[nabs-l] textbooks and inaccessible cds

[Chris Nusbaum]

You=20might=20want=20to=20Google=20it=20or=20something.

Chris

"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."
--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2015=20Jan=202012=2020:24:43=20-0600
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20textbooks=20and=20inaccessible=20cds

I'm=20not=20sure=20the=20citation,=20and=20the=20section=20of=20the=20ADA,=
=20but=20I=20
heard=20it
on=20the=20news,=20in=20June,=20of=202011.
Blessings,=20Joshua

On=201/15/12,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:
=20Joshua,
=20Can=20you=20site=20the=20case=20and=20section=20of=20the=20ADA?
=20I=20might=20call=20DOJ=20and=20find=20out.=20=20That=20is=20if=20I=20do=
=20not=20get=20anywhere=20
with=20the
=20publisher.

=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester
=20Sent:=20Sunday,=20January=2015,=202012=209:03=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20textbooks=20and=20inaccessible=20cds

=20Ashley,=20they=20have=20to=20make=20them=20accessible.
=20The=20Department=20of=20Justice=20said=20so.
=20They=20ruled,=20two=20years=20ago,=20that=20the=20ADA=20now=20applies=20=
to=20Websites.
=20Blessings,=20Joshua

=20On=201/15/12,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:=

=20Hi=20all,

=20I=20do=20not=20think=20publishers=20have=20to=20make=20their=20cds=20and=
=20websites=20
accessible.
=20Sometimes=20a=20text=20comes=20with=20a=20companion=20cd.
=20But=20it=20seems=20right=20to=20do=20so.=20=20Well,=20I=92m=20trying=20t=
o=20take=20an=20intro=20
to
=20computers
=20class.

=20Know=20what?=20The=20site=20uses=20flash=20and=20is=20not=20accessible!=
=20At=20least=20
not=20on=20the
=20first=20page.=20=20I=20might=20be=20able=20to=20get=20someone=20to=20cli=
ck=20on=20
something=20and=20get
=20in
=20that=20way.=20=20The=20CD=20is=20the=20same=20way!
=20The=20publisher=20is=20Paradigm.=20=20Has=20anyone=20else=20used=20their=
=20books=20and=20
run=20=20into
=20this?

=20I=20like=20to=20access=20the=20cd=20and/or=20textbook=20website=20becaus=
e=20you=20get=20
other
=20benefits=20such=20as=20chapter=20summaries,=20definition=20of=20terms,=20=
other=20
study
=20tools,
=20and=20practice=20quizzes.=20=20I=20don=92t=20do=20this=20for=20every=20c=
lass;=20I=20do=20
have=20a=20life.
=20But
=20some=20classes,=20I=20do=20take=20a=20few=20practice=20quizzes=20and=20I=
=20find=20it=20
helps=20me
=20prepare=20and=20study=20for=20the=20real=20quiz=20or=20test.

=20I=20might=20report=20this=20if=20I=20can=20find=20a=20point=20of=20conta=
ct;=20I=92m=20hoping=20
they=20have

=20a
=20diversity=20or=20accessibility=20department.=20=20We=20will=20see.
=20If=20anyone=20had=20success=20in=20reporting=20publisher=20website=20or=
=20cd-rom=20
issues=20and
=20got=20them=20fixed,=20that=20would=20be=20nice=20to=20know.=20=20Maybe=20=
the=20publisher=20
will=20send
=20me
=20stuff=20directly;=20we=92ll=20see.
=20Ashley
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