[nabs-l] A blind Fulbright grantee's question

[Kirt Manwaring]

Sean,
  I've had volunteer readers and I've had classmates read stuff-on the
whole, I've found my volunteer readers to be better in virtually every
way.  Maybe my DSS is just awesome...based on past experiences
(admitedly only one year), I'd prefer one of their readers to a
classmate for taking exams and reading me info from a textbook when
needed, and I'd prefer a classmate as a study partner.
  Best regards,
Kirt

On 5/11/11, Sean Whalen <smwhalenpsp at gmail.com> wrote:
> As eager as I was to point out the many advantages of electronic texts, I
> think anybody who thinks that human readers are never a better option must
> be doing course work in only a limited range of subjects. For advanced math,
> economics, statistics, sciences, and others, human readers to describe
> diagrams, tables, graphs and other visual elements are valuable tools. Of
> course you can get by without them, just as you can get by without etexts if
> you wish, but why would one choose to? They are two distinct tools, each
> with their own particular advantages and disadvantages. The question of
> which is better is meaningless without being placed in the context of the
> specific task one is trying to perform. Neither is absolutely necessary.
> Both are extremely useful.
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> And, Kirt, I had plenty of excellent readers in college, but virtually all
> of them were simply classmates who I studied with and used as readers and
> were not provided by DSS. Certainly there are good and bad readers in
> volunteer programs. The "reader" the LSAC tried to give me for the LSAT,
> well, now that is another story. No redeeming qualities there!
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> Sean
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