[nabs-l] scanning books in Kurzweil was re: school is notaccomodating

Sun Jan 22 19:15:44 UTC 2012

I scan books with Kurzwiel. Ihave a scanner with a document feeder so 
if I can, I take the binding off the book and put the pages of each 
chapter through the doc feeder. Then I flip them over to do the back 
sides. Kurzwiel will put them in the right order for uou.
Peace,
Cari
At 07:03 AM 1/22/2012, Rania Ismail CMT wrote:
>Hi Chris, I have scanned books with it. I unforchenitly had to go page by
>page and I found it difficult. I did use something to help keep my place
>when it came to remembering what page I just scanned but that really didn't
>help. I ended up scanning the same page a few times and not many pages were
>readable either.
>Rania,
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>Of Chris Nusbaum
>Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:01 PM
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>Subject: [nabs-l] scanning books in Kurzweil was re: school is
>notaccomodating
>
>Hi Bridgit and everyone,
>
>Is there a way to scan books with Kurzweil? I thought you have to
>scan page-by-page with Kurzweil, but I have heard people on this
>list saying that they can scan books with it.  How do you do
>that?
>Thanks,
>
>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: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
>To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:56:57 -0600
>Subject: [nabs-l] School is not accomodating
>
>I have been very fortunate with my university experience because
>I
>didn't not have to deal with the issues I have read many others
>have had
>to face.  I'm no expert, but I believe universities and colleges
>must
>supply reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities
>which
>would include accessible formats for textbooks in a reasonable
>amount of
>time.  My campus DSO required all registered DSO students to
>contact
>instructors before each term with book info so the DSO staff
>could work
>on finding accessible formats and scanning material if necessary.
>Along
>with grad and honor students, students with disabilities on my
>campus
>qualified for early registration too which helped with the entire
>process.  And I also have Kurzweil at home so I have the ability
>to scan
>things at my own leisure.  My DSO also outsourced for Braille,
>but it was
>an option and it was done in a timely fashion.  I agree with
>others that
>you, Ashley, need to speak with your local agency for the blind
>along
>with your DSO, and it may be helpful to request advocacy help
>from any
>local Federation presence available.  I'm not sure of all your
>rights
>involved here, but I believe your DSO may not be working with you
>the
>way in which it should.
>
>The JAWS problem is a tough one as well.  Nowadays, laptops are
>quite
>light so "lugging" one around isn't all that bad.  I started
>using a
>Netbook for my last two years of university and loved it.  It
>weighs less
>than two pounds and works for what I need.  I can access the
>internet and
>use MS Office.  And of course JAWS was installed on it.  The
>keyboard is
>condensed and some of the keys are placed differently than a
>regular
>keyboard, but any laptop is laid out like this, and you adjust
>pretty
>quickly to the smaller keys if you use the Netbook enough, which
>if a
>student, I imagine you would.  A Netbook is just one option
>though.  I've
>not had problems with my Netbook.  If your DSO is not able to
>provide
>JAWS in a way that works for you, I suggest you have your own
>laptop.
>
>As for Braille signs, yes, Braille signs should be placed around
>buildings for blind people just as ramps and accessible bathroom
>stalls
>are suppose to exist for those in wheelchairs.  However, as long
>as room
>numbers and what office a door is, such as DSO or Registrar,
>that's all
>that's necessary.  Including instructors name on doors isn't
>practical
>for rooms at large as multiple instructors will use the same
>rooms, and
>for instructor offices, their office number should be made
>available to
>students on syllabi and by asking an instructor for it, or
>calling
>campus for it.  So I don't find it necessary to also place a name
>on a
>door if you have the number, and instructors don't always end up
>in the
>same office areas all the time, though typically they remain in a
>given
>office during their term as an instructor.  At my university,
>most
>instructor offices were large areas containing multiple rooms
>within one
>are for particular instructors such as all history profs.  In the
>same
>area.  So say room 140  will then hold multiple rooms within it
>so say my
>profs.  Room is 140 E.  These areas would have a receptionist
>working in
>the outer area.  Anyway, as long as you know where their office
>is
>located, you shouldn't also require a name along with the room
>number.
>
>Finally, the world is not set up for easy navigation- blind or
>sighted.
>Infrastructures, buildings, homes, neighborhoods, they're not
>always
>constructed for easy navigation.  As blind people, we need to
>understand
>and realize this.  We will encounter situations like this through
>life so
>we can't expect anyone to follow a certain way of designing space
>just
>for one purpose.  Fair or not, this is life.  I do not believe
>there are
>any ADA guidelines requiring buildings to have "easy" navigation
>for
>blind people, and I don't believe this is necessary.  If you are
>uncomfortable navigating a space, request help from an O & M
>instructor
>or perhaps a friend who is also blind who has good travel skills
>to
>help.  This is a touchy subject, I know, but the interior design
>of a
>building is not something a DSO or anyone needs to consider in
>terms of
>accessibility.  Again, fair or not, this is how it is.  I do not
>claim to
>be the best traveler, nor did I when sighted, but I do know that
>we
>can't complain about how buildings are structured just because we
>are
>blind.  We must take the initiative to learn areas we frequent,
>and seek
>the best travel instruction possible.  It can be an adjustment,
>and like
>anything, some will take to it quicker than others, but when we
>have no
>true mobility issue, meaning we have full use of our legs, there
>really
>is no reason we can't learn to navigate space independently and
>efficiently even in areas not designed with blind people in mind.
>No DSO
>is required to find a space "easy" to navigate when it comes to
>the
>services it offers.  This is something you and perhaps your rehab
>agency
>need to discuss.
>
>Sincerely,
>Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
>Read my blog at:
>http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
>"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
>The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
>
>
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