[nabs-l] accessible books

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi.

I would highly recommend good ol' fashioned braille for the chemistry.
I'd also recommend either doc, docx, rtf, or txt for the format of
your other books.  Text is what I prefer myself, as it tends to open a
little quicker and takes less time for my disability services staff to
edit since formatting isn't a concern, but any of the other file types
will also work fine.

Learning Ally would be great if you have it and want to use it.  I
personally didn't like it, and also am not about paying that money
every year especially when other services like Bookshare and NLS are
free, but you can try it if you've got it.  Speaking of those other
sources, I'd recommend Bookshare and NLS as well.  Bookshare
particularly has grown in textbooks over the past few years, and the
ones I've downloaded from them are quite good.

On 12/8/14, Matthew Dierckens via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I would recommend .docx for your Spanish, and Braille for your chemistry
> book. Since you guys in the States have Learning Ally, could you get any of
> the textbooks through them?
>
> God bless. :)
> Matthew Dierckens
> Assistive Technology Specialist
> Macintosh Trainer
> Blind Access Training
> www.blindaccesstraining.com
> 1-877-774-7670, extension 3
> work email:
> matthew at blindaccesstraining.com
> Personal email:
> matt.dierckens at me.com
>
>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 20:36, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via nabs-l
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, I've been having them do Microsoft Word for me. Or PDF usually works.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver
>>
>>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 18:28, Anna Givens via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am wondering what format my college books need to be in in order for
>>> me to be able to use JAWS to read them and also use my Braille sense
>>> to read them.  I am going to take Spanish and Chemistry and
>>> anthropology in the spring and want to have access in audio and
>>> braille.  But I don't know if there is a specific way the books have
>>> to be scanned or put into a certain format for me to access them on
>>> the comp and the braille sense.
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Anna
>>>
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Kaiti