[nabs-l] skimming

[Jennifer Aberdeen]

"I know that the successful student does not read material from cover to 
cover"


They don't?

Maybe that's why I don't have a degree yet

Maybe I'll try any suggestions that might be discussed here too.

Jen
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr." <freethaught at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:58 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] skimming


> Hello all,
>
> I am stuck catching up on missed work with hundreds of pages to be read 
> quickly. Like, yesterday.
>
> I read mostly from RFBD recorded materials, and most if not all books fail 
> to take full advantage of DAISY features to make books really most useful 
> to all.
>
> I have no idea how to skim and browse through a poorly marked RFBD book. 
> There is no physical structure like paragraph indentations, chapter and 
> section headings, boxes, charts, italics, and other text booky features to 
> ease the study process.
>
> Kurzweil may make this easier to accomplish with their browse features, 
> but I haven't tried getting materials from bookshare since RFBD tends to 
> have my texts in their collection.
>
>
> The study process is so much easier if I have a human reader, but I can't 
> carry one in my pocket :D
>
> I know that the successful student does not read material from cover to 
> cover, and there is yet no full navigation solution  for a complete 
> ability to navigate all of a book by exploring its parts, skimming, and 
> extracting the author's thoughts.
>
> RFBD could make more scholars if their books would more closely comply 
> with DAISY standards.
>
> i would be really interested to hear how you get this done.
>
> Looking for a better way to read,
>
> Antonio Guimaraes
>
>
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