[nabs-l] Some Questions About Attending College

[Lillie Pennington]

I forgot to mention you can write in grade 2 in any file type. 

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> On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As a college student who uses a BrailleSense, I agree.  I also like
> the browsing features and think they work a little better than the
> BrailleNote's internet system.  Also, no pesky kwb or kwt files to
> worry about!
> 
> The latest version of the U2 would be my recommendation.
> 
>> On 12/21/13, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
>> In my opinion, I think the Braille sense would be better suited for a
>> college student. It has drop box which I use in school as well as the
>> ability to read excel files. For math classes, I would get nemitex if you
>> could.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Dec 21, 2013, at 12:25 PM, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I would ask rehab to purchase a braillenote apex for you. I'm only in high
>>> school, so I can't talk specifically about college, but I'm found my
>>> braillenote VERY useful in my education. It can read many types of files,
>>> including PDF's, word files, and poerpoints. Also, unlike other
>>> notetakers, you can write nemeth symbols on the braillenote and have them
>>> come out on print, making it useful in math classes. Good luck in your
>>> college career!
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Joshua Hendrickson <louvins at gmail.com
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 03:13:08 -0600
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Some Questions About Attending College
>>> 
>>> Hi Kerri.  I would also recommend applying for financial aide.  This
>>> is how I was able to get through my associates degree as far as cost
>>> is concerned.  Asking your rehab services for a notetaker to help you
>>> in class is perfectly acceptible.  I would highly recommend trying to
>>> get a braille sense u2 from hims-inc.  As far as textbooks, you could
>>> purchase the books and see if disability support services could scan
>>> the book and give it to you in MSWORD format.  This is what my school
>>> did for me, and I could read the books with my jaws just fine.  Don't
>>> be worried about asking for what you need to help you get your degree.
>>> Good luck.
>>> 
>>> On 12/20/13, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
>>> It depends on your school but here at ASU the disabled student services
>>> scans the books into electronic format.
>> 
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