[nabs-l] Summer English Composition 2, class

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi,

Yes, I have plenty of sighted friends who do that too.  Often buying
even just the previous edition is cheaper than buying the new edition
used for them too.

That stinks about your BrailleNote... I remember that quite well from
high school.  At one point both my BN and laptop from home broke down
at the same time.  I would take my lunch and eat it in the braille
office so I could do what I could on the laptop there, come in early
to school, stuff like that.  Back then I was totally against taking a
study hall because I considered it to be a waste of time, but in
hindsight I should have been less stubborn and opted for a class where
I could have used the computer for as much as possible.  At home I
would have to do everything else on a Perkins brailler and that took
forever.  Anyways, now my personal favorite is the BrailleSense by
Hims.  I have an On-Hand so it's really small, smaller than the
BrailleNote Apex actually, and it still has the functionality of a
full-fledged notetaker.  I share the same thought as you; I love
reading in braille.  I used to listen to audio books when I was
younger, but I like braille so much more and feel that especially
since so many people don't read braille at all and rely on audio for
everything that in a way it's kind of cheating yourself out of reading
the book.  I can get really picky with this argument when I'm talking
with someone who does use audio a lot.  I sometimes say, "Well, if you
define reading as a verb then you're not doing it."

Anyway, I was just making sure since the book was available on
bookshare.  I hope your notetaker comes back sooner than they think.

On 4/13/13, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
> I agree to check for availability of previous editions. Often there is very
> little change.  My daughter does this just to save money on textbooks
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Kaiti Shelton
> <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> 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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Kaiti