[nabs-l] Summer English Composition 2, class

[Helga]

Hi Kaiti, What I meant to say is that is not that I don't like reading the 
book on audio format or electronic Braille format. What I meant was that the 
reason that I prefer reading books  as a Braille books format is becauseI 
use to read them that way, and I also use to read them in audeo  when I was 
in high school. Just to let you know, reading Braille is something that I 
learned before ever learning how to use a computer or a note taker, I 
actually was not born blind, I just became blind five years ago when I was 
16 years old, and Braille is something that I really enjoy reading from that 
time. I actually have a BrailleNote device that I use to read my class 
notes, but I just find out that it got broken today when I called tecknical 
support of the company that selds it because it wasn't working yesterday 
very well. And I called my DBS counceler today and I told her about this 
situation and she told me that she would send the BrailleNote to be 
repaired, but she also told me that this probably would take weeks or months 
for the machine to come back to me. So that means that I would not have my 
BrailleNote device in order to read my school notes. Actually, my DBS 
counceller told me that she would send my device to be repaired the week 
after next week because she is going to be out of her office next week. I'm 
now actually taikeing my Literature class, and I use my book as a PDF for 
mat that the Dissability department provides, but I don't really like it 
because it's bnot Braille, and I told my Adviser from college about this, 
and she told me that she is not going to be printing the stories from my 
book in Braille for me from the Braille printer that the school owns because 
I have a BrailleNote she says. I really think reading books from a note 
taker is not enough because  it takes more time to find  the pages, rather I 
think that is better to have it as a Braille book.  That's my opinion, What 
do you think about it? Thanks so much for listening to me. I'll really 
appreciat it! :)

-----Original Message----- 
From: Kaiti Shelton
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 1:23 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Summer English Composition 2, class

Hi,

Yes, definitely take Sophie up on her suggestion.  Talk to your
teacher and see if another edition of the book will suffice.

As for electronic format, did you mean you didn't want just audio or
any form of electronic file including electronic braille you could
read from a notetaker or braille display?  I ask because I searched it
on Bookshare and found the fifth edition with readings available in
brf format.  There is also another version of the textbook on the
site, although I'm assuming it's the first edition as it doesn't have
an edition number (it was copyrighted 2007 though).  Try giving the
fifth edition file on Bookshare a shot if you can.  If you really
don't want to read that on electronic braille you could always
download it and emboss it yourself too, although I would think that
would be time consuming and a little frustrating to deal with.

On 4/13/13, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
> Helga, this will probably not work, but you can ask my professor.
> I'm taking AP U.S. History next year, and the textbook we're
> using is American History: A Survey, 13th edition. I wasn't able
> to locate the 13th edition, however, I did find several other
> editions on Bookshare. When my teacher heard this, she said that
> the other editions of the book were so similar to the one that
> the class was using that it won't make any difference. If your
> teacher approves of the 4th or 5th edition, you can probably find
> that somewhere.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helga" <helga.schreiber at hotmail.com
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:23:52 -0400
> Subject: [nabs-l] Summer English Composition 2, class
>
> Hi my name is Helga, and I’m going to be taking my English
> composition 2 class in the summer term, which starts on Monday,
> May 13. And I actually email my professor in advance and ask her
> if she knows the name of the book that we are going to be using
> in class, she told me that the name of the book is called
> Everything’s An Argument, 6th Edition. But she also told me
> unfortunately this is a new edition. And I know when a book is a
> new edition there is not really and audio version or a Braille
> version of it. I will really like to have this book in Braille
> format'; instead, than Electronic format because this is my
> prefer way of reading when it comes for English and Literature
> classes, but I don’t know where I can convert this book in
> Braille before my summer class starts. I definitely know that
> this costs a lot of money. Do you guys know where could I send my
> book in order to be transcribe in Braille for me for free? I was
> just wondering because I know that some companies do it, but it
> costs a lot of money to do so. I’ll really appreciate it if you
> guys could tell me some suggestions about this situation. Thanks
> so much!
>
>


-- 
Kaiti

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