[nabs-l] Fw: [Nmabs] FW: WebsiteforCollegeStudentswithDisabilities

Gloria G gloria.graves at gmail.com
Wed Dec 28 17:46:05 UTC 2011 

Hi I have Kerzwile and i am running JAWs 12.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [Nmabs] FW: 
WebsiteforCollegeStudentswithDisabilities


> What JAWS version do you use and what scan-and-read program do you use? I 
> can tell you how to do OCR on a PDF document in JAWS 13 using its built-in 
> OCR engine, and how to do it in Kurzweil; if you use Openbook, I can't 
> help you, as I don't use that program.
>
> Chris
>
> Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
>
> "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 nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind, 
> 1968-1986
>
> The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired youth in 
> Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing assistive 
> technology and scholarships to camps and conventions which help them be 
> equal with their sighted peers.  For more information about the Foundation 
> and to support our work, visit us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:31:09 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [Nmabs] FW: Website 
> forCollegeStudentswithDisabilities
>
> thanks
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [Nmabs] FW: Website for
> CollegeStudentswithDisabilities
>
>
> It's an image, so you'll have to do OCR on it.  If you have JAWS 13, this
> is built in; otherwise, you'll have to use Kurzweil or OpenBook.
>
> Chris
>
> Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
>
> "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 nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind,
> 1968-1986
>
> The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired youth in
> Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing assistive
> technology and scholarships to camps and conventions which help them be
> equal with their sighted peers.  For more information about the Foundation
> and to support our work, visit us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:05:51 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [Nmabs] FW: Website for College
> StudentswithDisabilities
>
> Hi,
> Does anyone know how I would open a PDF when JAWs says the document is
> empty.  Thanks
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jewel" <herekittykat2 at gmail.com
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 10:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fw: [Nmabs] FW: Website for College Students
> withDisabilities
>
>
> Hey,
> Thanks for sharing this website! It looks like a great resource,
> especially for people who are interested in disability right sin
> general, as I am.
> ~Jewel
>
> On 12/27/11, Zach <zach2012 at chickerland.com> wrote:
> I thought this may be useful to some and sorry if it's a repeat.  I got it
> from my state affiliate.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NMABS President
> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 9:54 PM
> To: 'New Mexico Association of Blind Students' ; tavianaq at yahoo.com ;
> warriorqueen4 at gmail.com ; ewsinger at gmail.com ;
> monicamartinez203 at gmail.com ;
> nabs-presidents at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nmabs] FW: Website for College Students with Disabilities
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gabriela mccall [mailto:weconnectnow2008 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 2:16 PM
> To: nmabs.president at gmail.com
> Subject: Website for College Students with Disabilities
>
> Dear Ms.  Sena,
>
> I would like to share with you the link to the We Connect Now website.
> http://weconnectnow.wordpress.com/ The website was created while I was a
> college student with a grant I received from YP4 to develop a website to
> serve college students with disabilities.  The website was developed in an
> effort to connect and integrate college students with disabilities as a
> virtual community with a voice on important issues.
> The We Connect Now website has been up and serving college students with
> disabilities since April of 2008.
>
> I wanted to share the We Connect Now website with you so that you may
> post
> it as a resource in your website or otherwise share it with students that
> you serve or have contact with.  The website has been used as a resource
> by
> institutions of higher learning and has been linked to by colleges and
> universities and groups serving people with disabilities in 50 states and
> at
> least 9 foreign countries.
>
> I thank you for any and all help that you and your office may give me in
> promoting this project as a service to all college students with
> disabilities.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Gabriela McCall Delgado
>
>
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