[nabs-l] Sad news, from my DSO

Sun Aug 28 17:38:48 UTC 2011

Hi Joshua,

Oh yeah... the stupid hold music interrupted by a bunch of commercials
about their products! You think Freedom Scientific's music is
annoying, you should hear Humanware's! :) Next time you call Freedom
Scientific, if you wait too long for the person to answer, try hitting
0 to set a callback. Type in your number at the prompt, and after the
beep, say your name and which product you're calling about. For
example, I'd say, "Hi, this is Chris and I'm calling about JAWS
version 12.0." They're good for calling you back (unlike KNFB... I
should really contact Jim Gashel or Mike Hingson about that) and
should call back within 5-10 minutes. HTH!

Chris

On 8/28/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>> "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
>>>>
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>> Chris Nusbaum
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>> "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
>>
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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!"