[nabs-l] Textbooks

Ashley Bramlett bookwormahb at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 9 23:30:21 UTC 2011


The materials are in PDF sometimes which I know can only be read on a PC.
Other times, they are one file per chapter. They are .rtf or Word files.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Hope Paulos
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:17 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Textbooks

What format do you get the materials in from DSS?

Sent from my iPod

On Nov 9, 2011, at 5:44 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> Good question.
> I think the VR stream is doable, but not sure what format you need to save 
> to in order to read on vr stream.
>
> Another question.
> If my DSS office gives me electronic material, that I read on the PC and 
> with jaws, how can I read them on my braille Note?
> Do I just save the files to the PC, then save from the PC to the thumb 
> drive or sd card?
>
> Thanks.
> Ashley
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Angela Dehart
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 4:41 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] Textbooks
>
> Hello all,
> I'm hoping someone will have the answer to my questions, anyway here goes. 
> I receive my college textbooks on CD, my DS office makes them with 
> approval from the book publishers. I can read theses CDs on my computer 
> with windows eyes but I would also like to be able to use my textbooks on 
> my iPad and victor reader stream as well. Does anyone know how I would go 
> about transferring the files from the CDs to each of these devices or if 
> it can even be done?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Angela Dehart
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