg., 6 de set. de 2021 às 12:47, John G. Heim <jheim at wisc.edu> escreveu:
>>
>>> Bookshare gets it's materials mostly from volunteers. I wonder if it
>>> would  be worth wile to try to put together a better version of this
>>> book.  Its more than 40 years old but i know it still has a lot of fans.
>>> We might be able to find some sighted volunteers to describe the
>>> images for us. I'd be willing to coordinate the project but I wonder
>>> if anybody else thinks it is worth the bother.
>>>
>>> On 9/5/21 9:00 PM, blindmath at nfbnet.org wrote:
>>>> Checking the bookshare version, the first 30 pages had one or two
>>>> images with a basic description, all the rest did not. In this book,
>>>> unfortunately, having the images described is a must...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Em dom., 5 de set. de 2021 às 22:29, Bhavya shah via BlindMath <
>>>> blindmath at nfbnet.org> escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear John,
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this book's Bookshare copy have the mathematical content in
>>>>> Math ML and/or image-based illustrations described? Bookshare, in
>>>>> my past experience, has tended to do a poor job with the
>>>>> accessibility of mathematical and scientific texts so wanted to
>>>>> make sure. A professor once recommended this but I never got around
>>>>> to looking for it and reading it; thanks for bringing it up Lucas!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/4/21, John G. Heim via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Bookshare has it. Bard (library of Congress talking book program)
>>>>>> does not. That's a shock to me. It won a Pulitzer. It's got a
>>>>>> wikipedia
>>> page.
>>>>>> On 9/4/21 10:02 AM, Lucas Radaelli via BlindMath wrote:
>>>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Does anyone know a place where I can find an accessible version
>>>>>>> of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks.
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