[nabs-l] handouts in class

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi=20Ashley,

For=20RFB=20or=20other=20talking=20books,=20there's=20a=20go=20to=20page=20=
button=20that=20
you=20can=20use.=20=20What=20player=20do=20you=20use?=20I=20know=20there=20=
is=20a=20go=20to=20
page=20button=20on=20the=20Stream=20and=20the=20NLS=20player.=20=20In=20Bra=
ille=20books,=20
the=20print=20page=20numbers=20on=20the=20top=20right=20corner=20of=20the=20=
Braille=20
page.=20=20So,=20using=20your=20example,=20I=20would=20open=20the=20book=20=
and=20look=20at=20
the=20right=20hand=20corners=20until=20you=20see=20the=20number=2012.=20=20=
A=20lot=20of=20
times,=20more=20than=20one=20Braille=20page=20makes=20up=20one=20print=20pa=
ge,=20so=20the=20
transcribers=20will=20put=20a=20letter=20before=20the=20page=20number,=20fo=
r=20exaple=20
B12.=20=20So,=20it's=20probably=20best=20to=20find=20the=20last=20page,=20f=
or=20example,=20
of=20page=2011=20and=20then=20find=20the=20line=20in=20the=20middle=20of=20=
the=20page=20that=20
signifies=20that=20the=20print=20page=20is=20going=20to=20page=2012,=20even=
=20in=20the=20
middle=20of=20the=20Braille=20page.=20=20That=20is,=20if=20you=20have=20a=20=
hardcopy.=20=20
But=20I=20have=20found=20it=20pretty=20easy=20to=20go=20to=20a=20page=20in=
=20a=20paperless=20
book.=20=20If=20you're=20using=20a=20DTB=20player,=20there=20should=20be=20=
a=20go=20to=20page=20
button.=20=20On=20the=20Stream,=20it's=20the=20bottom=20right=20button,=20t=
he=20pound=20
key=20on=20the=20phone-style=20keypad.=20=20I'm=20not=20sure=20where=20it=20=
is=20on=20the=20
NLS=20player,=20since=20I=20don't=20have=20one,=20but=20I=20know=20there=20=
is=20one=20since=20
my=20friend=20has=20a=20player.=20=20As=20to=20assignments,=20if=20possible=
,=20the=20
professor=20can=20email=20you=20the=20assignment.=20=20I'm=20in=208th=20gra=
de,=20and=20my=20
teachers=20do=20that.=20=20I've=20set=20up=20a=20separate=20Gmail=20account=
=20only=20for=20
school=20emails,=20so=20they=20are=20separated=20from=20all=20the=20other=20=
emails=20I=20
get=20on=20my=20personal=20email,=20especially=20emails=20I=20get=20from=20=
this=20and=20
other=20lists=20I'm=20subscribed=20to=20on=20my=20personal=20email.=20=20A=
=20professor=20
could=20also=20put=20an=20assignment=20on=20a=20thumb=20drive=20for=20you,=
=20and=20then=20
you=20can=20either=20read=20it=20on=20your=20notetaker=20(if=20you=20still=
=20have=20one)=20
or=20on=20your=20laptop=20(if=20you=20have=20one)=20with=20a=20screen=20rea=
der.=20=20You=20
could=20even=20scan=20it=20into=20an=20OCR=20program!=20If=20you=20have=20a=
ny=20
questions,=20please=20let=20me=20know.=20=20Hope=20this=20helps!

=20Chris=20Nusbaum

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President=20of=20the=20National=20
Federation=20of=20the=20Blind,=201968-1986.)

=20=20Visit=20the=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20online=20at:=20
www.icanfoundation.info=20for
information=20on=20our=20foundation=20and=20how=20it=20helps=20blind=20and=
=20visually
impaired=20children=20in=20MD=20say=20"I=20can!"


Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2018=20Sep=202011=2000:31:51=20-0400
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20handouts=20in=20class

Hi=20all,

Although=20college=20has=20mostly=20lectures,=20in=20some=20subjects=20such=
=20as=20
english,=20we=20have=20more=20interaction=20in=20class=20and=20assignments=
=20in=20
class.=20=20We=20might=20be=20given=20a=20short=20essay=20to=20read=20and=20=
comment=20on=20
either=20orally=20or=20in=20writing.=20=20Sometimes=20we=E2=80=99d=20read=20=
it=20and=20
discuss=20as=20a=20class=20afterward.=20=20Other=20times,=20students=20acce=
ss=20their=20
books=20via=20skimming=20during=20discussions.=20=20How=20do=20you=20deal=20=
with=20
these=20assignments?=20I=20have=20asked=20a=20classmate=20to=20read=20to=20=
me=20or=20
sometimes=20the=20professor=20themselves=20helps=20out.=20=20I=20remember=20=
in=20
english=20when=20we=20had=20to=20write=20argument=20essays=20that=20we=20ha=
d=20an=20
example=20that=20we=20discussed=20as=20a=20class.=20=20For=20general=20disc=
ussions=20
about=20homework=20reading,=20I=20read=20it=20outside=20class=20and=20refer=
enced=20my=20
notes=20in=20class.=20=20I=20had=20no=20access=20to=20the=20material=20in=20=
class.=20=20So=20
when=20the=20professor=20said,=20=E2=80=9Clook=20on=20page=2022=20at=20para=
graph=20titled=20
Toads"=20and=20notice=20how=20Joe=20Smith=20used=20metaphor=E2=80=9D=20or=20=
says=20=E2=80=9Clook=20
at=20page=2012,=20third=20paragraph,=E2=80=9D=20I=20can=E2=80=99t=20access=
=20this.=20=20If=20it=E2=80=99s=20
a=20long=20pause,=20sometimes=20a=20classmate=20tells=20me=20what=20it=20sa=
ys,=20but=20
other=20times=20I=20just=20listen.=20=20I=20thought=20about=20bringing=20my=
=20rfb=20book=20
in=20if=20I=20had=20it=20via=20RFB,=20but=20figured=20by=20the=20time=20I=20=
set=20up=20the=20
player=20and=20got=20to=20the=20page,=20the=20students=20would=20have=20fou=
nd=20and=20
skimmed=20the=20section.=20=20After=20all,=20its=20usually=20only=20a=20few=
=20minutes=20
that=20I=20hear=20the=20rustling=20of=20pagesor=20frantic=20flipping=20of=20=
pages=20to=20
find=20that=20passage=20so=20they=20can=20answer=20the=20professor=E2=80=99=
s=20questions.

I=20always=20like=20to=20participate,=20but=20this=20is=20an=20area=20where=
=20I=20
couldn=E2=80=99t=20do=20it=20as=20much.=20=20I=20wondered=20if=20you=20all=
=20felt=20in=20the=20same=20
boat?
Ashley
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