[nabs-l] skimming

[Kirt Manwaring]

Umm...in poorly marked books, read the important stuff (fast forward
through maps and irrelivant captions and fumbling descriptions of
pictures), and bookmark like crazy.  That's my only suggestion.
  Best,
Kirt

On 3/15/11, Jennifer Aberdeen <freespirit328 at gmail.com> wrote:
> "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"
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:58 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] skimming
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>> 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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