[nabs-l] Finding and Working with Readers

[Joshua Lester]

This one reader mispronounced "climate."
I couldn't concentrate on the material, because I was laughing at the
way she mispronounced that semple word.
They should have given me a better reader.
This was my freshman year at PCC.
Now, all of my books are from RFBND, (but that's about to change,) (hopefully.)
I'm going through APH for the Blind, and I'll find out if they have
Braille college textbooks.
Blessings, Joshua

On 4/9/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Tina,
> I like human readers! They are not monotone like technology. Textbooks have
> charts, graphs, diagrams, etc that in my experience  jaws doesn't
> read well.  Also my tech editing book talks about punctuation, type of font,
> and spelling. You just won't get that with a screen reader. Unless you spell
> word by word.
>
> I post ads on boards for readers. I interview them in the library.
> I've not had a perfect time with readers; far from it with scheduling
> challenges. But it helps me learn; they can look up words and we preview the
> chapter together, a great study technique for anyone. They read headings and
> tell me major topics when previewing it.
>
> Joshua, readers will stumble over unfamiliar or technical words.
> But you can train them to say it right and if you don't know the
> pronounciation, ask the professor.
> I have them spell the word and tell them how to pronounce it then.
>
> Ashley
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tina Hansen
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 5:11 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Finding and Working with Readers
>
> With all this talk about technology, I thought I'd ask for people's thoughts
> on one of my favorite low-tech solutions for access: readers. Even with
> scanners and the Internet, some material still works best in the hands of a
> good reader.
>
> So, if you've done reader searches recently, what has worked for you, and
> how have you found readers? Also, how have you worked with them so they give
> you the results you want?
>
> If you've worked with a reader and used a digital voice recorder to store
> the material for later review, how has that helped or hindered you? If the
> reader was only able to work if you left them a voice recorder, how have you
> ensured that communication is open and that they're following your
> directions?
>
> Any thoughts on this topic would be truly helpfull. Thanks.
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