[nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.

[Arielle Silverman]

I've been using RoboBraille for the past two years or so, after Vejas
on this list told me about it. It's really amazing. I've stopped using
Kurzweil because RoboBraille is more accurate, and free. Hoping this
free service will help cut down on students' reliance on expensive OCR
technology (which IMHO doesn't do as good of a job).

Arielle

On 10/4/13, Dan Burke <dburke at cocenter.org> wrote:
> Looking through the web site, it is RoboBraille.  Just a new home page that
> emphasizes that it is somehow an initiative of and for higher education, and
> without the language choices on the RoboBraille site.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Josh Gregory
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 5:10 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.
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> Just pointing this out, but doesn't Robobraille pretty much do the same
> thing?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 6:59 AM, christopher nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Does this require that an account be set up?
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 1:33 AM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I saw the email about the Reading Project, and thought it would be a
>>> good time to share a useful link.
>>>
>>> My university's Office of Learning Resources has just implimented a
>>> tool that allows students to upload files of varrying filetypes to a
>>> service that will convert them to accessible files and email them back
>>> to you.  This is great for those times when your professor gives you a
>>> last-minute worksheet, or if you just can't make it to the DS office
>>> before it closes but don't want to wait another day to get your copy
>>> of the homework.  It's called Sensus Access.  There are four easy
>>> steps to getting your file converted, and emails usually reach my
>>> inbox in 5 minutes or less.  I would highly recommend you talk to your
>>> DS offices about it because, although the editting isn't perfect, it's
>>> great for getting materials on demand.
>>>
>>> I've included a link so you can see the basics of what it's like.  I
>>> can't vouch for if this site will work for everyone, (as I have to
>>> actually access a page specific to my university and haven't used this
>>> one before), but it looks like you might be able to test it out.
>>> http://sensusaccess.com/
>>> --
>>> Kaiti
>>>
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