[nabs-l] Electronic College Textbooks

[Steven Max-Faults]

Hi Valerie,

 

I do read Braille and I use a BrailleNote, but I use Jaws
rather than ZoomText on the computer! For almost all of my textbooks and course
materials, I request electronic copies in MS Word. I sometimes request Braille
for French, and always audio versions in addition to electronic copies for
novels and Shakespeare! (Although, I have usually gotten the audio on my own.)

 

I do know that readers are difficult to obtain, and they are
usually not even necessary. But, I think they are sometimes employed for certain
courses, such as Arabic classes.

 

I have been lucky to avoid Math thus far, but I must take Stats
next year. I have a choice of Nemeth or Latex. I don’t know anything about
Latex, so I’ll have to find out how difficult it would be to learn. 

 

Hope this was helpful! I’m wondering about everyone else?

 

Best,

Steven

Steven Max-Faults



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--- On Wed, 12/2/09, Valerie Perry <vpbraille at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Valerie Perry <vpbraille at gmail.com>
Subject: [nabs-l] Electronic College Textbooks
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 12:05 AM

Hi  I am trying to understand the trend/future of college textbooks for
Braille readers who use braillenotes and zoomtext. What do most people
request from the college's alternative media department for textbooks other
than math and science . Pdf files, Microsoft word files, Braille, audio.?
How does the college handle math books and science books?

 

Thanks 

Valerie

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