[nabs-l] Summer English Composition 2, class

Sat Apr 13 18:00:45 UTC 2013

Do you have a disability services office at the school who could scan
the book and print it out in Braille for you?
>From what I remember of English composition II, which I took using an
earlier edition of Everything's an Argument, the book isn't really a
literature book. It's a book that is supposed to teach you how to
write persuasive essays and research papers.

On 4/13/13, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
> 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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