[nabs-l] to Joshua and list

[Chris Nusbaum]

Yes! There has been a lot of reports on this list regarding the 
download manager software not being accessible to screen reader 
users.  This needs to be fixed, as otherwise it is a lot more 
difficult for us to get our textbooks.

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 19:49:50 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] to Joshua and list

What about that download feature?
I don't personally use it, but others do.
Thanks, Joshua

On 1/7/12, Annemarie Cooke <aec732 at msn.com> wrote:

 Hey NABSters,

 I am writing for a couple of reasons.  Starting with Joshua's 
suggestion
 about Learning Ally posting samples of readers' voices.  Perhaps 
you didn't
 know we use more than 5,000 volunteers to read our audiobooks.  
The readers
 are assigned books based on their specificc subject knowledge; 
e.g.  a
 physicist reads physics, a native speaker of Spanish reads 
Spanish language,
 etc.  The volunteers read for at least two hours a week and many 
readers are
 assigned to a book so that it can be completed and uploaded for 
us as
 quickly as possible.

 With all of these factors, Learning Ally does offer book samples 
on thee
 website but providing samples of a volunteer group thaa changes 
on a regular
 basis doesn't seem feasible.

 You may know tha tthe NLS hires paid actors or voicers to read 
the majority
 of those books and that individual readers read specificgenres 
of books,
 such as mysteries, true crime, romance, etc.

 I also would like to be ghelpful in any area in which you are 
having
 difficulty with Learning Ally.  If watching the YouTube video 
doesn't work,
 wy not call tech support? OOur blind tech experts are wonderful 
in
 explaining processes and answering questions about how something 
works.  In
 addition, so that I can help YOU, please let mek now what 
specific issues
 you are having with the website.

 You can e-mail me offlist if your question or issue is lengthy 
so that this
 list doesn't get monoopolized.

 Many thanks,

 Annemarie Cooke
 Learning Ally consultant (and member)
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