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

[Ignasi Cambra]

Sean,
As you said, it's just a matter of preference. I have taken advanced math and economics classes, and I always find it a lot more efficient to use tactile graphics produced by Adaptive Technology on campus than using anyone to describe them to me.
I wasn't saying that I have anything against readers, I was just wondering if people use them because they like it or because they think it's useful.

IC
On May 11, 2011, at 2:46 PM, Sean Whalen 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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