[nabs-l] Summer English Composition 2, class

Sat Apr 13 16:35:20 UTC 2013

I would insist they print out on the braille printer. I was provided
electronic versions of my texts and I told them it is much slower to use
screen magnification and asked them to large print them on the copy machine
on 11x17 paper which they did. Do they have an ocr scnner so they can scan
it them print out in braille?

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 12:02 AM, Helga <helga.schreiber at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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