[nabs-l] Tool for accessing print materials.

Josh Gregory joshkart12 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 5 16:25:36 UTC 2013 

Yeah as I stated before, this works quite well with the political science book that my college scanned in for me. Definitely a lot more time-saving than having to go to the department to get them to scan it into a different format...

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> On Oct 5, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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