[nabs-l] Online degree programs

[Robert Jaquiss]

Hello:

     It is my view that a student is likely to need K1000 software 
regardless of the school he/she attends. My wife is a student at Walden and 
she has had to buy textbooks. If you are studying a technical field such as 
IT or computer science, you might have a better chance of finding electronic 
versions of the books you want.

Regards,

Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Antonio M. Guimaraes" <iamantonio at cox.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Online degree programs


> Hi Jen,
>
> I thought to contact you privately first, but I wonder, if you don't mind 
> sharing it with the list, why the state won't purchase Kurzweil for you.
>
> Do they not realize you are blind, and thus print-disabled, and so would 
> need to scan college materials for school?
>
> do you, and do they understand that perhaps limmiting you to online 
> schools with accessible electronic texts is severely limmiting your 
> options, and that the one thing between you and an URI or some other 
> college education is a $1000 scanning software?
>
> More importantly, do you think it worth it to get one of us here in RI on 
> board with you, and pushing, convincing the counselor, or giving you some 
> guidance about your accomodations, and how you could put up a bit more of 
> a fight for them?
>
> It's not about what you want, but about what you'll need to succeed, or 
> even have a basic chance to access information in college.
>
> Antonio Guimaraes
>
> If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number of pickup 
> trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an infinite number of 
> highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's great literary 
> works in Braille.
>
> Shop online and support the NFB of RI at no additional cost to you.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jennifer Aberdeen" <freespirit328 at gmail.com>
> To: "NABS-L" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:15 AM
> Subject: [nabs-l] Online degree programs
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does anyone know if any of the online Universities, such as the 
>> University of Phoenix, have all their reading material available in 
>> e-text directly from the website?
>>
>> I'm not sure if I'm going to take any classes. One of my biggest 
>> obstacles, and I'm sure for a lot of other blind people, is not having 
>> access to my text books. I can't scan my books because the state won't 
>> purchase Kurzweil for me, and listening to it on tape doesn't work 
>> because of my hearing problem. The best way is with e-text, but I'm not 
>> sure who has it and how easy or complicated it is to use.
>>
>> I tried AIU, but they didn't have most of their books avaiable in an 
>> accessible format.
>>
>> Jen
>>
>> Shop my AVON online store
>> http://jaberdeen.avonrepresentative.com
>>
>> Get healthy!
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>>
>> Contact me:
>>
>> Jennifer Aberdeen
>> PO Box 1184
>> Woonsocket, RI 02895
>> 401-762-3258 (home)
>> 401-644-5607 (cell)
>> freespirit328 at gmail.com
>> SKYPE: J.Aberdeen
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