[nabs-l] Etextbooks

[minh ha]

It honestly depends on the university's disability services. I think
access texts would like the students to buy the hard copy first, but I
haven't really had to do that for my DSO. I just tell them the title
that I need and they'll request it for me.

Minh

On 9/9/13, Miso Kwak <kwakmiso at aol.com> wrote:
> Minh,
> Thank you for the response.
> I am aware of the Access Text website, but not the university access
> with the publishers.
> Do you know if it's necessary for students to purchase the hard copy
> before requesting the pdf file?
> Miso Kwak
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 7:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Etextbooks
>
> Hey Miso,
>
> Have you heard of the access text network? It's a program where
> universities can sign up and request pdf's of textbooks from
> publishers. You can find out more information at accesstexts.org. I've
> been able to find all of my textbooks through ATN and the files are
> always readable. The only online textbook provider that I had personal
> experience with is CourseSmart. It's a website where you rent your
> books and then access them online. Apparently, there is an accessible
> feature that the provider can turn on for students that use screen
> readers, but I was never able to make it work for me. Honestly it was
> a waste of my time trying to figure it out; I used both internet
> explorer and firefox to trouble shoot it with no success.
>
> HTH,
> Minh
>
> On 9/9/13, Miso Kwak <kwakmiso at aol.com> wrote:
>> College students,
>> Could you provide me some feedback on your experience of using
>> etextbooks?
>> Which websites or programs are most accessible?
>> I would like to hear feedback on websites that are available to both
>> sighted and visually impaired students. I am asking because one of
>> textbooks is not available on Bookshare, NLS and Learning Ally but
>> available on websites like Chegg.
>> Thank you in advance.
>> Miso Kwak
>>
>>
>>
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"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty
recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on
their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence