[nabs-l] my literature text update

[Lucy Sirianni]

Hi=20Ashley,

If=20your=20Disability=20Services=20office=20can't=20help=20(or=20until=20y=
ou=20
receive=20the=20help),=20could=20you=20put=20the=20files=20on=20a=20thumb-d=
rive=20and=20
use=20your=20BrailleNote=20to=20copy=20and=20paste=20the=20small=20files=20=
together=20
into=20one=20large=20file?=20That=20way,=20you=20could=20do=20a=20simple=20=
word=20search=20
and=20perhaps=20find=20passages=20more=20quickly?

Hope=20this=20helps=20and=20good=20luck?

Lucy

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2022=20Feb=202015=2018:02:11=20-0500
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20my=20literature=20text=20update

Hi=20all,

Here=20is=20an=20update=20on=20the=20literature=20text.
As=20you=20might=20recall,=20I=20was=20in=20the=20process=20of=20requesting=
=20my=20book=20
in=20electronic=20format.
I=20do=20have=20learning=20ally=20version,=20but=20find=20half=20the=20read=
ers=20to=20be=20
hard=20to=20follow=20and=20the=20quality=20could=20be=20better.
Many=20of=20you=20suggested=20having=20the=20electronic=20copy=20so=20I=20c=
ould=20read=20
it=20and=20navigate=20it=20to=20find=20quotes,=20spelling,=20and=20read=20a=
long=20in=20
class.

I=20have=20mostly=20bad=20news.
The=20Norton=20Anthology=20of=20short=20fiction=20is=20huge,=20and=20I=20su=
re=20wish=20it=20
was=20on=20bookshare.

The=20good=20news=20is=20I=20was=20able=20to=20download=20dropbox=20and=20g=
et=20the=20
files.
They=20put=20the=20files=20in=20a=20shared=20folder=20for=20me.
They=20just=20left=20the=20files,=20no=20labels=20on=20them=20or=20anything=
;=20so=20the=20
labels=20are=20a=20string=20of=20numbers.

But=20here=20is=20the=20bad=20news.
The=20only=20solution=20I=20can=20think=20of=20is=20having=20the=20dss=20st=
aff=20put=20the=20
files=20in=20order=20and=20label=20what=20pages=20are=20for=20each=20file.

Well=20the=20news=20in=20short=20is=20that=20there=20are=20so=20many=20file=
s=20and=20its=20
out=20of=20order=20and=20worst=20of=20all,=20jaws=20does=20not=20read=20all=
=20page=20
numbers.=20=20This=20makes=20it=20impossible=20to=20navigate=20and=20know=20=
where=20I=20
am.=20=20It=20is=20not=20reading=20all=20page=20numbers=20in=20the=20pdf=20=
files=20because=20
some=20page=20numbers=20are=20at=20the=20bottom=20of=20a=20page.=20=20I=20a=
t=20first=20
thought=20they=20were=20absent,=20but=20my=20dad=20looked=20at=20it,=20and=
=20saw=20they=20
were=20labeled=20but=20at=20different=20points=20of=20the=20page.

I=20did=20not=20put=20it=20on=20a=20flash=20drive=20to=20read=20on=20my=20b=
raille=20note,=20
because=20I=20cannot=20navigate=20it.=20=20if=20a=20professor=20says,=20tur=
n=20to=20page=20
12,=20I=20have=20literally=20seconds=20to=20do=20that,=20and=20would=20have=
=20no=20clue=20
which=20file=20to=20use.

Several=20issues=20with=20this=20arrangement.
1.=20=20With=20over=2030=20files,=20I=20have=20no=20idea=20which=20one=20to=
=20open=20to=20read=20
a=20given=20story.
I=20have=20the=20title,=20author=20and=20page=20numbers=20for=20my=20assign=
ments,=20but=20
that=20does=20not=20help.=20=20I=20cannot=20search=20this=20many=20files,=20=
and=20I=20do=20
not=20think=20there=20is=20a=20way=20to=20search=20all=20files=20in=20a=20f=
older=20at=20once.=20=20
I=20can=20only=20search=20one=20by=20one=20wich=20is=20counterproductive.
If=20you=20know=20of=20a=20way=20to=20search=20across=20files,=20let=20me=20=
know.=20=20They=20
are=20all=20in=20my=20folder=20and=20I=20will=20copy=20them=20to=20=20a=20U=
SB=20drive=20and=20
place=20them=20in=20a=20folder=20called=20norton=20text.=20=20But,=20I=20do=
n=E2=80=99t=20think=20
the=20pc=20can=20see=20all=20files=20to=20search=20them.
2.=20=20You=20all=20mentioned=20copying=20and=20pasting=20for=20quotes=20an=
d=20
highlights=20of=20the=20text.
This=20does=20not=20work.=20=20I=20highlight=20the=20text=20with=20regular=
=20key=20
commands=20like=20shift=20down=20arrow=20to=20highlight=20a=20line,=20and=20=
then=20copy=20
and=20paste.
It=20only=20copies=20a=20word=20or=20two;=20jaws=20tells=20me=20the=20whole=
=20line=20is=20
selected.

3.=20=20I=20cannot=20search=20by=20page.=20=20This=20is=20since=20each=20fi=
le=20starts=20at=20
page=201=20in=20the=20computer=E2=80=99s=20eyes;=20like=20it=20may=20be=201=
-20=20or=201-45=20
depending=20on=20the=20size=20of=20the=20file.=20=20Yes,=20different=20file=
s=20have=20
different=20page=20amounts=20ranging=20from=208=20to=20about=2050.
But=20page=201=20is=20not=20page=201.=20=20It=20is=20continuing=20the=20boo=
k.=20=20so=20page=201=20
is=20really=20page=20222=20or=20something=20like=20that.=20=20I=20hope=20th=
is=20makes=20
since.=20=20I=20may=20be=20on=20say=20page=2080=20of=20the=20text=20but=20w=
hen=20you=20look=20at=20
the=20go=20to=20page=20number=20command,=20it=20tells=20you,=20=20you=20are=
=20at=20page=205=20
for=20instance.
4.=20=20Some=20stories=20begin=20at=20the=20end=20of=20a=20page.=20=20I=20c=
annot=20skim=20it.=20=20
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