[nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.

Sat Oct 5 03:02:36 UTC 2013

Perhaps not, but voice over reads my pdf political science book as pictures, which Robo braille converts just fine. Whether they are pictures or not I don't know, but I know voiceover won't read it and if I have a way to independently get it in a text format without having to rely on help, that's all that matters to me personally.

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> On Oct 4, 2013, at 10:57 PM, christopher nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes—RoboBraille is awesome! However, I still see a place for dedicated
> OCR software, as RoboBraille can't scan printed text in a hardcopy
> format. Even if a print document were scanned with a mainstream
> scanner without OCR software, it would scan to either a JPEG or image
> PDF file, which I don't think Robobraille can convert.
> 
> Chris Nusbaum
> 
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>> On Oct 4, 2013, at 4:42 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Dan
>>> 
>>> 
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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.
>>> 
>>> 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
>>>> 
>>>>> 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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