[nabs-l] Sad news, from my DSO

Sun Aug 28 17:24:47 UTC 2011

This kind of reminds me of Freedom Scientific!
They play that stupid music, while you wait for hours, for the tech support.
I was taught, in Business Communications class, that, the hold music
isn't professional.
Blessings, Joshua

On 8/28/11, chris nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Joshua,
>
> LBPH is Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, or Library
> for the Blind. Each state has one, as it is a division of the Library
> of Congress. As for Blio, it's really good. I recently downloaded it,
> and it's great, if I can get it to search books correctly. I've called
> KNFB and every time I get a person, they tell me that "this is the
> tech support line for the KNFB Reader, and I can transfir you to the
> Blio tech support line." When she does, it takes me to the general
> delivery mailbox. I leave a message with my cell number, and I haven't
> gotten a call back in a week! I've tried twice! This is getting
> annoying!
>
> Chris
>
> On 8/28/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>> Well, the people should ask more questions, before they assume stuff.
>> I agree with you Chris.
>> I get audiobooks from Learning Ally, but I need Braille, for Math.
>> Besides, I liesened to my audiobooks, this semester, and the readers
>> aren't very good.
>> They do the same stuff, that they did in my English book, 2 years ago.
>> They fumbled over words, and mispronounced words.
>> That's crazy!
>> I've never experimented with Blio, but I'm interested in it.
>> What's LBPH?
>> Blessings, Joshua
>>
>> On 8/28/11, chris nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Peter and everyone,
>>>
>>> That's one thing I agree with you on. That's the NFB right there: "If
>>> the going gets tough, the tough get going, and win in the end!" I've
>>> heard Dr. Maurer say this a lot. Now, as to the rest of your comments,
>>> you can't jump to conclusions and criticize people without knowing all
>>> the facts. This was the same problem we had when we were discussing
>>> national convention and its online streaming. Remember that there is a
>>> 70 percent unemployment rate among blind people. So, "raising the
>>> funds yourself" is, more often than not, much easier said than done.
>>> This, unfortunately, will stay a proven fact until we get totally
>>> integrated into society, and we have a long way to go in that area. I
>>> am not trying to be a downer, in fact, I'm very optomistic about the
>>> work of the Federation. I'm trying to be a realist, and this, I
>>> believe, is the unfortunate reality. Therefore, I don't think you can
>>> fairly criticize other list members when they ask for advice to
>>> resolve their problems with getting the needed accomodations in
>>> school, when none of us; you, me, anyone, know every little fact about
>>> the person's situation and the person in general. So, I propose to all
>>> of you that we work to just give some constructive advice when a
>>> lister posts a question about a problem they're having. If one of us
>>> feels that they could do something differently, we could just suggest
>>> it encouragingly: "Have you tried doing this? Maybe you could try this
>>> instead of that." Hope this makes sense!
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> P.S. Joshua, while I understand your frustrations, I don't think Peter
>>> should be banned from the list altogether because of his recent
>>> comments. Of course, that's up to Mr. Andrews, but I think we should
>>> encourage freedom of speech on our lists. I think people should only
>>> be banned from the list if they are spamming it (Alexander Kaiser, for
>>> example,) or posting inappropriate content to it, i.e. sexual material
>>> or a lot of cursing.
>>>
>>> On 8/27/11, Peter Donahue <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> Good evening Josh and everyone,
>>>>
>>>> If you're faced with a "Last resort" situation you'll need to hire a
>>>> transcriber and have the book translated and embossed and raise the
>>>> funds
>>>> for this service yourself. Furthermore why did you not research this
>>>> before
>>>> the semester began! It sounds to me like you have a rough road to hoe.
>>>> The
>>>> good news is that when the going gets tough the tough get going and win
>>>> in
>>>> the end. This is what Mary and I would do if we were in your situation.
>>>>
>>>> Peter Donahue
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 7:08 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sad news, from my DSO
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would try APH and the Hadley School for the Blind's Braille
>>>> transcribing services.  It may cost a bunch, but that's all I can
>>>> offer.
>>>> Beth
>>>>
>>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> Date sent: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:17:56 -0500
>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Sad news, from my DSO
>>>>
>>>> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
>>>> My DSO lady informed me, that they've contacted the National
>>>> Braille
>>>> Press, about my Math textbook.
>>>> They said, that they don't have any college textbooks, in
>>>> Braille.
>>>> Where else can we go?
>>>> Thanks, Joshua
>>>>
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>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>
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>>> problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists. If
>>> a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can
>>> be reduced to a mere physical nuissence." -- Kenneth Jernigan
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> Chris Nusbaum
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The real
> problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists. If
> a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can
> be reduced to a mere physical nuissence." -- Kenneth Jernigan
>
> Visit the I C.A.N. Foundation online at: www.icanfoundation.info for
> information on our foundation and how it helps blind and visually
> impaired children in MD say "I can!"
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