[nabs-l] Etextbooks

[Miso Kwak]

My school's osd (office for students with disabilities) will scan any 
book too as long as I make the purcahse for the textbook which I can't 
resell in the end because they take the spine off of the book to scan.
I am trying to be economically efficient here... as well as efficient 
in general, meaning I want to get the material in the quickest way 
possible.
P.S: I haven't started my classes yet because my school is on the 
quarter system. I have about 2 weeks until the first day of school.

-----Original Message-----
From: Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu>
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
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Sent: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 9:16 pm
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Etextbooks

My university will scan any textbook. Have you checked if disabled 
students
services will do that?

Suzanne


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:54 PM, 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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