[nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.

Sat Oct 5 16:19:56 UTC 2013

RoboBraille does read scanned image files. I use it often to read
documents that my department's office workers scan for me, on their
commercial scanner with no OCR software. It is entirely possible for a
student to buy a commercial scanner/printer combo, scan their
textbooks or handouts, save the generated images to their desktop and
then put them through RoboBraille, all without having to purchase any
blind-specific technology. One could also hire a reader to do the
scanning, which would probably be a lot cheaper than having the reader
read.

Arielle

On 10/5/13, christopher nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Send an email with the file you want converted to
> convert at robobraille.org. In the subject line of this email, enter the
> file type you want the original file to be converted to: DOC, TXT,
> RTF, BRF, etc. Within a few minutes, you will receive an email from
> RoboBraille with the converted file attached.
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 5, 2013, at 10:24 AM, justin williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> How do I use robo braille?  How does it work?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Josh Gregory
>> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 11:03 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan Burke
>>>>> Academic and Youth Services
>>>>> Colorado Center for the Blind
>>>>> Take charge with confidence and self-reliance
>>>>>
>>>>> www.cocenter.org
>>>>> facebook.com/coloradocenterfortheblind
>>>>> @CoCenter4Blind
>>>>> www.youtube.com/user/cocenterorg
>>>>>
>>>>> 2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
>>>>> Littleton, CO  80120
>>>>> 303-778-1130 ext. 213
>>>>> Fax:  303-778-1598
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----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
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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