[nabs-l] Math Textbook

[Ashley Bramlett]

Anita,
Which school are you at?  MD is my neighboring state.
Except for George Mason university, none of my colleges have been able to do 
brailling.
I have a braille embosser and an old version of Duxbury.  But while I do get 
texts in PDF like you I haven't been able to copy the text to any other 
program.  Glad it worked for you.

Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anita Adkins" <aadkins7 at verizon.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Math Textbook


> 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" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> 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
>> Check out my blog about accessibility for the blind!
>> Treasure Chest for the Blind: http://blindtreasurechest.blogspot.com
>>
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