[nabs-l] Math Textbook

Sun Sep 19 21:42:46 UTC 2010

Hi, I am at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, and they do not do much 
brailling.  They do braille tests, but you have to be an excellent braille 
reader because braille goes off the page and is split from page to page and 
all that.  But, I appreciate all Braille.  As I had said, I do have an 
embosser and can Braille my handouts and PDF books.  I would be more willing 
to Braille for others, but I don't have paper or the time to code the files. 
I just copy and paste, and so some of my books are brailled horribly, but I 
don't have time to edit the books and study at the same time.  I do turn on 
the code mode in Duxbury and erase all the blank lines just to save on 
paper.  Which state are you in, and what school do you attend.  For my 
graduate degree, I plan to go home to WV and attend WVU in Morgantown to 
obtain a vision certification because I want to work in the field of 
blindness.  For now, I am a senior hoping to graduate with a degree in 
Elementary Education/Language Arts in December of 2011.  This semester will 
be my first semester in the school system.  I dread dealing with print books 
and all, and I am planning to ask if a copy of the book is available in 
Braille somewhere since it might be available for blind fourth graders 
anyway.  I'm not holding my breath though.  Have a great evening.  Anita
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Math Textbook


> 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" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> 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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