[nabs-l] Math Textbook

[Anita Adkins]

Hi Jewel and all,

I agree with Jewel on that.  I do have an embosser, and I am thankful for 
it.  DRS in Maryland is wonderful and helped me obtain mine.  This semester, 
I got all of my books from the publisher in PDF format, and I copy the file 
into Duxbury for brailling because Braille is also my prefered method.  In 
addition, I Braille my own handouts.  One of my instructors had approached 
the disability guy here and asked about one of the handouts, and he 
responded he couldn't do that.  I asked for other books to be brailled or 
even just recorded in digital format, and he also said he didn't have the 
resources to do that.  So, while asking is okay, it isn't likely a 
Disability Office will do it.  While I am mentioning this, keep in mind that 
some formatting is required for Braille, and so if possible, obtain the book 
prior to the start of the semester.  This did not work out in my own 
situation.  Also, Brailling takes time, and it is difficult to study with a 
noisy Juliet running.  So this is something else to keep in mind.  Anita
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Math Textbook


> I've found that, at least with my college, they are very nitpikcy
> about what Braille they print. They told me straight up that they
> would not emboss an entire book, even when I told them that Braille
> was my primary reading method and that I am very bad with audio books
> when it comes to classes. They told me that they simply can't take the
> time to emboss an entire Braille book that I'm only ggoing to use for
> one semester, and said they aren't likely to even emboss parts of the
> book. They provided the books in digital format, though, which takes
> as much, if not more, time as embossing does...I thought it was rather
> odd and that this lack of understanding for the need of Braille was
> stupid. But that's why DSB got me my own embosser and a refreshable
> Braille display, so I could read digital Braille and emboss what I
> needed myself. I can't wait to get my embosser, and I plan on
> Brailling the parts of the books needed for class so I can bring the
> hardcopy Braille...at least for Spanish and mathematics classes.
>
> On 9/17/10, Michelle Clark <mcikeyc at aol.com> wrote:
>> Are you near an Adaptive Technology Department of the local library in 
>> your
>> area?  If there is one near you, there may be a possibility that they can
>> help you. Does the school where you attend have an embosser? Investigate 
>> if
>> they can arrange that.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope this works. Indeed, I know the feeling.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Michelle
>>
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> ~Jewel
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