[nabs-l] college ebooks question

[Arielle Silverman]

Braille Lite Millennium is ancient! I'm not one to always have the
newest technology, but if you already have a voc rehab case, can they
get you a more modern notetaker or a laptop for notetaking and
homework?
Arielle

On 3/22/14, John Sanders <sandersj6 at att.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> In highschool I did my work in braille.
> The way it worked was that two people were in a room typing up assignments
> on a computer and brailling them.
> The braille worksheets were given to me and I was able to do them.
> I've gone around and around in circles with my disability services office.
> I'm going to be requesting a meeting with the director.
> I hope to hear from you soon.
> Sincerely,
> John Sanders
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ashley Bramlett
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 4:53 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] college ebooks question
>
> John,
> Its required by most schools including ones I attended. I also attend a
> community college now for continuing education. May sound weird, but I
> figured its cheaper, and I wanted to get some guidance on business writing
> and business classes in general while seeking work; my BA is in liberal
> studies.
>
> You have to buy the books because you cannot get a book for free; publishers
> do not want to release a book without making money.
> You have to give receits to your disability  services office as proof you
> bought the book. May seem unfair as you cannot read the texts, but its fair
> to the publishers.
> Your school will then request an electronic text copy of your books once you
> have given them receits.
> Remember you can buy used texts to save money. Also, you can resell texts to
> the bookstore when semester ends. If they won't accept them, try selling
> them to other students. Ads are up all the time for used books on bulletin
> boards at my school.
>
> I'll also reiterate  what was said. You may not have to wait on your
> disability office to get texts. How did you read in high school? If you were
> like me, you used Recording for the blind, now, named learning ally.
> I would have used bookshare, if it were around.
> Bookshare, Learning ally, and  NLS are good sources of books.
>
> Do you learn better with a synthetic voice or human reader? For me, I do
> better with  human readers.
> This is why I use learning ally a lot for texts.
> I suggest you have a bookshare and learning ally account.
> Bookshare is free for students. Go to www.bookshare.org to find out more.
> Learning ally requires an annual fee now, but you can request a waver if it
> poses a lot of financial hardship.
>
> However, your parents probably will pay the fee.
> Through these sources, you can order your own texts, rather than waiting for
> the disability office.
> Also, for general novels you read in history and english, the NLS library is
> a good source. You can order books from your cooperating library and get
> them in the mail on digital cartrige. Alternatively, you can use the BARD
> site and download them yourself using a flash drive if your technology
> skills are good.
>
> I often just get my own texts. I find out the book info from the bookstore;
> I ask about the name, author, edition and publisher.
> Then I can order them with this info.
> Another way is to email the professor of the class and ask them about books.
> Some ebooks are now accessible, but never used those, so cannot comment on
> that.
> I know the bookstores I encountered let you purchase or rent ebooks. I think
> its from Course smart.
>
> I hope you do well in school, and next time, be  a bit more proactive for
> your accomodations.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Sanders
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:19 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] college ebooks question
>
> Hi all,
> I have a question:  I'm currently attending Lansing Community College and
> the Office of disability services department is saying that if I want to
> have a inclass assistant and have my textbooks translated in to etext, I
> need to buy the books and show the receipt that I had bought the books.
> Why is this required?
> I hope to hear from you soon.
> Sincerely,
> John Sanders
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