[nabs-l] Some Questions About Attending College

justin williams justin.williams2 at gmail.com
Sun Dec 22 13:02:09 UTC 2013


No, it does not have to be broken.  

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kerri Kosten
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 3:11 AM
To: louvins at gmail.com; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Some Questions About Attending College

Hi Everyone:

Thanks for all the responses. They help a lot.
I hate to say this, but I don't really like the idea of the whole laptop
thing in class. I have hearing loss, and it would be a little hard for me to
listen to the jaws with a headphone, and listen to the professor. I have
hearing in only one ear, so while the earbuds I use don't block out all
sound I'd really really prefer a braille display.
What I figured is if I could get rehab to get me a new notetaker I could
always buy an Ipad and pair the notetaker with the ipad or just take notes
on the notetaker regularly.
In order to justify to rehab to get a new notetaker, does my current one (an
old pacmate) have to be broken?
I don't believe my pacmate is technically broken, it's just that it's so
old. It doesn't have an actual USB drive on it.
It also has no built in wireless so basically it has no internet.
It uses the windows mobile operating system which is like obselete now.
I guess it does technically work though for very basic notetaking.
If I purchased an Ipad and one of those cases that has a keyboard in it,
would rehab still buy me a notetaker?
I think I would prefer to have a notetaker such as the Braille Sense
U2 to accompany/compliment whatever else I decide to use.
I also may sound lazy, but my laptop (at least to me) is a little heavy and
big. I have a case for my laptop and when my laptop is in it it makes it a
little heavy.
I've been told there are backpacks I could purchase that have a special
place for the laptop and then the backpack also has room for other things,
but I think I'm going to become very annoyed with trying to lug my laptop
around every day.
When I have had to travel and taken airplanes where I have to carry my
laptop through the airport, it gets heavy and my shoulders tire quickly.
Are the Ipads light?
If the way to go is to use an Ipad with a bluetooth keyboard would the Ipad
be lighter and less bulky to carry around than the laptop?
Also, if I got the Ipad would rehab turn that against me and not purchase me
a new notetaker such as the braille senseu2?
Thanks,
Kerri

On 12/21/13, Joshua Hendrickson <louvins at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Helga.  I'm very surprised that your DS office doesn't have some 
> kind of scanner to scan books.  I wouldn't want my books in pdf format 
> either.  See if you could get your books in an alternative format like 
> word .docx.  What would probably work for you is if you could get your 
> books in daisy format, then you could navigate by chapters, sections, 
> and subsections, whatever markup the books had.  Check bookshare.org, 
> they are a great source of textbooks if you don't like learning ally.
> You can get bookshare for free if you are a college student.  Also, 
> you can get learning ally for free, if you fill out a form over the 
> phone.  Basically, if you receive things like SSI or SSDI, then you 
> can get learning ally for free.  They don't advertise this fact.  I 
> was fortunate to find out about it.  Good luck.  If my college is open 
> on Monday, I'll call them, and see what I can find out.
>
> On 12/21/13, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Joshua, this is Helga. What would happen if my DSS office don't 
>> have a
>>
>> Senta machine to scan my books? But I would like to have them scan! 
>> What should do about it? I really hate my books in PDF format. I'll 
>> really appreciate it, if you could give me some suggestions. Thanks 
>> and God bless!!
>> :-) from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Dec 21, 2013, at 2:58 PM, "Joshua Hendrickson" 
>>> <louvins at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Lizzy.  What I used to do, was purchase my textbook from the 
>>> college bookstore, and give the book and receipt to my disability 
>>> support office.  The receipt was to show proof of purchase.  Then my 
>>> disability support office would scan the book or books I needed 
>>> using kurzweil.  Then I would get the book on cd in mp3 format.  I 
>>> know now my DS office uses dolphin reader and can put the books in 
>>> daisy format.  I wouldn't be charged anything to have my DS office 
>>> scan the books I needed.  At least for me, my textbooks were scanned 
>>> and proofed very well.  Good luck.  I would also agree that if 
>>> you're looking for a notetaker for college the braille-sense u2 
>>> would be your best bet.  I'm going to see if my REHAB office will get me
one.
>>>
>>>> On 12/21/13, lizzy <lizzym0827 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I just have a few more questions about text books to add to the 
>>>> discussion.  I know some of you said that your office of 
>>>> disabilities will scan them for you, but what have others done?
>>>> Do you (personally) have to pay the person in disabilities scan for 
>>>> you or did they hire someone specifically to do this? Does anyone 
>>>> scan the books themselves using Kurzwhile? Is there a machine that 
>>>> can get the job done on its own? Is it usually a hassle to get the 
>>>> PDF versions of textbooks from publishers?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Lizzy
>>>>
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