From martinezana770 at gmail.com Fri May 1 15:44:45 2015 From: martinezana770 at gmail.com (Ana Martinez) Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 09:44:45 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] Louisiana center for the blind Message-ID: hi all so I am concidering on attending one of the NFB training centers before college I have a question has any of you attended the Louisiana center for the blind? how did you like it? thanks From lhnews at lighthouse-sf.org Fri May 1 21:24:30 2015 From: lhnews at lighthouse-sf.org (LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired) Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 21:24:30 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] LightHouse for the Blind is Hiring an Employment Facilitator for our Employment Immersion Program Message-ID: <2B462D39CA57B147A4C4B61F9FC1959D526B13@email.rrlh-sf.local> POSITION: Employment Facilitator JOB PURPOSE: The LightHouse Employment Immersion initiative is not a generic program like those available elsewhere to sighted jobseekers. Our program puts special emphasis on connecting blind jobseekers with the actual experiences of blind employees. This position will introduce blind jobseekers to blind mentors, coordinate peer discussion, identify and schedule outside blind-positive speakers and generally produce an immersive experience rich in blind-positive stories, workplace examples, and people. The task of instilling pride, confidence and blind community support is central to this position. The second purpose of this position is to ensure that blind and visually-impaired participants are provided practical, accessible and required training and support for their job search and application process. The Employment Facilitator will work closely with the Jobseeker Coordinator to ensure that timely encouragement and support is given to participants during formal class sessions and the subsequent job search phase. The Employment Facilitator will coordinate and teach standard aspects of career exploration, job search, interviewing, networking and job-carving. This position will develop and maintain a system to keep every class participant accountable for specific actions throughout their enrollment in the program. QUALIFICATIONS: Education or equivalent: A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience that parallels the needs of the department, such as vocational counseling, teaching or a work history supporting the disability community. Experience: Five years' experience with blindness or low vision, in either a service organization or via extensive personal experience with the needs of blind jobseekers. A history of public speaking, giving presentations or workshop facilitation helpful. Other: Ability to be productive with large e-mail flows; strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Internet research tools essential. Working knowledge of accessible technology very helpful. Demonstrated skill in writing and evaluating lesson plans, and providing constructive criticism. A history of successful diversity integration in group settings. Position requires strong organization, communication flexibility and interpersonal skills; ability to work collaboratively; capacity to handle multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously. Some aptitude in a language other than English always appreciated. ACCOUNTABILITIES: JOB FUNCTIONS The Employment Facilitator provides both classroom and individual instruction; employment and job search preparation; and supports the placement activity of blind and visually-impaired students. IN CLASS The Employment Facilitator assists students in developing and refining their résumés, conducting job searches, and teaching blind-specific strategies for interviewing successfully. · Leads workshops, 1:1 training and occasionally participates in student retreats. · Assists students to develop transferable job-search skills, such as creating résumés, cover letters, networking and discovering unconventional job leads. · Assists students with technical issues during class. · Assigns and evaluates student homework and projects. · Identifies and introduces blind jobseekers to community mentors, informational interview sources and working blind people. PROGRAM PLANNING AND OPERATIONS The Employment Facilitator will have lead responsibility in developing curriculum and workshops, documenting and updating the syllabus, devising employment strategies, networking and attending employment-related community events. Develops program curriculum with a concentration on assembling a compelling library of readings, videos, podcasts and other resources with strong narratives about blind people in the workplace and how they got there. Designs innovative class sessions, periodic social jobseeker events, and after-hours online and in-person activities to ensure that the program is: · Intense and immersive. · Fun and engaging. · Connecting each jobseeker with others that have similar aspirations. Designs and updates the curriculum so that each jobseeker is accountable for 40 hours per week of class, active job searching, networking and non-passive activities. · Encourages and supports student job search activities. · Assists with strategizing and filling out job applications. · When required, escorts students to interviews and other job-related activities. · Visits work sites to assess the need for post-employment support. · Analyzes and writes reports for any job modifications needed to create an accessible and productive work environment. · Assists the Employment Development Manager in outreach and presentation activities as needed. · Refers to and collaborates with other departments to assist students in learning about LightHouse training, social and recreational opportunities. · Establishes and maintains active referral relationships with the Department of Rehabilitation and other community partners. · Assigns and performs training and other services within the parameters of written Authorizations, and bills within the scope of those authorizations. · Collects data needed to measure and evaluate program outcomes. Consistently tracks and documents student goals and progress. · Maintains appropriate student and Agency confidentiality at all times. · Communicates regularly, professionally and in a timely manner with all relevant parties. · Keeps abreast of new employment and hiring trends by reading local business news and daily publications. · Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. WORKING CONDITIONS: Equal opportunity to all regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, or sexual orientation. We have an "employment at will" policy. TO APPLY: Please submit your cover letter and / or résumé as Word attachments (no .PDF please), to hr at lighthouse-sf.org; include the job title in the subject line. We will not consider videos or hyperlinks to online profiles at this time. Due to time constraints we may not be able to respond to everyone who expresses interest; thank you. From becsjoynfb at gmail.com Fri May 1 21:59:54 2015 From: becsjoynfb at gmail.com (Rebecca Leon) Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 16:59:54 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] is anyone on here studying to become a family therapist? In-Reply-To: References: <55404ed3.4175320a.5b54.ffff8aa2@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <010A8595-6985-4F2D-9AE4-255E94CC0D56@gmail.com> Hey there, I am a social work student about to graduate in two weeks with my bachelor of social work and have worked and intend to work closely with youth at risk and their families. I wanted to second and third everything everyone has said here about self-care as being vitally important for your health and Job satisfaction as well as protection from burnout. While family therapy may be fairly competitive. As a profession, I would encourage you to look into social work as this field provides many options and avenues for working with families on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. A BSW or MSW is also much more valuable in this field then a psychology or counseling degree degree in general, and can be achieved more quickly, although I am somewhat biased. I would definitely encourage you to look into the human services emailing list especially because, whatever degree you have, your connections within the field will be priceless for assisting you in learning, finding a job, and excelling within your field. Sincerely, Rebecca ~ When a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore, he has power. ~Alan Paton > On 29/04/2015, at 19:36, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi Vejas, The listserv mentioned is called HumanSer. The social > sciences one also has some therapists on it, but it's intended for > research-related discussions. > Best, Arielle > >> On 4/29/15, Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l wrote: >> Hello Vejas, >> >> Please forgive me for citing the incorrect name for the division you should >> check out. But the Human Services Division is definitely the division you >> will want to check out. The social worker I know here in Michigan is a part >> of this division, and I would be more than happy to put you in touch with >> her if you have any interest in connecting with her. >> >> As for your questions about the LCB, as far as I know, students generally >> stay in the same apartment during the duration of their training. >> >> Students are responsible for all meals including breakfast, lunch, and >> dinner. Students can either bring a lunch from their apartment to eat at >> the >> training center, or they can get it from nearby restaurants. I believe the >> only exception to this rule is when someone is making a large meal as part >> of the requirements for cooking class. This meal is typically served during >> lunch to all students and staff at the training center. >> >> Ruston is a small town, so transportation options will probably be more >> limited than what you may be used to in a bigger city. It is easy for >> people >> to walk around town, and students are expected to walk to and from the >> student apartments and the training center. However, I believe there are a >> few cab companies you can use when walking is less desirable. I am sure >> other students and staff members would be more than willing to provide you >> with more specific information once you arrive to the training center. >> >> I hope this message answers your questions about what to expect during your >> training at LCB. However, when I went there to visit the training center >> for >> a week, I found the staff and students to be rather friendly and were >> willing to answer any questions I had about the training center or the city >> of Ruston. I wish you the best of luck in your training at LCB. >> >> Warm regards, >> Elizabeth >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vejas Vasiliauskas [mailto:alpineimagination at gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 11:24 PM >> To: Elizabeth Mohnke; nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> Subject: RE: [nabs-l] is anyone on here studying to become a family >> therapist? >> >> Thank you so much for your email. >> If anyone could please give me the name of the blind social workers list, I >> would really appreciate it. I couldn't find a list purely for social >> workers but did find one relating to social sciences-is that the one? >> Thanks, >> Vejas >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Elizabeth Mohnke > To: "'Vejas Vasiliauskas'" >> ,"'National Association of Blind Students >> mailing list'" > -0400 >> Subject: RE: [nabs-l] is anyone on here studying to become a family >> therapist? >> >> Hello Vejas, >> >> I applaud you for seeking out people who have experience in the career >> choice you are interested in pursuing. If you do not receive the answers >> you are looking for on this email list, you might want to try posting your >> inquiry on the blind social workers division email list. I do not know the >> specifics for this particular email list, but you can find a list of all of >> the NFB email lists at www.nfbnet.org. I also know of a blind social >> worker >> here in Michigan, and I would be willing to put you in touch with her if >> you >> would be interested in talking to her. >> >> Best of luck, >> Elizabeth >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas >> Vasiliauskas via nabs-l >> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 10:11 PM >> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> Subject: [nabs-l] is anyone on here studying to become a family therapist? >> >> Hi All, >> I'm a senior in high school who, until very recently, thought that I wanted >> to be an English teacher. However, I have decided recently that that is >> not >> the right profession for me. I am thinking I might want to be a family >> therapist. I have always been interested in family dynamics and also >> really >> enjoy helping others. I have heard that being a therapist can be >> emotionally draining, and until recently I was under the impression that >> family members always went because they wanted to, although I've just >> learned that the courts can send people to therapy as well. >> I have also heard that it is very hard to get a job in the field. >> If anyone has any experiences, please feel free to share. >> Thanks, >> Vejas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/lizmohnke%40h >> otmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/becsjoynfb%40gmail.com From filerime at gmail.com Sat May 2 00:58:49 2015 From: filerime at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?RWxpZiBFbWlyIMOWa3PDvHo=?=) Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 20:58:49 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] is anyone on here studying to become a family therapist? In-Reply-To: <010A8595-6985-4F2D-9AE4-255E94CC0D56@gmail.com> References: <55404ed3.4175320a.5b54.ffff8aa2@mx.google.com> <010A8595-6985-4F2D-9AE4-255E94CC0D56@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hello Vejas, I'm a counselor and doctoral student in counselor education. As it was said here before there are several ways to work in helping professions. Psychology and social work undergrad degrees- graduate degrees and counseling graduate degrees are different ways for this. There are also marriage and family counseling programs. If you want to work in these areas, you can start with a related undergrad major such as psychology and social work. Then you can continue to your graduate education. Social work is more well-known and well-recognized than counseling now, however, in terms of therapy skills I am biased and recommend counseling. Psychology graduate programs are longer. As far as I know you can't see clients with a masters degree, you need to have psychology doctoral degree. Start somewhere related. Non-of them is bad. You can make your decision through the end. My department chaire had his undergrad even from business. Working with people is hard but so rewarding. Don't worry your training will also prepare you about self-care. I'm not depressed than others since I'm listening others' problems. You'll get used to it. Lastly think about clinical mental health counseling as well. You don't need to limit yourself with only family counseling. Clinical mental health counseling title let you work both with groups, individuals and families as long as you have training. Let me know if you have any questions. I'll be happy to answer. 2015-05-01 17:59 GMT-04:00, Rebecca Leon via nabs-l : > Hey there, > I am a social work student about to graduate in two weeks with my bachelor > of social work and have worked and intend to work closely with youth at risk > and their families. I wanted to second and third everything everyone has > said here about self-care as being vitally important for your health and Job > satisfaction as well as protection from burnout. > While family therapy may be fairly competitive. As a profession, I would > encourage you to look into social work as this field provides many options > and avenues for working with families on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. > A BSW or MSW is also much more valuable in this field then a psychology or > counseling degree degree in general, and can be achieved more quickly, > although I am somewhat biased. > I would definitely encourage you to look into the human services emailing > list especially because, whatever degree you have, your connections within > the field will be priceless for assisting you in learning, finding a job, > and excelling within your field. > Sincerely, > Rebecca ~ > > When a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore, he has power. > ~Alan Paton > >> On 29/04/2015, at 19:36, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l >> wrote: >> >> Hi Vejas, The listserv mentioned is called HumanSer. The social >> sciences one also has some therapists on it, but it's intended for >> research-related discussions. >> Best, Arielle >> >>> On 4/29/15, Elizabeth Mohnke via nabs-l wrote: >>> Hello Vejas, >>> >>> Please forgive me for citing the incorrect name for the division you >>> should >>> check out. But the Human Services Division is definitely the division >>> you >>> will want to check out. The social worker I know here in Michigan is a >>> part >>> of this division, and I would be more than happy to put you in touch >>> with >>> her if you have any interest in connecting with her. >>> >>> As for your questions about the LCB, as far as I know, students >>> generally >>> stay in the same apartment during the duration of their training. >>> >>> Students are responsible for all meals including breakfast, lunch, and >>> dinner. Students can either bring a lunch from their apartment to eat at >>> the >>> training center, or they can get it from nearby restaurants. I believe >>> the >>> only exception to this rule is when someone is making a large meal as >>> part >>> of the requirements for cooking class. This meal is typically served >>> during >>> lunch to all students and staff at the training center. >>> >>> Ruston is a small town, so transportation options will probably be more >>> limited than what you may be used to in a bigger city. It is easy for >>> people >>> to walk around town, and students are expected to walk to and from the >>> student apartments and the training center. However, I believe there are >>> a >>> few cab companies you can use when walking is less desirable. I am sure >>> other students and staff members would be more than willing to provide >>> you >>> with more specific information once you arrive to the training center. >>> >>> I hope this message answers your questions about what to expect during >>> your >>> training at LCB. However, when I went there to visit the training center >>> for >>> a week, I found the staff and students to be rather friendly and were >>> willing to answer any questions I had about the training center or the >>> city >>> of Ruston. I wish you the best of luck in your training at LCB. >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> Elizabeth >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Vejas Vasiliauskas [mailto:alpineimagination at gmail.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 11:24 PM >>> To: Elizabeth Mohnke; nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> Subject: RE: [nabs-l] is anyone on here studying to become a family >>> therapist? >>> >>> Thank you so much for your email. >>> If anyone could please give me the name of the blind social workers list, >>> I >>> would really appreciate it. I couldn't find a list purely for social >>> workers but did find one relating to social sciences-is that the one? >>> Thanks, >>> Vejas >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Elizabeth Mohnke >> To: "'Vejas Vasiliauskas'" >>> ,"'National Association of Blind Students >>> mailing list'" >> -0400 >>> Subject: RE: [nabs-l] is anyone on here studying to become a family >>> therapist? >>> >>> Hello Vejas, >>> >>> I applaud you for seeking out people who have experience in the career >>> choice you are interested in pursuing. If you do not receive the >>> answers >>> you are looking for on this email list, you might want to try posting >>> your >>> inquiry on the blind social workers division email list. I do not know >>> the >>> specifics for this particular email list, but you can find a list of all >>> of >>> the NFB email lists at www.nfbnet.org. I also know of a blind social >>> worker >>> here in Michigan, and I would be willing to put you in touch with her if >>> you >>> would be interested in talking to her. >>> >>> Best of luck, >>> Elizabeth >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas >>> Vasiliauskas via nabs-l >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 10:11 PM >>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> Subject: [nabs-l] is anyone on here studying to become a family >>> therapist? >>> >>> Hi All, >>> I'm a senior in high school who, until very recently, thought that I >>> wanted >>> to be an English teacher. However, I have decided recently that that is >>> not >>> the right profession for me. I am thinking I might want to be a family >>> therapist. I have always been interested in family dynamics and also >>> really >>> enjoy helping others. I have heard that being a therapist can be >>> emotionally draining, and until recently I was under the impression that >>> family members always went because they wanted to, although I've just >>> learned that the courts can send people to therapy as well. >>> I have also heard that it is very hard to get a job in the field. >>> If anyone has any experiences, please feel free to share. >>> Thanks, >>> Vejas >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/lizmohnke%40h >>> otmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/becsjoynfb%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/filerime%40gmail.com > From cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com Sat May 2 01:30:30 2015 From: cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com (Chris Nusbaum) Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 21:30:30 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] FW: Introducing the College Success Program for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired In-Reply-To: <037301d08460$b0d7e490$1287adb0$@gmail.com> References: <0eeae9816449e3afb4f3cfd809d37bfcea4.20150430195758@mail146.atl121.mcsv.net> <037301d08460$b0d7e490$1287adb0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <03ad01d08477$946228e0$bd267aa0$@gmail.com> This seems like a very useful program for new or aspiring college students. Mentoring works! From: Learning Ally [mailto:enews=learningally.org at mail146.atl121.mcsv.net] On Behalf Of Learning Ally Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 3:59 PM To: dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com Subject: Introducing the College Success Program for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired View this email in your browser Image removed by sender. The College Success Program for students who are blind or visually impaired If you're a college student who is blind or visually impaired and find yourself facing academic or social challenges, you're not alone. Learning Ally can help. In partnership with the Lavelle Fund for the Blind, Learning Ally is piloting The College Success Program, a research-based program designed specifically for college students who are blind or visually impaired. The program offers an online curriculum that includes articles, interviews, podcasts, quizzes and more to help you on the college journey. Explore ways to learn effectively, manage connections with professors and disabilities offices, discover technology and connect to the campus and BVI communities. Best of all the resources we have to offer, we've partnered with mentors who are blind or visually impaired and have recently completed college. They understand the barriers you might be facing and are ready to share their wisdom and advice with you. If you are interested in receiving mentorship during the fall semester of 2015, sign up now on our website. This program is still in its early stages and we welcome your feedback about the content – we want students to begin the fall semester ready to succeed! To learn more about our program, visit us at www.learningally.org/collegesuccess. Questions or comments? Please email us at collegesuccess at learningally.org Learning Ally, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, benefits from the generous support of our donors. If you want to join our growing donor family, please donate now. 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Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and personal attacks and degrading comments will not be tolerated. B. All posts must be appropriate for a wide audience, including readers younger than 18 years old. Profanity and sexual content will not be allowed. C. Remember that all list messages appear on a public archive. Please respect other people’s privacy by not posting details about their lives or experiences. Even if you post about somebody without using their name, their identity can be discovered. Also remember that if you post your phone number on list, others could access it via a Google search. 2. Reducing List Clutter A. Please stay on topic. This list is about blindness and issues related to being a blind student or job-seeker. Posts about religion or politics, advertisements, queries asking to add list members on social media, or any other posts unrelated to blindness are not allowed, as they create too much list clutter unrelated to the list purpose. The exception is that advertisements for blindness programs and announcements about blindness-related research projects are permitted. The moderators and NABS board reserve the right to close down any discussion that is off-topic. B. Please respect readers’ time by consolidating your ideas into one or two messages per day instead of posting many short replies to a topic. Rule of thumb is to post in a way to further the conversation, instead of just saying “I agree”. C. When you would like to write someone off list or offer to connect with someone by Skype or social media, do so privately. You do not have to write one liners to every person you’d like to email off list. If you develop a conversation with that person, that’s great, if they feel they do not want to respond that is their right too. D. If an off-topic message appears on the list, please do not respond to it. Instead, please either delete it or forward it to a list moderator. Single off-topic messages create much less clutter than long threads debating whether or not the initial post is appropriate for the list. If you send a message the moderators feel is off-topic, you will receive an off-list request not to send any more messages of this kind. If you disagree with the moderator’s ruling, feel free to reply and make your case, and we will be more than happy to listen. But the list committee has final authority regarding what is and is not appropriate for the list. Repeated violations of the guidelines could result in disciplinary action from the list owner, including list removal. From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Sat May 2 18:24:54 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Sat, 02 May 2015 14:24:54 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Louisiana center for the blind Message-ID: <55451685.8d14370a.1e1a.fffff699@mx.google.com> Hi Ana the Louisiana Center For The Blind is like the other two Nfb training centers. You can google them and look at their web site to find out more about them. From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Sat May 2 19:18:34 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Sat, 02 May 2015 15:18:34 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] NABS List Guidelines Reminder Message-ID: <5545231a.41ee8c0a.68fa.ffff96f6@mx.google.com> Hi Artielle thank you so much for mosting these guidelines each month. They serve as a reminder to me about what posts are appropriate for this list. Is it know if I post an announcement about a blindness-related google group on this list? From bridgetawalker13 at aol.com Sat May 2 19:45:15 2015 From: bridgetawalker13 at aol.com (Bridget Walker) Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 15:45:15 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] FW: Introducing the College Success Program for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired In-Reply-To: <03ad01d08477$946228e0$bd267aa0$@gmail.com> References: <0eeae9816449e3afb4f3cfd809d37bfcea4.20150430195758@mail146.atl121.mcsv.net> <037301d08460$b0d7e490$1287adb0$@gmail.com> <03ad01d08477$946228e0$bd267aa0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <534A559B-FFB5-40C0-8711-C10C1E6842A4@aol.com> I offered my time as a mentors and never heard back from learning ally. I am curious to know what they are offering college students. Sent from my iPad > On May 1, 27 Heisei, at 9:30 PM, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l wrote: > > This seems like a very useful program for new or aspiring college students. Mentoring works! > > > > From: Learning Ally [mailto:enews=learningally.org at mail146.atl121.mcsv.net] On Behalf Of Learning Ally > Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 3:59 PM > To: dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com > Subject: Introducing the College Success Program for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired > > > > > > > > > > View this email in your browser > > > > > > Image removed by sender. The College Success Program for students who are blind or visually impaired > > > > > > > > > > > If you're a college student who is blind or visually impaired and find yourself facing academic or social challenges, you're not alone. Learning Ally can help. > > In partnership with the Lavelle Fund for the Blind, Learning Ally is piloting The College Success Program, a research-based program designed specifically for college students who are blind or visually impaired. The program offers an online curriculum that includes articles, interviews, podcasts, quizzes and more to help you on the college journey. Explore ways to learn effectively, manage connections with professors and disabilities offices, discover technology and connect to the campus and BVI communities. > > Best of all the resources we have to offer, we've partnered with mentors who are blind or visually impaired and have recently completed college. They understand the barriers you might be facing and are ready to share their wisdom and advice with you. If you are interested in receiving mentorship during the fall semester of 2015, sign up now on our website. > > This program is still in its early stages and we welcome your feedback about the content – we want students to begin the fall semester ready to succeed! > > To learn more about our program, visit us at www.learningally.org/collegesuccess. > > Questions or comments? 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Blog > > > Blog > > > > > > > > Privacy Policy: You will only receive the email that you permitted upon subscription. Your email address will never be shared with anyone and you can unsubscribe at any time. > > Image removed by sender. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com From nelsonsam68 at gmail.com Sat May 2 20:16:06 2015 From: nelsonsam68 at gmail.com (Sam Nelson) Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 15:16:06 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Sharing my e-mail list and suggestions for letting others know about it Message-ID: <00cc01d08514$d2b1c450$78154cf0$@gmail.com> Hey everyone, I've recently started an e-mail list called disability haven. It's for anyone with any disability who also has a mental illness. My other one for blind eople with mental illness is going so well I wanted to start this one to have a more diverse community where all people with a variety of issues could support one another. I wanted to share the link with you all. https://groups.io/org/groupsio/disability-haven Lastly do any of you have any ideas about how best to share this info online. I've tried facebook groups with some success. Was wondering about other venues/ sites ETC? Thanks. Sam --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com From jhud7789 at outlook.com Sat May 2 22:12:16 2015 From: jhud7789 at outlook.com (Joseph Hudson) Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 17:12:16 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Sharing my e-mail list and suggestions for letting others know about it In-Reply-To: <00cc01d08514$d2b1c450$78154cf0$@gmail.com> References: <00cc01d08514$d2b1c450$78154cf0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Sam, what a great question to ask I normally advertise things like this in my signature. I run one myself that I have on my signature on my cell phone and on my Windows computer. And I advertise it whenever I want to. And by the way I just joined your group as I have a couple of different disabilities I'm also blind and also have CP as well and I wouldn't mind being a caring friend to some of your members. Joseph Hudson I device support Email jhud7789 at gmail.com Face time and iMessage jhud7789 at yahoo.com Office phone 641-715-3900 x34315 Emergency line 641-715-3900 x5887652 Skype joseph.hudson89 > On May 2, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Sam Nelson via nabs-l wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > I've recently started an e-mail list called disability haven. It's for > anyone with any disability who also has a mental illness. My other one for > blind eople with mental illness is going so well I wanted to start this one > to have a more diverse community where all people with a variety of issues > could support one another. > > I wanted to share the link with you all. > > https://groups.io/org/groupsio/disability-haven > > Lastly do any of you have any ideas about how best to share this info > online. I've tried facebook groups with some success. Was wondering about > other venues/ sites ETC? > > Thanks. > > Sam > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jhud7789%40outlook.com From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Sun May 3 00:34:59 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 20:34:59 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Raffle-Enter for a chance to win gift card prizes! Message-ID: Hi, fellow Federation students, The Ohio Association of Blind Students is proud to sponsor a gift card raffle for some amazing prizes. From now through July 15th (that's 75 days if you were counting), you can enter for a chance to win gift cards from major chains like ITunes, Chipotle, and Bath and Bodyworks. Students from our division will be available to sell tangible tickets at the 75th convention, but we also want to provide you with other ways to pay. All tickets will be sold as follows: 1 for $1 or 6 for $5. Here are your payment options. 1. Pay electronically using our PayPal account. Once we receive your payment you will get a confirmation email containing your ticket numbers. The link you'll need is: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6FW5ZC8G45T8E 2. Send a check to our treasurer, Emily Pennington. Please email her before sending money so that she will know to expect your payment and can give you her address. She can be reached at emilypennington at fuse.net. 3. Pay with cash at the National Convention. Using this method will get you a brailled ticket stub. Keep track of your ticket(s) so that you can reference them later. Winners will be announced the day following the close of the buying period by list serve. If you are a winner you will be contacted so we can get the proper address to send your prize. For any questions please email me at kaiti.shelton at gmail.com, or Emily at emilypennington at fuse.net. We hope you will support our fundraiser and that we'll see you at the 75th convention! Kaiti Shelton President, Ohio Association of Blind Students From PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu Tue May 5 12:26:38 2015 From: PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu (Justin Salisbury) Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 12:26:38 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Twitter list Message-ID: <5DA70914-CDEF-45A8-95F9-A4B382958FC0@alumni.ecu.edu> Hey everybody, Does anyone think it would be useful if we created a list on the NABS link Twitter account of all the state student division Twitter accounts? The @NFB_voice Account does something similar, and I find that useful. Yours, Justin Sent from the iPhone of Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix Graduate Student Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu Twitter: @SalisburyJustin First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. Martin Niemöller From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue May 5 12:45:17 2015 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian) Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 05:45:17 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Twitter list In-Reply-To: <5DA70914-CDEF-45A8-95F9-A4B382958FC0@alumni.ecu.edu> References: <5DA70914-CDEF-45A8-95F9-A4B382958FC0@alumni.ecu.edu> Message-ID: <7598A3D7-6014-4C8F-B6F9-193863FC9FC4@gmail.com> Hi Justin, Would you mind explaining further what a Twitter list is? Why people use it? Why it might be useful to others? How exactly it works? I don't know how many people do or do not use Twitter and how regularly they do or do not use it. Thanks so much! Darian. Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2015, at 5:26 AM, Justin Salisbury via nabs-l wrote: > > Hey everybody, > > Does anyone think it would be useful if we created a list on the NABS link Twitter account of all the state student division Twitter accounts? > > The @NFB_voice Account does something similar, and I find that useful. > > Yours, > > Justin > > Sent from the iPhone of > > Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix > Graduate Student > Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness > Louisiana Tech University > Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu > Twitter: @SalisburyJustin > > > First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— > Because I was not a Socialist. > > Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— > Because I was not a Trade Unionist. > > Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— > Because I was not a Jew. > > Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. > > Martin Niemöller > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com From hope.paulos at gmail.com Tue May 5 13:04:23 2015 From: hope.paulos at gmail.com (Hope Paulos) Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 09:04:23 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Convention Message-ID: <24D4C448-1FE6-4709-8A5E-3C0BB82E9FD4@gmail.com> Hello all. I am considering going to the NFB convention in Florida this year. Upon calling the Rosen center hotel, they told me that they were all booked, but that they could give me the same rate at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. Evidently, the Rosen Plaza Hotel is 1 mile from the Rosen center hotel, and complementary transportation is offered between both hotels. Does anyone know when the description of the hotels will be available? Also, if anyone has assisted with setting up the convention, can anyone tell me if there is a sky bridge from the Rosen plaza hotel to the convention center which will be used as an exhibit hall? I know there is a sky bridge from the Rosen center hotel to the exhibit hall. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Hope Paulos From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue May 5 13:16:20 2015 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 06:16:20 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Convention In-Reply-To: <24D4C448-1FE6-4709-8A5E-3C0BB82E9FD4@gmail.com> References: <24D4C448-1FE6-4709-8A5E-3C0BB82E9FD4@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Hope, all of the convention activities will take place in the Rosen Centre. As you’ve pointed out there is a skybridge connecting the hotels but as I understand it, it is not open all of the time and shuttles do leave often enough to take you between the hotels. I’m not sure how it works in situations where you want to hang out after hours in the main hotel but I’m sure someone who has done it can tell you. as far as descriptions of the hotels go, there are typically descriptions featured in the agenda when it comes out but I’m not sure if there are descriptions for both the plaza and the Centre or if only for the Rosen Centre. I’m sure an internet search for last year’s agenda would get you the information you desire. Look forward to seeing you in Orlando! Darian > On May 5, 2015, at 6:04 AM, Hope Paulos via nabs-l wrote: > > Hello all. I am considering going to the NFB convention in Florida this year. Upon calling the Rosen center hotel, they told me that they were all booked, but that they could give me the same rate at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. Evidently, the Rosen Plaza Hotel is 1 mile from the Rosen center hotel, and complementary transportation is offered between both hotels. Does anyone know when the description of the hotels will be available? Also, if anyone has assisted with setting up the convention, can anyone tell me if there is a sky bridge from the Rosen plaza hotel to the convention center which will be used as an exhibit hall? I know there is a sky bridge from the Rosen center hotel to the exhibit hall. Any help would be appreciated. > Thanks! > > > Hope Paulos > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com From kmaent1 at gmail.com Tue May 5 13:15:45 2015 From: kmaent1 at gmail.com (Karl Martin Adam) Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 09:15:45 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Convention Message-ID: <5548c2aa.2953320a.544f.42d8@mx.google.com> No, there is no sky bridge at least as of last year. You can pretty easily walk from the Rosen Plaza to the convention center though, and the shuttles are usually pretty convenient. ----- Original Message ----- From: Hope Paulos via nabs-l Dear Students, Since it's Teachers Appreciation week this week I'd like to pay to all of the teachers in the blindness education field. Our TVI's go above and beyond their calls of duty to teach us the blindness skills that we will need to live the lives we want. Orientation and mobility instructors teach us how to travel the world as young independent adults. Thank you for all of the hard work that you do. I'd like to hear stories about your tvi's and orientation and mobility instructors. From PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu Tue May 5 15:46:59 2015 From: PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu (Justin Salisbury) Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 15:46:59 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Twitter list In-Reply-To: <7598A3D7-6014-4C8F-B6F9-193863FC9FC4@gmail.com> References: <5DA70914-CDEF-45A8-95F9-A4B382958FC0@alumni.ecu.edu> <7598A3D7-6014-4C8F-B6F9-193863FC9FC4@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Darian, I can give it my best shot at explaining. When I go onto a Twitter page, such as the one for @NFB_voice, the National Federation of the Blind's Twitter handle, I can choose to look at the list that the admins of @NFB_voice maintain. There is one for affiliates and divisions, and it allows me, the end user, to go down the list and find Twitter accounts. I got on there from time to time. I try to make sure I'm following all of them, but people who don't want to do that can use it as a reference when trying to include the right handles in a Tweet or something like that. This isn't a major game-changer; it's just a nice little thing that we could do that could help outsiders who are looking at us and current members to learn about us and navigate our resources more easily. I run a handful of Twitter accounts, and I find lists useful. It takes very little work to set up, and there are some positive payoffs. That's how I see it. Take care, Justin Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix Graduate Student Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu Twitter: @SalisburyJustin First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. Martin Niemöller -----Original Message----- From: Darian [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2015 7:45 AM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Justin Salisbury Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Twitter list Hi Justin, Would you mind explaining further what a Twitter list is? Why people use it? Why it might be useful to others? How exactly it works? I don't know how many people do or do not use Twitter and how regularly they do or do not use it. Thanks so much! Darian. Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2015, at 5:26 AM, Justin Salisbury via nabs-l wrote: > > Hey everybody, > > Does anyone think it would be useful if we created a list on the NABS link Twitter account of all the state student division Twitter accounts? > > The @NFB_voice Account does something similar, and I find that useful. > > Yours, > > Justin > > Sent from the iPhone of > > Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix Graduate Student > Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana > Tech University > Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu > Twitter: @SalisburyJustin > > > First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I > was not a Socialist. > > Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— > Because I was not a Trade Unionist. > > Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was > not a Jew. > > Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. > > Martin Niemöller > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail. > com From minh.ha927 at gmail.com Wed May 6 02:21:49 2015 From: minh.ha927 at gmail.com (minh ha) Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 22:21:49 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] List for administrative assistants/advice Message-ID: Hi all, I hope everyone is doing well and surviving finals season. I was wondering if there is a mailing list out there for blind administrative assistants. I was asked to interview for a position in my university's Corporate and Foundations Relations office. Most of the tasks outlined in the job description I can perform with ease, but some of them, such as scanning and copying, indexing electronic files, and general office tasks are new to me. I'm hoping to get some ideas on how totally blind individuals accomplish these tasks so I can answer questions during my interview. I've pasted the job description below. If any of you have information or ideas, I would love to hear them. Thanks so much and good luck on your finals. Best, Minh And a basic job description for our position is: Provide administrative support to the Corporate and Foundation Relations team in University Advancement. Responsibilities will include updating alumni database; uploading and indexing electronic filing system; scanning and copying; online research/projects; monitoring and reporting on CFR twitter account; working with Development Assistants for data reports and clean-up; conducting on-campus errands, proofreading documents, and other general office projects. The position is 15 hours a week. -- Minh Ha Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 minh.ha927 at gmail.com "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 From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Wed May 6 02:39:54 2015 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian) Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 19:39:54 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] List for administrative assistants/advice In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7FC4233F-AF1E-4E2F-9C00-804005982DB9@gmail.com> Good evening, There is a list for blind office professionals onwww.nfbnet.org I hope this helps. Darian Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2015, at 7:21 PM, minh ha via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I hope everyone is doing well and surviving finals season. I was > wondering if there is a mailing list out there for blind > administrative assistants. I was asked to interview for a position in > my university's Corporate and Foundations Relations office. Most of > the tasks outlined in the job description I can perform with ease, but > some of them, such as scanning and copying, indexing electronic files, > and general office tasks are new to me. I'm hoping to get some ideas > on how totally blind individuals accomplish these tasks so I can > answer questions during my interview. I've pasted the job description > below. If any of you have information or ideas, I would love to hear > them. Thanks so much and good luck on your finals. > > Best, > Minh > > And a basic job description for our position is: Provide > administrative support to the Corporate and Foundation Relations team > in University Advancement. > Responsibilities will include updating alumni database; uploading and > indexing electronic filing system; scanning and copying; online > research/projects; > monitoring and reporting on CFR twitter account; working with > Development Assistants for data reports and clean-up; conducting > on-campus errands, proofreading documents, > and other general office projects. The position is 15 hours a week. > > -- > Minh Ha > Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 > minh.ha927 at gmail.com > > "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 > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com From david.b.andrews at state.mn.us Wed May 6 09:02:06 2015 From: david.b.andrews at state.mn.us (Andrews, David B (DEED)) Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 04:02:06 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] FW: Braille Spelling Dictionary now in UEB! Message-ID: Description: Image removed by sender. 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Name: 1f1b5c1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 823 bytes Desc: not available URL: From lhnews at lighthouse-sf.org Wed May 6 14:58:02 2015 From: lhnews at lighthouse-sf.org (LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired) Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 14:58:02 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] LightHouse for the Blind is Hiring a Driver Message-ID: <2B462D39CA57B147A4C4B61F9FC1959D526D7C@email.rrlh-sf.local> JOB DESCRIPTION POSITION: LightHouse Driver REPORTS TO: Director of Human Resources and Facilities STATUS: Non-exempt JOB PURPOSE: Founded in San Francisco in 1902, the LightHouse's purpose is to promote the independence, equality and self-reliance of people who are blind or visually impaired. The LightHouse is currently in a period of growth, increasing our capacity to serve more low-vision and blind clients. We seek a dynamic professional to help us grow our individual and institutional support. This is a full-time (100% FTE) position. The Lighthouse Driver has three key areas of responsibility: driving, fleet maintenance and driver coordination. Driving: The Lighthouse Driver transports staff, students and community partners over the greater Bay Area and beyond. In addition, the Driver also will transport, purchase, pick up and deliver program materials, supplies and equipment as directed. Fleet Maintenance: This position also oversees a small fleet of LightHouse vehicles, handling all scheduling, maintenance, repair, cleaning, roadside assistance and registration matters, and keeps mileage records, safety logs, insurance data, and all relevant vehicle documentation. Driver Coordination: The Lighthouse Driver trains staff or volunteers who may drive on the Agency's behalf. This position develops and updates driving procedures, policies and protocols; maintains lists of approved drivers; checks vehicles keys and garage key fobs, in and out. QUALIFICATIONS: Education or equivalent: High School graduate or above. Experience: Must be at least 21 years of age with a clean driving history. In possession of a valid Class B (or higher) California commercial driver license, with passenger and air brake endorsements (or able to complete all endorsements within 60 days of hire). Able to submit mandatory biennial medical certification to maintain Class B certification at all times. Other: Consent to planned and random drug and alcohol testing as directed. Competent computer user, including GPS and mapping technology. Verbal fluency in a language in addition to English is a plus. Prior experience with people with disabilities is valued. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: · Able to remain seated and alert for extended periods of time. · Ability to lift and transport 50 pounds regularly. · Possessing the manual dexterity and endurance needed to perform tasks such as walking, climbing, standing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, lifting, moving, grasping, pushing, pulling, securing equipment, and luggage. · Ability and willingness to work with daily exposure to sun, heat, rain or inclement weather and other environmental conditions. ACCOUNTABILITIES: · Communicate with directors to develop a realistic and sustainable daily schedule. * Predetermine optimal driving routes, parking options and rest stops. * Perform pre-and post-trip inspections of assigned vehicles. * Schedule routine safety checks that include agency vehicles in satellite locations. * Operate the variety of vehicles safely, in all weather and traffic conditions, according to state and federal laws. * If acquired, operate a wheelchair lift and properly secure passengers. * Report all accidents, incidents, or unusual occurrences to supervisor immediately, submitting Incident Reports as required. * Arrange for vehicle maintenance, washing and service according to the manufacturer's warranty and need. * Administer training and testing to potential Agency drivers. * Maintain all vehicle logs, passenger manifests, records, and schedules. · Willing to engage in driving that may involve long distances and overnight excursions. · Willing to drive passengers who frequently will be accompanied by a guide dog. · When not engaged with driving, maintenance and training duties, assist other staff in room set-up and preparation, and general executive staff support. 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From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Thu May 7 02:45:37 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 22:45:37 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Time is running out to apply for the NFB of Ohio Scholarship Program Message-ID: Hi all, Please spread the word to others who may be eligible and not already getting these messages. Are you a blind student going to college next fall in Ohio? Or are you a student from Ohio who is attending college in another state? Do you need money and like the NFB? Then apply for the NFB of Ohio scholarship program. Each year the NFB of Ohio awards 3 scholarships to deserving blind students at its convention. This year's convention will be held from November 19-22 in Independence, Ohio. Scholarship winners will receive assistance to attend the convention in addition to their scholarships. The awards are: The NFB of Ohio Scholarship-$1,000. The Robert M. Eschbach Memorial Scholarship-$1,000. Bob Eschbach served as president of the NFB of Ohio for nearly a decade and was also active nationally. Bob's wife, Pat, remains active in the Ohio affiliate. This scholarship in its second year is presented in his honor. The Jennica Ferguson Memorial Scholarship-$1,500. Jennica was a young woman who embodied the Federation spirit. She did not let blindness or cancer stop her from living the life she wanted and was active first in Ohio, then in Michigan's affiliate. Though she died at 18 she was a great example of how a Federationist should be. This scholarship is presented annually in her honor. The application process is similar to that of our national scholarship program. Applicants must complete the application form which is attached and also found at nfbohio.org. 2 letters of recommendation and a copy of transcripts are required as well as an essay. Finally, applicants must complete an interview with a member of the scholarship committee via phone. Additionally, it is required that all winners attend the convention in order to allow for the scholarship committee to get to know them and present the awards. The scholarship committee will decide the award each winner receives shortly before the banquet on Saturday, Nov 21. The deadline for submission is May 15th. Please apply if you are eligible, or share this message to a friend who is if you are not. Thanks and good luck! Kaiti Shelton President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Member of the 2015 NFB of Ohio Scholarship Committee -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: nfb_ohio_2015_scholarship_application.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 52908 bytes Desc: not available URL: From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Thu May 7 06:08:17 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 02:08:17 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Mis-aligned braille cell on IPhone braille input Message-ID: Hi all, I started using the braille input when I got my IPhone 6 and love it. I was using it fine for a while but I noticed a few weeks ago that now dots 1, 2, and 3 are set lower than dots 4, 5, and 6 on the screen. If you were to look at the screen you would actually see the little icon for dot 3 is partially cut off of the screen because of the mis-alignment. Table-Top mode still shows the dots for the 1, 2, and 3 sells further down the screen and not ligned up with dots 4, 5, and 6. I tried turning off braille input and turning it back on and resetting the phone. I also had one of my sighted roommates take a look at it but she couldn't see an explanation for why the dots were not ligned up anymore either. Has anyone else had this problem or know of how I might go about fixing it? I know it's a bit picky but it can really throw me off when I'm trying to quickly type a message. Remembering to not have my hands ligned up is a little more challenging than I thought. I tried just waiting it out to see if it would change one time when I turned on the phone again or something, but nothing has changed. Note that nothing else is messed up on my phone. The screen works correctly for all the other things and the buttons for the braille dots are not ligned up, not just the image of the dots on the screen. I don't have an explanation for this at all, but hopefully someone more tech-savvy than I will.-- Kaiti From djackson at BISM.org Thu May 7 13:51:32 2015 From: djackson at BISM.org (Dezman Jackson) Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 13:51:32 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Mis-aligned braille cell on IPhone braille input In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <664916DD3FF58F45BF6F434E6676E7FB53C76C89@BLINDEXCHANGE.BISM.com> Kaiti, It may be that you need to recalibrate braille input mode on your phone. To do this, turn the rotor to braille input. Then place the 3 fingers of your right hand (dots 4 5 6) on the screen where you would like the dots to appear. Then while holding those dots, do the same thing with the fingers of your left hand. You should hear at least some of the dots announced. Hope that helps. Dezman -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 2:08 AM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Kaiti Shelton Subject: [nabs-l] Mis-aligned braille cell on IPhone braille input Hi all, I started using the braille input when I got my IPhone 6 and love it. I was using it fine for a while but I noticed a few weeks ago that now dots 1, 2, and 3 are set lower than dots 4, 5, and 6 on the screen. If you were to look at the screen you would actually see the little icon for dot 3 is partially cut off of the screen because of the mis-alignment. Table-Top mode still shows the dots for the 1, 2, and 3 sells further down the screen and not ligned up with dots 4, 5, and 6. I tried turning off braille input and turning it back on and resetting the phone. I also had one of my sighted roommates take a look at it but she couldn't see an explanation for why the dots were not ligned up anymore either. Has anyone else had this problem or know of how I might go about fixing it? I know it's a bit picky but it can really throw me off when I'm trying to quickly type a message. Remembering to not have my hands ligned up is a little more challenging than I thought. I tried just waiting it out to see if it would change one time when I turned on the phone again or something, but nothing has changed. Note that nothing else is messed up on my phone. The screen works correctly for all the other things and the buttons for the braille dots are not ligned up, not just the image of the dots on the screen. I don't have an explanation for this at all, but hopefully someone more tech-savvy than I will.-- Kaiti _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/djackson%40bism.org From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Thu May 7 16:38:42 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 16:38:42 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Mis-aligned braille cell on IPhone braille input In-Reply-To: <664916DD3FF58F45BF6F434E6676E7FB53C76C89@BLINDEXCHANGE.BISM.com> References: <664916DD3FF58F45BF6F434E6676E7FB53C76C89@BLINDEXCHANGE.BISM.com> Message-ID: That appears to have been the problem. Thanks so much for the help. Now I'll know to do this in the future if it gets messed up again. On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 9:51 AM Dezman Jackson wrote: > Kaiti, > > It may be that you need to recalibrate braille input mode on your phone. > To do this, turn the rotor to braille input. Then place the 3 fingers of > your right hand (dots 4 5 6) on the screen where you would like the dots to > appear. Then while holding those dots, do the same thing with the fingers > of your left hand. You should hear at least some of the dots announced. > > Hope that helps. > > Dezman > > -----Original Message----- > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti > Shelton via nabs-l > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 2:08 AM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Kaiti Shelton > Subject: [nabs-l] Mis-aligned braille cell on IPhone braille input > > Hi all, > > I started using the braille input when I got my IPhone 6 and love it. > I was using it fine for a while but I noticed a few weeks ago that now > dots 1, 2, and 3 are set lower than dots 4, 5, and 6 on the screen. > If you were to look at the screen you would actually see the little > icon for dot 3 is partially cut off of the screen because of the > mis-alignment. Table-Top mode still shows the dots for the 1, 2, and > 3 sells further down the screen and not ligned up with dots 4, 5, and > 6. I tried turning off braille input and turning it back on and > resetting the phone. I also had one of my sighted roommates take a > look at it but she couldn't see an explanation for why the dots were > not ligned up anymore either. > > Has anyone else had this problem or know of how I might go about > fixing it? I know it's a bit picky but it can really throw me off > when I'm trying to quickly type a message. Remembering to not have my > hands ligned up is a little more challenging than I thought. I tried > just waiting it out to see if it would change one time when I turned > on the phone again or something, but nothing has changed. > > Note that nothing else is messed up on my phone. The screen works > correctly for all the other things and the buttons for the braille > dots are not ligned up, not just the image of the dots on the screen. > I don't have an explanation for this at all, but hopefully someone > more tech-savvy than I will.-- > Kaiti > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/djackson%40bism.org > From bookwormahb at earthlink.net Thu May 7 23:37:16 2015 From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett) Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 19:37:16 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] library volunteer jobs and techniques Message-ID: Hi all, Well, since I use the library, I want to give back. Anyone volunteered at their local library? When I was in high school, I did my community service hours at our access service branch which has the talking books. I performed checks on the tapes. I had to open all containers, rewind tapes, and place tapes in correct order. Many tapes were not in order! I enjoyed my time helping the talking book library. Now that we have gone digital, that opportunity at access service does not exist. I use the access services branch which houses talking books and I use the other public libraries. You may wonder how or why? After all its mostly print books! The public library has several online databases, and some are accessible. They include online magazines and encyclopedias as well as business journals in databases like Abi and general one file. I also use the cd and dvd collection. Of course dvds have on screen menus that I have sighted help with at home to set up. The cds have a variety of content. Commercial audio books, music, and my favorite thing, audio lectures from well known scholars and lecturers, are what is on the cds. I love the lectures so if I do not want to take a full class on a subject, but want to enhance my knowledge on say, music history, I can do that free with the lectures. So my question. Do you think I could help the circulation department? I thought of helping with the english conversation groups for ESL speakers who meet weekly to practice english, but right now it seems like most jobs are for circulation support. The circulation department manages materials which patrons check out or in other words, material which circulates to the public. The description is as follows. May assist with any of the following, or similar tasks: processing returns, book drop and daily delivery of materials; completing customer maintenance; searching for items to be reserved for library customers; processing periodicals and newspapers. Electronically reports volunteer hours promptly and accurately. I know I cannot do some of this like searching for books for patrons. But maybe I can do something? Thanks for ideas. Ashley From jim.hulme at gmail.com Fri May 8 00:14:03 2015 From: jim.hulme at gmail.com (James Hulme) Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 20:14:03 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] library volunteer jobs and techniques In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Ashley, I have several suggestions for you. You can only continue to improve on your skills with the talking book library you might need more sighted assistance when it comes to handling tasks done throughout a library. For example, in your local community. In my community in the Garden State, they have moved some of the events for libraries to mobile devices and apps. You might want to give that a try first before working in a library. I would recommend to you that you have excellent organizational skills in order to fulfill the necessary tasks at a library. You might want to contact the library in your own state/province to find out if they have any talking books available. I hope I was able to give you some suggestions for you to opine at your leisure. Good Luck to you for your future is becoming brighter. Jimmy Hulme Continuing Education Student Former Member of the National Association of Blind Students (2007-2011) Current Member of the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey Technology Division Active Member of N.F.B. of NJ-At-Large Chapter Please feel free to find me on social media at: FB: Jimmy.Hulme1 Twitter: @JimHulmeLookout Skype: jimh885 Blog: Blog1 On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l < nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > Well, since I use the library, I want to give back. > Anyone volunteered at their local library? > When I was in high school, I did my community service hours at our access > service branch which > has the talking books. I performed checks on the tapes. I had to open all > containers, rewind tapes, and place tapes in correct order. Many tapes were > not in order! > I enjoyed my time helping the talking book library. > Now that we have gone digital, that opportunity at access service does not > exist. > > I use the access services branch which houses talking books and I use > the other public libraries. You may wonder how or why? After all its > mostly print books! > > The public library has several online databases, and some are accessible. > They include online magazines and encyclopedias as well as business > journals in databases like Abi and general one file. > I also use the cd and dvd collection. Of course dvds have on screen menus > that I have sighted help with at home to set up. > The cds have a variety of content. Commercial audio books, music, and my > favorite thing, audio lectures from well known scholars and lecturers, are > what is on the cds. I love the lectures so if I do not want to take a full > class on a subject, but want to enhance my knowledge on say, music history, > I can do that free with the lectures. > > > > So my question. > Do you think I could help the circulation department? > I thought of helping with the english conversation groups for ESL speakers > who meet weekly to practice english, but right now it seems like most jobs > are for circulation support. The circulation department manages materials > which patrons check out or in other words, material which circulates to the > public. > > The description is as follows. > > > May assist with any of the following, or similar tasks: processing > returns, book drop and daily delivery of materials; completing customer > maintenance; searching for items to be reserved for library customers; > processing periodicals and newspapers. Electronically reports volunteer > hours promptly and accurately. > > I know I cannot do some of this like searching for books for patrons. > But maybe I can do something? > > Thanks for ideas. > Ashley > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jim.hulme%40gmail.com > From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Fri May 8 04:50:17 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 00:50:17 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] library volunteer jobs and techniques In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Ashley, Why not schedule an informative interview with someone in the library who does the hiring? Imformative interviews would give you the chance to ask them the questions and together you could gain a sense of what you can and would not be able to do without sighted assistance. You can also brainstorm with the person to see if the work might be distributed differently; for example, if you are able to take in book returns or pick them up from the drop off areas someone else could be in charge of searching for books and doing the stuff that requires print reading. It could be as simple as shuffling responsibilities around a little to make the job accessible for everyone. Good luck, and I hope this suggestion is helpful. On 5/7/15, James Hulme via nabs-l wrote: > Hello Ashley, > > I have several suggestions for you. You can only continue to improve on > your skills with the talking book library you might need more sighted > assistance when it comes to handling tasks done throughout a library. For > example, in your local community. In my community in the Garden State, they > have moved some of the events for libraries to mobile devices and apps. You > might want to give that a try first before working in a library. I would > recommend to you that you have excellent organizational skills in order to > fulfill the necessary tasks at a library. You might want to contact the > library in your own state/province to find out if they have any talking > books available. > > I hope I was able to give you some suggestions for you to opine at your > leisure. > > Good Luck to you for your future is becoming brighter. > > Jimmy Hulme > Continuing Education Student > Former Member of the National Association of Blind Students (2007-2011) > Current Member of the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey > Technology Division > Active Member of N.F.B. of NJ-At-Large Chapter > Please feel free to find me on social media at: > FB: Jimmy.Hulme1 > Twitter: @JimHulmeLookout > Skype: jimh885 > Blog: Blog1 > > > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l < > nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Well, since I use the library, I want to give back. >> Anyone volunteered at their local library? >> When I was in high school, I did my community service hours at our access >> service branch which >> has the talking books. I performed checks on the tapes. I had to open all >> containers, rewind tapes, and place tapes in correct order. Many tapes >> were >> not in order! >> I enjoyed my time helping the talking book library. >> Now that we have gone digital, that opportunity at access service does >> not >> exist. >> >> I use the access services branch which houses talking books and I use >> the other public libraries. You may wonder how or why? After all its >> mostly print books! >> >> The public library has several online databases, and some are accessible. >> They include online magazines and encyclopedias as well as business >> journals in databases like Abi and general one file. >> I also use the cd and dvd collection. Of course dvds have on screen menus >> that I have sighted help with at home to set up. >> The cds have a variety of content. Commercial audio books, music, and my >> favorite thing, audio lectures from well known scholars and lecturers, >> are >> what is on the cds. I love the lectures so if I do not want to take a >> full >> class on a subject, but want to enhance my knowledge on say, music >> history, >> I can do that free with the lectures. >> >> >> >> So my question. >> Do you think I could help the circulation department? >> I thought of helping with the english conversation groups for ESL >> speakers >> who meet weekly to practice english, but right now it seems like most >> jobs >> are for circulation support. The circulation department manages materials >> which patrons check out or in other words, material which circulates to >> the >> public. >> >> The description is as follows. >> >> >> May assist with any of the following, or similar tasks: processing >> returns, book drop and daily delivery of materials; completing customer >> maintenance; searching for items to be reserved for library customers; >> processing periodicals and newspapers. Electronically reports volunteer >> hours promptly and accurately. >> >> I know I cannot do some of this like searching for books for patrons. >> But maybe I can do something? >> >> Thanks for ideas. >> Ashley >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jim.hulme%40gmail.com >> > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Fri May 8 14:29:26 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 10:29:26 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] library volunteer jobs and techniques Message-ID: <554cc85f.5d28370a.7989.57ae@mx.google.com> Hi Ashley thanks for this message. Volunteering is a great way for you to put something on job resumé and to serve others. I volunteer at the Center For Distributed Learning on my college campus each week. You can probably volunteer answering phones at the public library's front desk. From gloria.graves at gmail.com Fri May 8 21:32:26 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 16:32:26 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Using Google Docs Message-ID: <931A8EEA-823F-411F-BB03-1694A0C9EE88@gmail.com> Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using Google Docs? I will be using Google Docs for one of my summer classes and have never used it before and wanted to know if it was accessible and user-friendly :-) thanks for any suggestions, tips, and or advice :-) Gloria From hope.paulos at gmail.com Fri May 8 21:37:49 2015 From: hope.paulos at gmail.com (Hope Paulos) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 17:37:49 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Using Google Docs In-Reply-To: <931A8EEA-823F-411F-BB03-1694A0C9EE88@gmail.com> References: <931A8EEA-823F-411F-BB03-1694A0C9EE88@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hello! Google docs is most accessible when using Google Chrome as well as chrome vox. If you are using jaws another screen reader, you will find that it is extremely difficult to use… Hth Hope Paulos > On May 8, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Gloria Graves via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using Google Docs? I will be using Google Docs for one of my summer classes and have never used it before and wanted to know if it was accessible and user-friendly :-) thanks for any suggestions, tips, and or advice :-) > Gloria > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com From gloria.graves at gmail.com Fri May 8 22:28:14 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 17:28:14 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Using Google Docs In-Reply-To: References: <931A8EEA-823F-411F-BB03-1694A0C9EE88@gmail.com> Message-ID: <9948B74E-CABA-4330-B13E-4DF716D9CEFF@gmail.com> Yes, I am using a screenwriter, sees that it is not user-friendly? What should I tell my professor? Thanks I meant to say, I am using a screen reader > On May 8, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Hope Paulos via nabs-l wrote: > > Hello! Google docs is most accessible when using Google Chrome as well as chrome vox. > If you are using jaws another screen reader, you will find that it is extremely difficult to use… > Hth > > Hope Paulos > >> On May 8, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Gloria Graves via nabs-l wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using Google Docs? I will be using Google Docs for one of my summer classes and have never used it before and wanted to know if it was accessible and user-friendly :-) thanks for any suggestions, tips, and or advice :-) >> Gloria >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com From minh.ha927 at gmail.com Fri May 8 22:43:53 2015 From: minh.ha927 at gmail.com (minh ha) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 18:43:53 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Using Google Docs In-Reply-To: <9948B74E-CABA-4330-B13E-4DF716D9CEFF@gmail.com> References: <931A8EEA-823F-411F-BB03-1694A0C9EE88@gmail.com> <9948B74E-CABA-4330-B13E-4DF716D9CEFF@gmail.com> Message-ID: Gloria, I actually disagree with Hope about Google Docs not being accessible with a screen reader. I am using Jaws 16 with firefox and I am able to access all of its function. If you are using Jaws, there is a hot key that will toggle screen reader accessibility; I believe it is insert+alt+z, but it tells you right on the page. Take time to explore all of the features available and just play around with it. If you have specific questions, I'm pretty proficient with the Google suite of apps so feel free to message me off list. I also want to mention that the iPhone apps for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are extremely voiceover friendly. I have been able to do basically everything that I could on the computer with the iPhone apps. HTH, Minh On 5/8/15, Gloria Graves via nabs-l wrote: > Yes, I am using a screenwriter, sees that it is not user-friendly? What > should I tell my professor? Thanks > I meant to say, I am using a screen reader > > > >> On May 8, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Hope Paulos via nabs-l >> wrote: >> >> Hello! Google docs is most accessible when using Google Chrome as well as >> chrome vox. >> If you are using jaws another screen reader, you will find that it is >> extremely difficult to use... >> Hth >> >> Hope Paulos >> >>> On May 8, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Gloria Graves via nabs-l >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using Google Docs? I >>> will be using Google Docs for one of my summer classes and have never >>> used it before and wanted to know if it was accessible and user-friendly >>> :-) thanks for any suggestions, tips, and or advice :-) >>> Gloria >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com > -- Minh Ha Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 minh.ha927 at gmail.com "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 From gloria.graves at gmail.com Fri May 8 22:55:42 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 17:55:42 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Using Google Docs In-Reply-To: References: <931A8EEA-823F-411F-BB03-1694A0C9EE88@gmail.com> <9948B74E-CABA-4330-B13E-4DF716D9CEFF@gmail.com> Message-ID: <70D17BE1-D6A6-421C-AC30-86E69BAE069F@gmail.com> Hi, Would you be willing to give me your telephone number and we can either talk over the phone or text regarding this? > On May 8, 2015, at 5:43 PM, minh ha via nabs-l wrote: > > Gloria, > > I actually disagree with Hope about Google Docs not being accessible > with a screen reader. I am using Jaws 16 with firefox and I am able to > access all of its function. If you are using Jaws, there is a hot key > that will toggle screen reader accessibility; I believe it is > insert+alt+z, but it tells you right on the page. Take time to explore > all of the features available and just play around with it. If you > have specific questions, I'm pretty proficient with the Google suite > of apps so feel free to message me off list. I also want to mention > that the iPhone apps for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are extremely > voiceover friendly. I have been able to do basically everything that I > could on the computer with the iPhone apps. > > HTH, > Minh > >> On 5/8/15, Gloria Graves via nabs-l wrote: >> Yes, I am using a screenwriter, sees that it is not user-friendly? What >> should I tell my professor? Thanks >> I meant to say, I am using a screen reader >> >> >> >>> On May 8, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Hope Paulos via nabs-l >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello! Google docs is most accessible when using Google Chrome as well as >>> chrome vox. >>> If you are using jaws another screen reader, you will find that it is >>> extremely difficult to use... >>> Hth >>> >>> Hope Paulos >>> >>>> On May 8, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Gloria Graves via nabs-l >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using Google Docs? I >>>> will be using Google Docs for one of my summer classes and have never >>>> used it before and wanted to know if it was accessible and user-friendly >>>> :-) thanks for any suggestions, tips, and or advice :-) >>>> Gloria >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> nabs-l: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com > > > -- > Minh Ha > Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 > minh.ha927 at gmail.com > > "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 > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com From hope.paulos at gmail.com Fri May 8 22:57:05 2015 From: hope.paulos at gmail.com (Hope Paulos) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 18:57:05 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Using Google Docs In-Reply-To: References: <931A8EEA-823F-411F-BB03-1694A0C9EE88@gmail.com> <9948B74E-CABA-4330-B13E-4DF716D9CEFF@gmail.com> Message-ID: <34F35304-FE13-4B6B-AF0A-ECC79C983D8F@gmail.com> You are correct that many of the functions are accessible; however, when you are writing a document, and hit backspace, jaws doesn't announce the letter… You also cannot read the line that you've written, jaws, at least for me, says blank… If you have any work arounds, I would be grateful if you could share them! :-) d Hope Paulos > On May 8, 2015, at 6:43 PM, minh ha via nabs-l wrote: > > Gloria, > > I actually disagree with Hope about Google Docs not being accessible > with a screen reader. I am using Jaws 16 with firefox and I am able to > access all of its function. If you are using Jaws, there is a hot key > that will toggle screen reader accessibility; I believe it is > insert+alt+z, but it tells you right on the page. Take time to explore > all of the features available and just play around with it. If you > have specific questions, I'm pretty proficient with the Google suite > of apps so feel free to message me off list. I also want to mention > that the iPhone apps for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are extremely > voiceover friendly. I have been able to do basically everything that I > could on the computer with the iPhone apps. > > HTH, > Minh > >> On 5/8/15, Gloria Graves via nabs-l wrote: >> Yes, I am using a screenwriter, sees that it is not user-friendly? What >> should I tell my professor? Thanks >> I meant to say, I am using a screen reader >> >> >> >>> On May 8, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Hope Paulos via nabs-l >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello! Google docs is most accessible when using Google Chrome as well as >>> chrome vox. >>> If you are using jaws another screen reader, you will find that it is >>> extremely difficult to use... >>> Hth >>> >>> Hope Paulos >>> >>>> On May 8, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Gloria Graves via nabs-l >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using Google Docs? I >>>> will be using Google Docs for one of my summer classes and have never >>>> used it before and wanted to know if it was accessible and user-friendly >>>> :-) thanks for any suggestions, tips, and or advice :-) >>>> Gloria >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> nabs-l: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com > > > -- > Minh Ha > Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 > minh.ha927 at gmail.com > > "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 > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com From minh.ha927 at gmail.com Fri May 8 23:38:13 2015 From: minh.ha927 at gmail.com (minh ha) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 19:38:13 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Using Google Docs In-Reply-To: <34F35304-FE13-4B6B-AF0A-ECC79C983D8F@gmail.com> References: <931A8EEA-823F-411F-BB03-1694A0C9EE88@gmail.com> <9948B74E-CABA-4330-B13E-4DF716D9CEFF@gmail.com> <34F35304-FE13-4B6B-AF0A-ECC79C983D8F@gmail.com> Message-ID: Gloria, send me an email at minh.ha927 at gmail.com. Hope, that is really strange because Jaws works for me exactly like it would in a regular microsoft word document. What version are you using and with what browser? Minh On 5/8/15, Hope Paulos via nabs-l wrote: > You are correct that many of the functions are accessible; however, when you > are writing a document, and hit backspace, jaws doesn't announce the > letter... You also cannot read the line that you've written, jaws, at least > for me, says blank... If you have any work arounds, I would be grateful if > you could share them! :-) d > > Hope Paulos > >> On May 8, 2015, at 6:43 PM, minh ha via nabs-l wrote: >> >> Gloria, >> >> I actually disagree with Hope about Google Docs not being accessible >> with a screen reader. I am using Jaws 16 with firefox and I am able to >> access all of its function. If you are using Jaws, there is a hot key >> that will toggle screen reader accessibility; I believe it is >> insert+alt+z, but it tells you right on the page. Take time to explore >> all of the features available and just play around with it. If you >> have specific questions, I'm pretty proficient with the Google suite >> of apps so feel free to message me off list. I also want to mention >> that the iPhone apps for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are extremely >> voiceover friendly. I have been able to do basically everything that I >> could on the computer with the iPhone apps. >> >> HTH, >> Minh >> >>> On 5/8/15, Gloria Graves via nabs-l wrote: >>> Yes, I am using a screenwriter, sees that it is not user-friendly? What >>> should I tell my professor? Thanks >>> I meant to say, I am using a screen reader >>> >>> >>> >>>> On May 8, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Hope Paulos via nabs-l >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello! Google docs is most accessible when using Google Chrome as well >>>> as >>>> chrome vox. >>>> If you are using jaws another screen reader, you will find that it is >>>> extremely difficult to use... >>>> Hth >>>> >>>> Hope Paulos >>>> >>>>> On May 8, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Gloria Graves via nabs-l >>>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using Google Docs? I >>>>> will be using Google Docs for one of my summer classes and have never >>>>> used it before and wanted to know if it was accessible and >>>>> user-friendly >>>>> :-) thanks for any suggestions, tips, and or advice :-) >>>>> Gloria >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>> nabs-l: >>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> nabs-l: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com >> >> >> -- >> Minh Ha >> Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 >> minh.ha927 at gmail.com >> >> "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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com > -- Minh Ha Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 minh.ha927 at gmail.com "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 From hope.paulos at gmail.com Fri May 8 23:45:50 2015 From: hope.paulos at gmail.com (Hope Paulos) Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 19:45:50 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Using Google Docs In-Reply-To: References: <931A8EEA-823F-411F-BB03-1694A0C9EE88@gmail.com> <9948B74E-CABA-4330-B13E-4DF716D9CEFF@gmail.com> <34F35304-FE13-4B6B-AF0A-ECC79C983D8F@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi there. Am using Jaws 16 and firefox. Hope Paulos > On May 8, 2015, at 7:38 PM, minh ha via nabs-l wrote: > > Gloria, send me an email at minh.ha927 at gmail.com. > > Hope, that is really strange because Jaws works for me exactly like it > would in a regular microsoft word document. What version are you using > and with what browser? > > Minh > >> On 5/8/15, Hope Paulos via nabs-l wrote: >> You are correct that many of the functions are accessible; however, when you >> are writing a document, and hit backspace, jaws doesn't announce the >> letter... You also cannot read the line that you've written, jaws, at least >> for me, says blank... If you have any work arounds, I would be grateful if >> you could share them! :-) d >> >> Hope Paulos >> >>> On May 8, 2015, at 6:43 PM, minh ha via nabs-l wrote: >>> >>> Gloria, >>> >>> I actually disagree with Hope about Google Docs not being accessible >>> with a screen reader. I am using Jaws 16 with firefox and I am able to >>> access all of its function. If you are using Jaws, there is a hot key >>> that will toggle screen reader accessibility; I believe it is >>> insert+alt+z, but it tells you right on the page. Take time to explore >>> all of the features available and just play around with it. If you >>> have specific questions, I'm pretty proficient with the Google suite >>> of apps so feel free to message me off list. I also want to mention >>> that the iPhone apps for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are extremely >>> voiceover friendly. I have been able to do basically everything that I >>> could on the computer with the iPhone apps. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Minh >>> >>>> On 5/8/15, Gloria Graves via nabs-l wrote: >>>> Yes, I am using a screenwriter, sees that it is not user-friendly? What >>>> should I tell my professor? Thanks >>>> I meant to say, I am using a screen reader >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On May 8, 2015, at 4:37 PM, Hope Paulos via nabs-l >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello! Google docs is most accessible when using Google Chrome as well >>>>> as >>>>> chrome vox. >>>>> If you are using jaws another screen reader, you will find that it is >>>>> extremely difficult to use... >>>>> Hth >>>>> >>>>> Hope Paulos >>>>> >>>>>> On May 8, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Gloria Graves via nabs-l >>>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on using Google Docs? I >>>>>> will be using Google Docs for one of my summer classes and have never >>>>>> used it before and wanted to know if it was accessible and >>>>>> user-friendly >>>>>> :-) thanks for any suggestions, tips, and or advice :-) >>>>>> Gloria >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>>> nabs-l: >>>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>>> nabs-l: >>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> nabs-l: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Minh Ha >>> Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 >>> minh.ha927 at gmail.com >>> >>> "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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com > > > -- > Minh Ha > Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 > minh.ha927 at gmail.com > > "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 > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/hope.paulos%40gmail.com From grassflower111 at gmail.com Sat May 9 13:20:09 2015 From: grassflower111 at gmail.com (Trinh) Date: Sat, 09 May 2015 08:20:09 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] YouTube on the Braille Sense U2 Message-ID: <20150509132009.grassflower111@gmail.com> Hi all, Does anyone know what happened to the YouTube on the Braille Sense U2? I can no longer access it. From pulyperez1 at gmail.com Sat May 9 17:30:34 2015 From: pulyperez1 at gmail.com (Precious Perez) Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 13:30:34 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] roommate for convention Message-ID: <488BFD6D-5247-43F7-A963-2CE2DC64C94D@gmail.com> Hi all, I know a student from Virginia who will be attending national convention this summer, She is looking for roommates. If you know anyone who needs a roommate, or would like to get in contact with her, please send me an email at pulyperez1 at gmail.com, so I can pass the information along to her. Thanks! Precious Sent from my iPhone From kwakmiso at aol.com Sat May 9 19:40:26 2015 From: kwakmiso at aol.com (Miso Kwak) Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 15:40:26 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? Message-ID: <8D258A721DC53A7-688-9EB23@webmail-vm039.sysops.aol.com> Hello students, I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research conference at the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches poster. If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage poster, so that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me some tips on that as well. Thank you in advance. Miso Kwak From bridgetawalker13 at aol.com Sat May 9 20:37:22 2015 From: bridgetawalker13 at aol.com (Bridget Walker) Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 16:37:22 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? In-Reply-To: <8D258A721DC53A7-688-9EB23@webmail-vm039.sysops.aol.com> References: <8D258A721DC53A7-688-9EB23@webmail-vm039.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <1471A2AF-D89C-4406-B104-63E112B95493@aol.com> Hi Miso, I make posters all of the time. You have two options I can think of. The first is Glogster. Glogster is a free online poster maker. From my experience it has not been accessible with any screen readers. I highly recommend having sighted assistance. The second option is Microsoft publisher. It's nice you can I put everything in yourself. Honestly at the end of the day you will probably want someone to look it over. I hope this helps. Bridget Sent from my iPad > On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 3:40 PM, Miso Kwak via nabs-l wrote: > > Hello students, > I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research conference at the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches poster. > If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage poster, so that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. > Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me some tips on that as well. > Thank you in advance. > > Miso Kwak > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com From arielle71 at gmail.com Sat May 9 23:00:14 2015 From: arielle71 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 16:00:14 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? In-Reply-To: <1471A2AF-D89C-4406-B104-63E112B95493@aol.com> References: <8D258A721DC53A7-688-9EB23@webmail-vm039.sysops.aol.com> <1471A2AF-D89C-4406-B104-63E112B95493@aol.com> Message-ID: Hi Miso, I have created several conference posters. What I do is write all the poster text in a Microsoft Word document. Then I ask a sighted reader to put it in poster form. Electronic posters are usually made up of a single PowerPoint slide with text boxes for each section of text and any graphs or tables. The slide can then be printed on a posterboard and rolled up. I give my reader a few example posters from colleagues so they can see how the poster should be set up. Depending on the complexity of the poster and the reader's experience with posters, it usually takes them 1-3 hours. I don't think the reader needs to be an expert in your field, but previous scientific presentation experience is a plus. This might be something you could ask a classmate to do for you in exchange for a favor or a small payment. You could also see if your professor teaches any higher-level classes in your field and if they could distribute a reader announcement for you. I used a lab assistant provided by DSS to prepare my freshman biology poster, so if your DSS provides this service, it could be another option. When I got to grad school I started using volunteer research assistants for this task. This was a win-win because I got free reader support and they learned how to make posters, which will serve them well if they go on to higher-level science. Best, Arielle On 5/9/15, Bridget Walker via nabs-l wrote: > Hi Miso, > I make posters all of the time. > You have two options I can think of. The first is Glogster. Glogster is a > free online poster maker. From my experience it has not been accessible with > any screen readers. I highly recommend having sighted assistance. > The second option is Microsoft publisher. It's nice you can I put everything > in yourself. Honestly at the end of the day you will probably want someone > to look it over. > I hope this helps. > Bridget > Sent from my iPad > >> On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 3:40 PM, Miso Kwak via nabs-l >> wrote: >> >> Hello students, >> I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research conference at >> the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches >> poster. >> If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage poster, so >> that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. >> Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if >> sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me some >> tips on that as well. >> Thank you in advance. >> >> Miso Kwak >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > From justin.williams2 at gmail.com Sat May 9 23:23:28 2015 From: justin.williams2 at gmail.com (justin williams) Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 19:23:28 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? In-Reply-To: <1471A2AF-D89C-4406-B104-63E112B95493@aol.com> References: <8D258A721DC53A7-688-9EB23@webmail-vm039.sysops.aol.com> <1471A2AF-D89C-4406-B104-63E112B95493@aol.com> Message-ID: <004001d08aaf$285148f0$78f3dad0$@gmail.com> Is microsoft publisher accessible for an individual who uses jaws and braille? -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget Walker via nabs-l Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 4:37 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Bridget Walker Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? Hi Miso, I make posters all of the time. You have two options I can think of. The first is Glogster. Glogster is a free online poster maker. From my experience it has not been accessible with any screen readers. I highly recommend having sighted assistance. The second option is Microsoft publisher. It's nice you can I put everything in yourself. Honestly at the end of the day you will probably want someone to look it over. I hope this helps. Bridget Sent from my iPad > On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 3:40 PM, Miso Kwak via nabs-l wrote: > > Hello students, > I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research conference at the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches poster. > If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage poster, so that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. > Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me some tips on that as well. > Thank you in advance. > > Miso Kwak > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.c om _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail .com From bridgetawalker13 at aol.com Sun May 10 05:16:30 2015 From: bridgetawalker13 at aol.com (Bridget Walker) Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 01:16:30 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? In-Reply-To: <004001d08aaf$285148f0$78f3dad0$@gmail.com> References: <8D258A721DC53A7-688-9EB23@webmail-vm039.sysops.aol.com> <1471A2AF-D89C-4406-B104-63E112B95493@aol.com> <004001d08aaf$285148f0$78f3dad0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3AAD852E-F54C-4E87-85C6-4799DA74E82E@aol.com> Hi Justin, I never tried using a braille display with Microsoft publisher until a few miners ago. It was actually pretty accessible. I'm imagining you would want to have someone check your formatting but, at least you could do it yourself. I hope this helps. Bridget Sent from my iPad > On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 7:23 PM, justin williams via nabs-l wrote: > > Is microsoft publisher accessible for an individual who uses jaws and > braille? > > -----Original Message----- > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget Walker > via nabs-l > Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 4:37 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Bridget Walker > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research > Conference? > > Hi Miso, > I make posters all of the time. > You have two options I can think of. The first is Glogster. Glogster is a > free online poster maker. From my experience it has not been accessible with > any screen readers. I highly recommend having sighted assistance. > The second option is Microsoft publisher. It's nice you can I put everything > in yourself. Honestly at the end of the day you will probably want someone > to look it over. > I hope this helps. > Bridget > Sent from my iPad > >>> On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 3:40 PM, Miso Kwak via nabs-l >> wrote: >> >> Hello students, >> I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research conference at > the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches poster. >> If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage poster, so > that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. >> Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if > sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me some tips > on that as well. >> Thank you in advance. >> >> Miso Kwak >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.c > om > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail > .com > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com From justin.williams2 at gmail.com Sun May 10 05:47:37 2015 From: justin.williams2 at gmail.com (justin williams) Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 01:47:37 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? In-Reply-To: <3AAD852E-F54C-4E87-85C6-4799DA74E82E@aol.com> References: <8D258A721DC53A7-688-9EB23@webmail-vm039.sysops.aol.com> <1471A2AF-D89C-4406-B104-63E112B95493@aol.com> <004001d08aaf$285148f0$78f3dad0$@gmail.com> <3AAD852E-F54C-4E87-85C6-4799DA74E82E@aol.com> Message-ID: <006901d08ae4$d2c07830$78416890$@gmail.com> I'm mostly a jaws user, but I can tag team them. That is incredible. -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget Walker via nabs-l Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 1:17 AM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Bridget Walker Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? Hi Justin, I never tried using a braille display with Microsoft publisher until a few miners ago. It was actually pretty accessible. I'm imagining you would want to have someone check your formatting but, at least you could do it yourself. I hope this helps. Bridget Sent from my iPad > On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 7:23 PM, justin williams via nabs-l wrote: > > Is microsoft publisher accessible for an individual who uses jaws and > braille? > > -----Original Message----- > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget > Walker via nabs-l > Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 4:37 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Bridget Walker > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research > Conference? > > Hi Miso, > I make posters all of the time. > You have two options I can think of. The first is Glogster. Glogster > is a free online poster maker. From my experience it has not been > accessible with any screen readers. I highly recommend having sighted assistance. > The second option is Microsoft publisher. It's nice you can I put > everything in yourself. Honestly at the end of the day you will > probably want someone to look it over. > I hope this helps. > Bridget > Sent from my iPad > >>> On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 3:40 PM, Miso Kwak via nabs-l >>> >> wrote: >> >> Hello students, >> I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research conference >> at > the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches poster. >> If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage >> poster, so > that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. >> Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if > sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me > some tips on that as well. >> Thank you in advance. >> >> Miso Kwak >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%4 > 0aol.c > om > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%4 > 0gmail > .com > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%4 > 0aol.com _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail .com From zmason.northwindsfarm at gmail.com Sun May 10 13:04:24 2015 From: zmason.northwindsfarm at gmail.com (Zach Mason) Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 09:04:24 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Learning Bio Chemistry Message-ID: <00f001d08b21$d795e150$86c1a3f0$@gmail.com> Hello List, I've been here before asking for advice concerning how a blind student takes organic chemistry, but apparently at Mississippi State my C in Orgo qualifies me to take the full year of Biochemistry. Now I come to you again, how did those of you who took it survive graduate-level Biochemistry? Thanks, Zac Zachary Mason Assistant Shepherd and Young Stock Manager Northwinds Farm (603) 922-8377 Work (603) 991-6747 Cell zmason at northwindsfarm@gmail.com 806 U.S. Route 3 North Stratford, NH 03590 From cantdousemyfire at gmail.com Mon May 11 13:36:27 2015 From: cantdousemyfire at gmail.com (Nefertiti Matos Olivares) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 09:36:27 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Best practices for dealing with... Message-ID: Good Monday morning to all, If you're anything like me, you have about two weeks to recoup and regroup from finals before summer semester begins. Along with working and training for triathlon season, I'm spending my break reaching out to you fine students about best practices for dealing with highly visual in-class activities like, say, completing a Culturagram. I realize that this topic has probably been brought up multiple times. If there is an archive somewhere, would someone be so kind as to point me to it? If not, please do let me know your thoughts and what has worked for you. My hope is that this gets a dialog going about preparedness or techniques that you have found to be useful when faced with tasks like graphs or "fill out the..." type of activities. Thanks much for taking the time to read this and respond, Nefertiti From kirt.crazydude at gmail.com Mon May 11 13:46:31 2015 From: kirt.crazydude at gmail.com (Kirt) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 07:46:31 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] Best practices for dealing with... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is where I have found paid readers to come in very handy. Sent from my iPhone > On May 11, 2015, at 7:36 AM, Nefertiti Matos Olivares via nabs-l wrote: > > Good Monday morning to all, > > If you're anything like me, you have about two weeks to recoup and > regroup from finals before summer semester begins. > Along with working and training for triathlon season, I'm spending my > break reaching out to you fine students about best practices for > dealing with highly visual in-class activities like, say, completing a > Culturagram. > I realize that this topic has probably been brought up multiple times. > If there is an archive somewhere, would someone be so kind as to > point me to it? > If not, please do let me know your thoughts and what has worked for > you. My hope is that this gets a dialog going about preparedness or > techniques that you have found to be useful when faced with tasks like > graphs or "fill out the..." type of activities. > > Thanks much for taking the time to read this and respond, > Nefertiti > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kirt.crazydude%40gmail.com From mausbun at unr.edu Mon May 11 16:12:37 2015 From: mausbun at unr.edu (Michael D Ausbun) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 16:12:37 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Best practices for dealing with... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121B8BD@UBOX3.unr.edu> Hello Nefertiti, There are three options, which I have employed thus far; they are as follows: (1) Ask the disability center at your college or University to supply a note-taker, whose primary job would be to assist in visual activities such as graph construction, fill-in-the-blank, etc. I find this to be the least effective method, though, because the person hired often is another student, who has no idea what they are doing (not because they are not intelligent enough, but because their major is often times completely opposite from mine, so they have not seen the work before, and thus do not recognize the proper procedures). (2) Contact the professor before the course begins, and try to get all visual material synthesized into braille, or some form of tactile representation. This usually allows me to figure out what goes where, though it is a tad bit time consuming, sometimes. (3) Ask the professor to provide me with electronic copies of all tables they will be using. Then, any graphic, or graph, which would not work electronically, use either steps one, or two, in order to ensure the job is entirely covered. I am certain there are other methods, but these are the ones I have used. I look forward to hearing what everyone else has to say, regarding this topic! Respectfully, Michael Ausbun ________________________________________ From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Nefertiti Matos Olivares via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 6:36 AM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Nefertiti Matos Olivares Subject: [nabs-l] Best practices for dealing with... Good Monday morning to all, If you're anything like me, you have about two weeks to recoup and regroup from finals before summer semester begins. Along with working and training for triathlon season, I'm spending my break reaching out to you fine students about best practices for dealing with highly visual in-class activities like, say, completing a Culturagram. I realize that this topic has probably been brought up multiple times. If there is an archive somewhere, would someone be so kind as to point me to it? If not, please do let me know your thoughts and what has worked for you. My hope is that this gets a dialog going about preparedness or techniques that you have found to be useful when faced with tasks like graphs or "fill out the..." type of activities. Thanks much for taking the time to read this and respond, Nefertiti _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu From cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com Mon May 11 16:48:09 2015 From: cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com (Chris Nusbaum) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 12:48:09 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: [blindkid] Summer CS Academy for high school students References: Message-ID: Chris Nusbaum Begin forwarded message: > From: Stephanie Ludi via blindkid > Date: May 11, 2015 at 9:36:37 AM EDT > To: blindkid at nfbnet.org, nfb-science at nfbnet.org > Cc: Stephanie Ludi > Subject: [blindkid] Summer CS Academy for high school students > Reply-To: "Blind Kid Mailing List, \(for parents of blind children\)" > > Hi, > > Please share the following with high school students including those > who do not have expertise in Computer Science. Students in eighth and > ninth grade are also eligible. > > Thank you, > --Steph > > > Are you interested in technology? Exploring what Computer Science is all about? > > > If so, then check out this summer's > > CS Academy @ Perkins > In partnership with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) > > July 26 – August 7, 2015 > > > CS Academy is intended to provide high school students with visual > impairments an opportunity to learn about Computer Science in a summer > academy at the Perkins School for the Blind. The on-site CS Academy, > along with a follow-up online component will enable students to > further explore computing, create projects and share them in an > accessible manner. The curriculum is derived from the Exploring > Computer Science (ECS) curriculum, which is used in dozens of high > school around the US. It will be enhanced to enable students with > visual impairments to develop their abilities in areas such as web > design programming, and robotics. > > If you are interested in applying, more information including the > application can be found at http://www.se.rit.edu/~iecs You can also > email Patrick Ryan at insert Patrick’s Patrick.Ryan at perkins.org or Dr. > Stephanie Ludi at salves at rit.edu. > > For full consideration, submit application materials by June 1, 2015. > > _______________________________________________ > blindkid mailing list > blindkid at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindkid_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindkid: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindkid_nfbnet.org/cnusbaumnfb%40gmail.com From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Mon May 11 18:09:25 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 14:09:25 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Best practices for dealing with... In-Reply-To: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121B8BD@UBOX3.unr.edu> References: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121B8BD@UBOX3.unr.edu> Message-ID: I always talk to the professor first before going to the disability services. This is because often professors will have the realization that their materials are already accessible or can easily be made accessible by them. If there are bigger problems then you and the professor will already be on the same page as you reach out to disability services for your respective needs. I've found this approach to work really well especially in courses like stats where the professor was able to make most of his own tables and charts for me in Microsoft Word and Excell, and my anatomy professor for next semester has agreed to let me borrow a bunch of models she's got so I don't have to completely rely on 2D models and the disability office. From clb5590 at gmail.com Mon May 11 18:39:14 2015 From: clb5590 at gmail.com (Cindy Bennett) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 11:39:14 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? In-Reply-To: <006901d08ae4$d2c07830$78416890$@gmail.com> References: <8D258A721DC53A7-688-9EB23@webmail-vm039.sysops.aol.com> <1471A2AF-D89C-4406-B104-63E112B95493@aol.com> <004001d08aaf$285148f0$78f3dad0$@gmail.com> <3AAD852E-F54C-4E87-85C6-4799DA74E82E@aol.com> <006901d08ae4$d2c07830$78416890$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi, In my experience, I have gotten a reader or collaborator on the project to actually make and print the poster. In my experience, people use a PowerPoint slide and put text boxes and graphics all around the slide. If you have access to a researcher or friend who has made a poster, it might be beneficial for you to look at their poster. Ask them to trace your hand around the poster so you can learn how many sections they have and just how large they are. If your poster is based off of a paper that you have written, I recommend including the title, authors, maybe a sentence or visualization about the research problem or question, a few sentences about methods, and key results bulleted if they can't be rendered in a visualization or to help visitors to your poster understand your visualizations. If you include any graphs depicting your results in the paper, they will definitely be top priority to include on your poster. If you don't have graphs, and if you do have quantitative results, you'll want to convert them to graphs. Make sure all visualizations have very clear keys. It is also common for posters to have colored borders or fillings between the various boxes of text or graphics. Often, my colleagues and I make the border of our posters purple as it is a University of Washington color, and you may include your university, department, and lab logos. This sounds tedious and extra, but if there is a chance that anyone in your lab will be asked to present the work again, it will be great to have a nicer-looking poster ready. So, I recommend making the contents of the poster and then asking someone who has experience (they are quite tedious to make), assist you in putting the content together and printing. You can probably make graphs in Excel and just ask a reader to enhance the graphs by perhaps putting markers on key points on the graph that you want to draw the visitor's eye to. Or, you could just enter the data into Excel and let the reader handle graphics as well. You can easily write text content. Small blocks of text, in other words, a few sentences or less and bulleted lists are the best. Keep in mind high contrast if you choose to use colored backgrounds. Regarding printing, if you do not have an office on campus that does it for you and instead will be using a poster printer yourself, I highly recommend sighted assistance. First to proof your design; they can zoom in and out with the PowerPoint slide and learn whether the overall design is proportional. Printing posters is expensive, and you don't want to do it twice if you don't have to. Next, the printer sometimes gets off centered, so you'll want someone to verify that your poster printed straight. Finally, there may be white space on the poster paper depending on the size it prints in comparison to your designated size. There should be a giant paper cutter in the poster printer room, and sighted assistance will be really helpful in cutting the white space off. You should learn whether the poster presentation venue will provide you with pins and cardboard or foam board for you to mount your poster, and an easel to mount it on. If not, you can find some used cardboard or foam board and glue or pin your poster on. If you think you may use the poster in the future, pin rather than glue your poster to any backing so you can roll it up for easy carrying from place to place. It is typical for venues to have easels available but not always typical for venues to have a backing to pin your poster to. I hope this helps. I'm sorry there aren't more promising independent ways to do this. I have just found that since posters are in the public eye and so large, getting sighted assistance is really helpful for me to present my work professionally and to circumvent parts of the process that are still inaccessible. Good luck and congratulations for being chosen to present a poster! Cindy On 5/9/15, justin williams via nabs-l wrote: > I'm mostly a jaws user, but I can tag team them. That is incredible. > > -----Original Message----- > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget Walker > via nabs-l > Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 1:17 AM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Bridget Walker > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research > Conference? > > Hi Justin, > I never tried using a braille display with Microsoft publisher until a few > miners ago. It was actually pretty accessible. > I'm imagining you would want to have someone check your formatting but, at > least you could do it yourself. > I hope this helps. > Bridget > > Sent from my iPad > >> On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 7:23 PM, justin williams via nabs-l > wrote: >> >> Is microsoft publisher accessible for an individual who uses jaws and >> braille? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget >> Walker via nabs-l >> Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2015 4:37 PM >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >> Cc: Bridget Walker >> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research >> Conference? >> >> Hi Miso, >> I make posters all of the time. >> You have two options I can think of. The first is Glogster. Glogster >> is a free online poster maker. From my experience it has not been >> accessible with any screen readers. I highly recommend having sighted > assistance. >> The second option is Microsoft publisher. It's nice you can I put >> everything in yourself. Honestly at the end of the day you will >> probably want someone to look it over. >> I hope this helps. >> Bridget >> Sent from my iPad >> >>>> On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 3:40 PM, Miso Kwak via nabs-l >>>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello students, >>> I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research conference >>> at >> the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches >> poster. >>> If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage >>> poster, so >> that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. >>> Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if >> sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me >> some tips on that as well. >>> Thank you in advance. >>> >>> Miso Kwak >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%4 >> 0aol.c >> om >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%4 >> 0gmail >> .com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%4 >> 0aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail > .com > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/clb5590%40gmail.com > -- Cindy Bennett 1st Year Ph.D. Student, University of Washington Human Centered Design and Engineering Treasurer of the National Federation of the Blind of Washington an Affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind clb5590 at gmail.com From kwakmiso at aol.com Mon May 11 19:52:04 2015 From: kwakmiso at aol.com (Miso Kwak) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 15:52:04 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8D25A3B16971FA4-208C-AE92D@webmail-va078.sysops.aol.com> Thank you Cindy, Arielle and others who wrote back to my inquiry. Your advices are helpful. I will benefit from them as I move forward with the poster. Best, Miso Kwak -----Original Message----- From: Arielle Silverman via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Arielle Silverman Sent: Sat, May 9, 2015 4:00 pm Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? Hi Miso, I have created several conference posters. What I do is write all the poster text in a Microsoft Word document. Then I ask a sighted reader to put it in poster form. Electronic posters are usually made up of a single PowerPoint slide with text boxes for each section of text and any graphs or tables. The slide can then be printed on a posterboard and rolled up. I give my reader a few example posters from colleagues so they can see how the poster should be set up. Depending on the complexity of the poster and the reader's experience with posters, it usually takes them 1-3 hours. I don't think the reader needs to be an expert in your field, but previous scientific presentation experience is a plus. This might be something you could ask a classmate to do for you in exchange for a favor or a small payment. You could also see if your professor teaches any higher-level classes in your field and if they could distribute a reader announcement for you. I used a lab assistant provided by DSS to prepare my freshman biology poster, so if your DSS provides this service, it could be another option. When I got to grad school I started using volunteer research assistants for this task. This was a win-win because I got free reader support and they learned how to make posters, which will serve them well if they go on to higher-level science. Best, Arielle On 5/9/15, Bridget Walker via nabs-l wrote: > Hi Miso, > I make posters all of the time. > You have two options I can think of. The first is Glogster. Glogster is a > free online poster maker. From my experience it has not been accessible with > any screen readers. I highly recommend having sighted assistance. > The second option is Microsoft publisher. It's nice you can I put everything > in yourself. Honestly at the end of the day you will probably want someone > to look it over. > I hope this helps. > Bridget > Sent from my iPad > >> On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 3:40 PM, Miso Kwak via nabs-l >> wrote: >> >> Hello students, >> I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research conference at >> the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches >> poster. >> If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage poster, so >> that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. >> Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if >> sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me some >> tips on that as well. >> Thank you in advance. >> >> Miso Kwak >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kwakmiso%40aol.com From arielle71 at gmail.com Tue May 12 01:12:47 2015 From: arielle71 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 18:12:47 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Best practices for dealing with... In-Reply-To: References: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121B8BD@UBOX3.unr.edu> Message-ID: Hi Nefertiti and all. While it is definitely possible to do any in-class assignment using a reader or pairing up with a classmate, I have found that just having a reader draw something for me doesn't give me a lot of educational benefit. It is a better learning experience if I can generate my own accessible response to the assignment, such as an Excel spreadsheet or a verbal description of the item. I don't know what a culturagram is, but in one class where we had to generate sociograms, I spelled out all the relationships in paragraph form. While it was probably harder for the professor to grade than a graphic, this allowed me to really understand the concept of what a sociogram is. I would suggest chatting with the professorabout what his or her goals are for the class in assigning this particular activity and then figure out how you can get the information and provide a gradeable assignment in a format that benefits your learning, even if that means skipping the in-class activity and doing a separate assignment at home with an electronic or Braille version of the assignment. Best of luck! Arielle On 5/11/15, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l wrote: > I always talk to the professor first before going to the disability > services. This is because often professors will have the realization > that their materials are already accessible or can easily be made > accessible by them. If there are bigger problems then you and the > professor will already be on the same page as you reach out to > disability services for your respective needs. I've found this > approach to work really well especially in courses like stats where > the professor was able to make most of his own tables and charts for > me in Microsoft Word and Excell, and my anatomy professor for next > semester has agreed to let me borrow a bunch of models she's got so I > don't have to completely rely on 2D models and the disability office. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > From bookwormahb at earthlink.net Tue May 12 23:36:11 2015 From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett) Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 19:36:11 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Learning ally and their decision to cut cds Message-ID: Hi all, I would like to express my views about Learning Ally’s recent decision. I was informed of this today in their email newsletter. The announcement is that Learning ally will phase out cds. They will produce and honor requests for only two more months. They say that most people use mobile devices and the internet to access material and they say that new technology offers them the ability to add text to the narration. Learning ally is no ally to blind people. blind people cannot read the text anyway! Not all blind people have the skills and resources to access downloads. They make this announcement without stakeholder input. They don’t care about some users who need or want cds. What is your thoughts? I have to say I am very disappointed. I am a skilled pc user and can access books via high speed internet. So why is it a problem and huge concern? Well, here is why. 1. I have used the cds and they are rather user friendly; since they came out in 2007, I have enjoyed the high audio quality and easy navigation with my victor wave and now victor stratus. I can pop in cds easily and not have to be concerned with other technology. 2. I have experienced numerous accessibility issues with their download book manager. Jaws is not reading all the pop up screens. It is so challenging to figure out that I had to call them and have someone spend a long time with me to set it up. I use the book manager but have relied on cds as my preference. 3. Using the book manager is frustrating as you have to select all the check boxes to sinc your books to the thumb drive. 4. I am concerned this leaves out less tech savvy people and not to mention those who do not have a mobile device. If I have trouble with their website and using my account, I’m sure others do too. And, I’ve heard the learning ally I-device ap isn’t all that friendly. 5. Learning Ally is only catoring to those high functioning people who can use technology and afford it. Learning ally is no ally. They justify this decision by the cost factor. Also they say a majority of the service is now accessed online and by mobile devices. What of those who cannot download books at home? I know schools have teachers of the vision impaired get cds and give them to students. What will they do now? Download books for students, I guess, and give them USB drives. I may sound old fashioned, but another reason I love using cds is because they have one book on them with a braille label. When I use digital books on a storage device, I cannot remember which storage device has which books on it! And I love the simplicity of one book on that cd rather than navigating , say, 20 books on the usb drive, and I have to find the right book shelf too when using my victor reader machine. I urge anyone opposed to this draconion measure to write letters of protest to Learning ally who is no ally to blind people and now no ally to those who cannot operate technology with an internet connection. thanks for reading. Ashley From cape.amanda at gmail.com Wed May 13 00:16:52 2015 From: cape.amanda at gmail.com (cape.amanda at gmail.com) Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 20:16:52 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Sociology stats class Message-ID: <76220646-2CFA-4079-A345-A040E48FE470@gmail.com> Hi everyone, Have you taken a sociology statistics course In university? Was it adapted by the prof or the Osd? Amanda From helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Wed May 13 00:39:00 2015 From: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com (Helga Schreiber) Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 20:39:00 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Learning ally and their decision to cut cds In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <64A067B8-1CB6-466B-BFC3-A7F385C44394@gmail.com> Hi Ashley. I agree with you regarding this matter! I actually try to use the Download book manager four years ago, but i was not able to do it with JAWS either. Now I'm using the Learning Ally app, and I think it is accessible when you are trying to download the books and reading them, but sometimes it is annoying when it comes to flick right and left with VoiceOver in order to find a specific chapter or section of the book though. But I do like the CDS better since they are easier to access! I'm also old fashion! as well! so i understand what you mean. And I can't believe they are taking them away! I can't believe it! I'm definitely going to try to send them a letter to the person incharge of it, if you tell me his or her email. Or the address where the letter should go! I'm with you! Actually, I'm going to continue to use the Learning Ally service for this fall semester! I look forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks and God bless! Helga Schreiber Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter. Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind Students. Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. Phone: (561) 706-5950 Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Skype: helga.schreiber26 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx INT Website: http://int4life.com/ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 Sent from my iPhone > On May 12, 2015, at 7:36 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would like to express my views about Learning Ally’s recent decision. > I was informed of this today in their email newsletter. > > The announcement is that Learning ally will phase out cds. > They will produce and honor requests for only two more months. > > They say that most people use mobile devices > and the internet to access material and they say that new technology offers them the ability to add text to the narration. > Learning ally is no ally to blind people. blind people cannot read the text anyway! > Not all blind people have the skills and resources to access downloads. > > They make this announcement without stakeholder input. They don’t care about some users who need or want cds. > > What is your thoughts? > > I have to say I am very disappointed. > > I am a skilled pc user and can access books via high speed internet. > So why is it a problem and huge concern? > > Well, here is why. > > > > 1. I have used the cds and they are rather user friendly; since they came out in 2007, I have enjoyed the high audio quality and easy navigation with my victor wave and now victor stratus. > I can pop in cds easily and not have to be concerned with other technology. > > 2. I have experienced numerous accessibility issues with their download book manager. Jaws is not reading all the pop up screens. It is so challenging to figure out that I had to call them and have someone spend a long time with me to set it up. > I use the book manager but have relied on cds as my preference. > > 3. Using the book manager is frustrating as you have to select all the check boxes to sinc your books to the thumb drive. > > 4. I am concerned this leaves out less tech savvy people and not to mention those who do not have a mobile device. > If I have trouble with their website and using my account, I’m sure others do too. > And, I’ve heard the learning ally I-device ap isn’t all that friendly. > > 5. Learning Ally is only catoring to those high functioning people who can use technology and afford it. > Learning ally is no ally. > > They justify this decision by the cost factor. Also they say a majority of the service is now accessed online and by mobile devices. > > What of those who cannot download books at home? I know schools have teachers of the vision impaired get cds and give them to students. What will they do now? > Download books for students, I guess, and give them USB drives. > > I may sound old fashioned, but another reason I love using cds is because they have one book on them with a braille label. > When I use digital books on a storage device, I cannot remember which storage device has which books on it! And I love the simplicity of one book on that cd rather than navigating , say, 20 books on the usb drive, and I have to find the right book shelf too when using my victor reader machine. > > I urge anyone opposed to this draconion measure to write letters of protest to Learning ally who is no ally to blind people and now no ally to those who cannot operate technology with an internet connection. > > thanks for reading. > > Ashley > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/helga.schreiber26%40gmail.com From robin-melvin at comcast.net Wed May 13 01:08:56 2015 From: robin-melvin at comcast.net (Robin) Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 18:08:56 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Learning ally and their decision to cut cds In-Reply-To: <64A067B8-1CB6-466B-BFC3-A7F385C44394@gmail.com> References: <64A067B8-1CB6-466B-BFC3-A7F385C44394@gmail.com> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20150512180204.0a3486d8@comcast.net> There is always the option of utilizing LearningAlly's ReadHear software, which I hear is available for both MAC OSX & PC With LearningAlly's ReadHear, you have the option of listening to Books with either TTS and/or NarratedVoice(s) There are also other useful functions such as, HighLighting Text for LowVision users as I haven't yet uncovered how to utilize this since I'm TotallyBlind LearningAlly's ReadHear comes with a Built IN UserGuide, which can be accessed by a couple of KeyStroke Commands At 05:39 PM 5/12/2015, you wrote: >Hi Ashley. I agree with you regarding this >matter! I actually try to use the Download book >manager four years ago, but i was not able to >do it with JAWS either. Now I'm using the >Learning Ally app, and I think it is accessible >when you are trying to download the books and >reading them, but sometimes it is annoying when >it comes to flick right and left with VoiceOver >in order to find a specific chapter or section >of the book though. But I do like the CDS >better since they are easier to access! I'm also >old fashion! as well! so i understand what you >mean. And I can't believe they are taking them >away! I can't believe it! I'm definitely going >to try to send them a letter to the person >incharge of it, if you tell me his or her >email. Or the address where the letter should >go! I'm with you! Actually, I'm going to >continue to use the Learning Ally service for >this fall semester! I look forward in hearing >from you soon. Thanks and God bless! Helga >Schreiber Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta >Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter. Member of >National Federation of the Blind and Florida >Association of Blind Students. Member of the >International Networkers Team (INT). Independent >Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. >Phone: (561) 706-5950 Email: >helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Skype: >helga.schreiber26 4Life Website: >http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx >INT Website: http://int4life.com/ "For God so >loved the world that he gave his one and only >Son, that whoever believes in him shall not >perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 Sent >from my iPhone > On May 12, 2015, at 7:36 PM, >Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l >wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would like to express >my views about Learning Ally’s recent >decision. > I was informed of this today in >their email newsletter. > > The announcement is >that Learning ally will phase out cds. > They >will produce and honor requests for only two >more months. > > They say that most people use >mobile devices > and the internet to access >material and they say that new technology offers >them the ability to add text to the narration. > >Learning ally is no ally to blind people. blind >people cannot read the text anyway! > Not all >blind people have the skills and resources to >access downloads. > > They make this >announcement without stakeholder input. They >don’t care about some users who need or want >cds. > > What is your thoughts? > > I have to >say I am very disappointed. > > I am a skilled >pc user and can access books via high speed >internet. > So why is it a problem and huge >concern? > > Well, here is why. > > > > 1. I >have used the cds and they are rather user >friendly; since they came out in 2007, I have >enjoyed the high audio quality and easy >navigation with my victor wave and now victor >stratus. > I can pop in cds easily and not have >to be concerned with other technology. > > 2. I >have experienced numerous accessibility issues >with their download book manager. Jaws is not >reading all the pop up screens. It is so >challenging to figure out that I had to call >them and have someone spend a long time with me >to set it up. > I use the book manager but have >relied on cds as my preference. > > 3. Using the >book manager is frustrating as you have to >select all the check boxes to sinc your books to >the thumb drive. > > 4. I am concerned this >leaves out less tech savvy people and not to >mention those who do not have a mobile device. > >If I have trouble with their website and using >my account, I’m sure others do too. > And, >I’ve heard the learning ally I-device ap >isn’t all that friendly. > > 5. Learning Ally >is only catoring to those high functioning >people who can use technology and afford it. > >Learning ally is no ally. > > They justify this >decision by the cost factor. Also they say a >majority of the service is now accessed online >and by mobile devices. > > What of those who >cannot download books at home? I know schools >have teachers of the vision impaired get cds and >give them to students. What will they do now? > >Download books for students, I guess, and give >them USB drives. > > I may sound old fashioned, >but another reason I love using cds is because >they have one book on them with a braille >label. > When I use digital books on a storage >device, I cannot remember which storage device >has which books on it! And I love the >simplicity of one book on that cd rather than >navigating , say, 20 books on the usb drive, and >I have to find the right book shelf too when >using my victor reader machine. > > I urge >anyone opposed to this draconion measure to >write letters of protest to Learning ally who is >no ally to blind people and now no ally to those >who cannot operate technology with an internet >connection. > > thanks for reading. > > Ashley > >_______________________________________________ > > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > > To unsubscribe, change your list options or >get your account info for nabs-l: > >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/helga.schreiber26%40gmail.com >_______________________________________________ >nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >To unsubscribe, change your list options or get >your account info for nabs-l: >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/robin-melvin%40comcast.net From jab2bs at mtmail.mtsu.edu Wed May 13 01:05:05 2015 From: jab2bs at mtmail.mtsu.edu (James Alan Boehm) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 01:05:05 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Stats Made Accessible Message-ID: Dear Amanda, Greetings from Tennessee! Stats can be quit challenging with its many tables, graphs, and charts. I took stats a couple of semesters ago and the experience was a learning one. My biggest advice is creating an open and constant channel of communication with your professor. As the semester progresses, you will determine where you may need more help in one area than another or you may get to a section where you need a more in depth explanation. I used the following tools which aided me so much: 1. Khan Academy They have apps and an online site with numberous videos that are short, to the point, and explain many difficult aspects of stats. 2. Sketch pad Can be purchased at the Independence Market, your professor can draw the various graphs on your pad so that you can feel them. My professor would draw the graphs as he taught the class and then would bring me the drawings so that I could feel and comprehend what he was talking about . 3. In my case, i saw that I needed extended time to take my tests because for some of the tests it took awhile just for the reader to explain the graphs or question. Again, the sketch pad came in handy for this. I must brag about my stats teacher. My teacher and I were a good team at tackling any aspects of the class that were visual . You can read below of a nomination essay I wrote about my professor recently; feel free to share it with your professor or appropriate individuals because I feel my experience is a prime example of how there is no reason as to a professor saying that his course is not accessible or that cannot be done! Finally, if you have any questions or would like to get more thoughts, do not hesitate to contact me at secretary at nfb-tn.org. I wish you well and great success! Tennessee Educator of the Year: Accessibility is not an option - it is a requirement of all educators. I have had the privilege of working with many professors who cooperated by making their classes accessible. One professor, from day one as I walked into his class, stands out because of the ways he made sure all aspects of his course were accessible and accommodating. As you may imagine, statistics is a challenging class for most students, sighted or not. Dr. Stuart Bernstein always made himself available to me if I needed further explanation on a lesson. If I emailed him, rarely did I wait more than an hour for a response. Dr. Bernstein’s door was always open, and I never felt hesitant before I asked him a question or explained to him that a concept was giving me trouble. Dr. Bernstein’s excellent communication with myself, the Adaptive Technology Lab, and the Disability Access Center ensured that all aspects of the course were at my fingertips. Dr. Bernstein even adapted his presentation during class by drawing tables and graphs on my tactile sketch pad. He handed me these sketches as he explained the lesson. I saw everything my classmates were seeing, when they were seeing them. T and Z tables, to name a few, were very challenging to use, with their many columns and rows of numbers. Dr. Bernstein researched with me to find an accessible program or app that would allow me to reference these tables. When no accessible table could be found, Dr. Bernstein made the tables himself and provided me with tables that I could access on my own, without any assistance. I never once felt intimidated by Dr. Bernstein or that I ever asked him a foolish question. Dr. Bernstein never expected any more or any less from me than my other classmates. When I think of a professor who does whatever it takes to make a student’s education fully accessible and rewarding, I cannot help but think of Dr. Bernstein. Educators can learn a lot from Dr. Bernstein, and I am honored to recommend Dr. Stuart Bernstein for the NFB of TN Educator of the Year Award. James Alan Boehm Contact Information: Phone: 901-483-1515 Personal Email: jimmydagerman80 at gmail.com NFB Email: secretary at nfb-tn.org Kustom Cane: kustomcane at gmail.com Blindness never limits-low expectations do! Live the life you want! From zumbagecko at gmail.com Wed May 13 01:49:27 2015 From: zumbagecko at gmail.com (petras) Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 17:49:27 -0800 Subject: [nabs-l] white doise app inaccesible Message-ID: <5552adad.849c6b0a.245e.716b@mx.google.com> Hi, I tried to open an app White noise, I swiped right and left and nothing happens. Voice over turns off compleetly, until I hit the home button. I can navigate with the bhaille display, but voice over doesn't ieem to be reading the text. I onece accedently put the volume on high without even noticing it. Have this every experienced this issue? From minh.ha927 at gmail.com Wed May 13 02:00:53 2015 From: minh.ha927 at gmail.com (Minh Ha) Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 22:00:53 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Sociology stats class In-Reply-To: <76220646-2CFA-4079-A345-A040E48FE470@gmail.com> References: <76220646-2CFA-4079-A345-A040E48FE470@gmail.com> Message-ID: <6401849C-91D8-4A45-A824-13B9646CE931@gmail.com> Amanda, I took a stats class for my sociology class last year. I worked with both the prof and the DS office to make it accessible. The ds office sent my textbook out to be brailled because I am really bad at doing math auditorily, and there are diagrams and graphs that are part of the course materials. I also had a note taker and a reader for the class. If you have any more specific questions, I can answer them. Minh Sent from my iPhone > On May 12, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Amanda via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi everyone, > Have you taken a sociology statistics course In university? Was it adapted by the prof or the Osd? > > Amanda > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com From dandrews at visi.com Wed May 13 02:20:39 2015 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 21:20:39 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Learning ally and their decision to cut cds In-Reply-To: <64A067B8-1CB6-466B-BFC3-A7F385C44394@gmail.com> References: <64A067B8-1CB6-466B-BFC3-A7F385C44394@gmail.com> Message-ID: Four years is a long time in technology years, so you shouldn't judge them on old information. Dave At 07:39 PM 5/12/2015, you wrote: >Hi Ashley. I agree with you regarding this >matter! I actually try to use the Download book >manager four years ago, but i was not able to >do it with JAWS either. Now I'm using the >Learning Ally app, and I think it is accessible >when you are trying to download the books and >reading them, but sometimes it is annoying when >it comes to flick right and left with VoiceOver >in order to find a specific chapter or section >of the book though. But I do like the CDS >better since they are easier to access! I'm also >old fashion! as well! so i understand what you >mean. And I can't believe they are taking them >away! I can't believe it! I'm definitely going >to try to send them a letter to the person >incharge of it, if you tell me his or her >email. Or the address where the letter should >go! I'm with you! Actually, I'm going to >continue to use the Learning Ally service for >this fall semester! I look forward in hearing >from you soon. Thanks and God bless! Helga >Schreiber Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta >Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter. Member of >National Federation of the Blind and Florida >Association of Blind Students. Member of the >International Networkers Team (INT). Independent >Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. >Phone: (561) 706-5950 Email: >helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Skype: >helga.schreiber26 4Life Website: >http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx >INT Website: http://int4life.com/ "For God so >loved the world that he gave his one and only >Son, that whoever believes in him shall not >perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 Sent >from my iPhone > On May 12, 2015, at 7:36 PM, >Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l >wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would like to express >my views about Learning Ally’s recent >decision. > I was informed of this today in >their email newsletter. > > The announcement is >that Learning ally will phase out cds. > They >will produce and honor requests for only two >more months. > > They say that most people use >mobile devices > and the internet to access >material and they say that new technology offers >them the ability to add text to the narration. > >Learning ally is no ally to blind people. blind >people cannot read the text anyway! > Not all >blind people have the skills and resources to >access downloads. > > They make this >announcement without stakeholder input. They >don’t care about some users who need or want >cds. > > What is your thoughts? > > I have to >say I am very disappointed. > > I am a skilled >pc user and can access books via high speed >internet. > So why is it a problem and huge >concern? > > Well, here is why. > > > > 1. I >have used the cds and they are rather user >friendly; since they came out in 2007, I have >enjoyed the high audio quality and easy >navigation with my victor wave and now victor >stratus. > I can pop in cds easily and not have >to be concerned with other technology. > > 2. I >have experienced numerous accessibility issues >with their download book manager. Jaws is not >reading all the pop up screens. It is so >challenging to figure out that I had to call >them and have someone spend a long time with me >to set it up. > I use the book manager but have >relied on cds as my preference. > > 3. Using the >book manager is frustrating as you have to >select all the check boxes to sinc your books to >the thumb drive. > > 4. I am concerned this >leaves out less tech savvy people and not to >mention those who do not have a mobile device. > >If I have trouble with their website and using >my account, I’m sure others do too. > And, >I’ve heard the learning ally I-device ap >isn’t all that friendly. > > 5. Learning Ally >is only catoring to those high functioning >people who can use technology and afford it. > >Learning ally is no ally. > > They justify this >decision by the cost factor. Also they say a >majority of the service is now accessed online >and by mobile devices. > > What of those who >cannot download books at home? I know schools >have teachers of the vision impaired get cds and >give them to students. What will they do now? > >Download books for students, I guess, and give >them USB drives. > > I may sound old fashioned, >but another reason I love using cds is because >they have one book on them with a braille >label. > When I use digital books on a storage >device, I cannot remember which storage device >has which books on it! And I love the >simplicity of one book on that cd rather than >navigating , say, 20 books on the usb drive, and >I have to find the right book shelf too when >using my victor reader machine. > > I urge >anyone opposed to this draconion measure to >write letters of protest to Learning ally who is >no ally to blind people and now no ally to those >who cannot operate technology with an internet David Andrews and long white cane Harry. E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org From jab2bs at mtmail.mtsu.edu Wed May 13 02:57:12 2015 From: jab2bs at mtmail.mtsu.edu (James Alan Boehm) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 02:57:12 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Stats Can Be Triumphed Message-ID: <23C47885-74D3-478A-8450-5BEC6115ABFC@mtmail.mtsu.edu> James Alan Boehm Contact Information: Phone: 901-483-1515 Dear Amanda, Greetings from Tennessee! Stats can be quit challenging with its many tables, graphs, and charts. I took stats a couple of semesters ago and the experience was a learning one. My biggest advice is creating an open and constant channel of communication with your professor. As the semester progresses, you will determine where you may need more help in one area than another or you may get to a section where you need a more in depth explanation. I used the following tools which aided me so much: 1. Khan Academy They have apps and an online site with numberous videos that are short, to the point, and explain many difficult aspects of stats. 2. Sketch pad Can be purchased at the Independence Market, your professor can draw the various graphs on your pad so that you can feel them. My professor would draw the graphs as he taught the class and then would bring me the drawings so that I could feel and comprehend what he was talking about . 3. In my case, i saw that I needed extended time to take my tests because for some of the tests it took awhile just for the reader to explain the graphs or question. Again, the sketch pad came in handy for this. I must brag about my stats teacher. My teacher and I were a good team at tackling any aspects of the class that were visual . You can read below of a nomination essay I wrote about my professor recently; feel free to share it with your professor or appropriate individuals because I feel my experience is a prime example of how there is no reason as to a professor saying that his course is not accessible or that cannot be done! Finally, if you have any questions or would like to get more thoughts, do not hesitate to contact me at secretary at nfb-tn.org. I wish you well and great success! Tennessee Educator of the Year: Accessibility is not an option - it is a requirement of all educators. I have had the privilege of working with many professors who cooperated by making their classes accessible. One professor, from day one as I walked into his class, stands out because of the ways he made sure all aspects of his course were accessible and accommodating. As you may imagine, statistics is a challenging class for most students, sighted or not. Dr. Stuart Bernstein always made himself available to me if I needed further explanation on a lesson. If I emailed him, rarely did I wait more than an hour for a response. Dr. Bernstein’s door was always open, and I never felt hesitant before I asked him a question or explained to him that a concept was giving me trouble. Dr. Bernstein’s excellent communication with myself, the Adaptive Technology Lab, and the Disability Access Center ensured that all aspects of the course were at my fingertips. Dr. Bernstein even adapted his presentation during class by drawing tables and graphs on my tactile sketch pad. He handed me these sketches as he explained the lesson. I saw everything my classmates were seeing, when they were seeing them. T and Z tables, to name a few, were very challenging to use, with their many columns and rows of numbers. Dr. Bernstein researched with me to find an accessible program or app that would allow me to reference these tables. When no accessible table could be found, Dr. Bernstein made the tables himself and provided me with tables that I could access on my own, without any assistance. I never once felt intimidated by Dr. Bernstein or that I ever asked him a foolish question. Dr. Bernstein never expected any more or any less from me than my other classmates. When I think of a professor who does whatever it takes to make a student’s education fully accessible and rewarding, I cannot help but think of Dr. Bernstein. Educators can learn a lot from Dr. Bernstein, and I am honored to recommend Dr. Stuart Bernstein for the NFB of TN Educator of the Year Award. James Alan Boehm Contact Information: Phone: 901-483-1515 Personal Email: jimmydagerman80 at gmail.com NFB Email: secretary at nfb-tn.org Kustom Cane: kustomcane at gmail.com Blindness never limits-low expectations do! Live the life you want! _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jab2bs%40mtmail.mtsu.eduPersonal Email: jimmydagerman80 at gmail.com NFB Email: secretary at nfb-tn.org Kustom Cane: kustomcane at gmail.com Blindness never limits-low expectations do! Live the life you want! From dandrews at visi.com Wed May 13 05:39:07 2015 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 00:39:07 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: Re: National convention roommate Sought Message-ID: >From: Anthony Borreggine >Subject: Re: National convention roommate >Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 22:27:07 -0400 >To: David Andrews > >Ok I will here it it is my name Anthony Borreggine my e-mail Address >is wolfden88 at verizon.net my phone nober is 302-562-2903 I have a >room and looking for from the fourth to 10 July and 26 from Delaware > >Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 12, 2015, at 10:11 PM, David Andrews wrote: > > > > Please write me up a coherent announcement where you put > everything in one place. > > > > Dave > > > > At 08:44 PM 5/12/2015, you wrote: > >> My email address is wolf den88 at verizon.netnet and if you like my > phone number it's 302-562-2903 > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> > On May 12, 2015, at 9:34 PM, David Andrews wrote: > >> > > >> > You need to give me more information before I will > circulate. Do you have a room? What dates do you want? Contact info. > >> > > >> > Dave > >> > > >> > At 06:22 PM 5/12/2015, you wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >> Sent from my iPhone hi there my name is Anthony and I am from > Delaware and I eat mailed you some time last week but I don't think > I had the right email address for you so I am emailing you again > about a roommate for national convention I am looking for one and > my e-mail is Wolf den 88 and if you get a chance to let me know > could you email me please or send my information to someone that is > looking for a roommate I would be graces if you could find one please thank you > >> > > >> > David Andrews and long white cane Harry. > >> > E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org > >> > > > > > David Andrews and long white cane Harry. > > E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org > > David Andrews and long white cane Harry. E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Wed May 13 07:01:25 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 03:01:25 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Sociology stats class In-Reply-To: <6401849C-91D8-4A45-A824-13B9646CE931@gmail.com> References: <76220646-2CFA-4079-A345-A040E48FE470@gmail.com> <6401849C-91D8-4A45-A824-13B9646CE931@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi, Amanda, I took a stats course geared towards social science majors and minors, so that should cover sociology. The prof did a fair amount of accommodating on his own. Everything that he could make accessible like tables to calculate T and Z scores were done in Microsoft word or excel tables. We had a rotating system where we would trade flashdrives each class period so he could put the guided notes documents and the graphs he made on the new drive and collect my homework. That system worked pretty well. When he couldn't make a graph or had a test that needed to be done the disability office came in. They also brailled a majority of my homework and took care of getting my textbook settled. The thing I appreciated most was that the professor was open to working with them and me. He was very available to explain things outside of class and allowed the testing center to have his cell phone number in case I needed to clarify something durring an exam. That's the jist of my stats accommodations. Good luck; though stats is challenging it is a useful course to take. On 5/12/15, Minh Ha via nabs-l wrote: > Amanda, > > I took a stats class for my sociology class last year. I worked with both > the prof and the DS office to make it accessible. The ds office sent my > textbook out to be brailled because I am really bad at doing math > auditorily, and there are diagrams and graphs that are part of the course > materials. I also had a note taker and a reader for the class. If you have > any more specific questions, I can answer them. > > Minh > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 12, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Amanda via nabs-l wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> Have you taken a sociology statistics course In university? Was it adapted >> by the prof or the Osd? >> >> Amanda >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Wed May 13 07:12:56 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 03:12:56 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? In-Reply-To: <8D25A3B16971FA4-208C-AE92D@webmail-va078.sysops.aol.com> References: <8D25A3B16971FA4-208C-AE92D@webmail-va078.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: This thread brought up another question after reading it through. My university hosts an annual "Alternative Day of Learning" where undergrad and graduate students present their research in lectures, exhibits, and poster sessions. I went to the poster sessions for the first time this last semester and saw most people using those Z-fold poster boards (the thick cardboard with the outer sides folded in towards the middle when closed). It sounds different from what you all are discussing for professional presentations of posters, so I'm wondering if that is acceptable to do or if using a traditional poster with an easle would be the better option. I could see this being the case because the posters were just propped up on tables back-to-back to maximize the space and eliminate the need for the university to provide over 800 easles, but I ask because there is a chance I may be working on a poster session in the relatively near future for some research I'll be starting this summer. I do know to check the guidelines for the conference the poster will hopefully be presented at to follow their regulations, but is using the Z-fold poster another professional option? Thanks, On 5/11/15, Miso Kwak via nabs-l wrote: > Thank you Cindy, Arielle and others who wrote back to my inquiry. > Your advices are helpful. I will benefit from them as I move forward > with the poster. > Best, > Miso Kwak > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arielle Silverman via nabs-l > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > > Cc: Arielle Silverman > Sent: Sat, May 9, 2015 4:00 pm > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research > Conference? > > Hi Miso, > I have created several conference posters. What I do is write all the > poster text in a Microsoft Word document. Then I ask a sighted reader > to put it in poster form. Electronic posters are usually made up of a > single PowerPoint slide with text boxes for each section of text and > any graphs or tables. The slide can then be printed on a posterboard > and rolled up. I give my reader a few example posters from colleagues > so they can see how the poster should be set up. Depending on the > complexity of the poster and the reader's experience with posters, it > usually takes them 1-3 hours. I don't think the reader needs to be an > expert in your field, but previous scientific presentation experience > is a plus. This might be something you could ask a classmate to do for > you in exchange for a favor or a small payment. You could also see if > your professor teaches any higher-level classes in your field and if > they could distribute a reader announcement for you. I used a lab > assistant provided by DSS to prepare my freshman biology poster, so if > your DSS provides this service, it could be another option. When I got > to grad school I started using volunteer research assistants for this > task. This was a win-win because I got free reader support and they > learned how to make posters, which will serve them well if they go on > to higher-level science. > Best, Arielle > > On 5/9/15, Bridget Walker via nabs-l wrote: >> Hi Miso, >> I make posters all of the time. >> You have two options I can think of. The first is Glogster. Glogster > is a >> free online poster maker. From my experience it has not been > accessible with >> any screen readers. I highly recommend having sighted assistance. >> The second option is Microsoft publisher. It's nice you can I put > everything >> in yourself. Honestly at the end of the day you will probably want > someone >> to look it over. >> I hope this helps. >> Bridget >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 3:40 PM, Miso Kwak via nabs-l > >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello students, >>> I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research > conference at >>> the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches >>> poster. >>> If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage > poster, so >>> that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. >>> Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if >>> sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me > some >>> tips on that as well. >>> Thank you in advance. >>> >>> Miso Kwak >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kwakmiso%40aol.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From bridgetawalker13 at aol.com Wed May 13 08:27:14 2015 From: bridgetawalker13 at aol.com (Bridget Walker) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 04:27:14 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research Conference? In-Reply-To: References: <8D25A3B16971FA4-208C-AE92D@webmail-va078.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <5AC98A33-0F0C-4455-8B9D-41DBCE00DD0A@aol.com> Hi Kati, Absolutely, I have made two posters in the way you are describing. I like them better. I type all of my information in to a Microsoft word document and have some sighted assistance to make the print like ok pretty. When I come up with images I tell the individual in great detail what I'm picturing. Sometimes I type it out. They go on line with me and help me find images that work. As far as assembling the poster, we work very close communicating about every little piece of information placed. You want to know how to read your poster when you are presenting it. What I do is make a list of headings in an electronic format to memorize for the presentation. I hope this helps.ps. Bridget Sent from my iPad > On May 13, 27 Heisei, at 3:12 AM, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l wrote: > > This thread brought up another question after reading it through. > My university hosts an annual "Alternative Day of Learning" where > undergrad and graduate students present their research in lectures, > exhibits, and poster sessions. I went to the poster sessions for the > first time this last semester and saw most people using those Z-fold > poster boards (the thick cardboard with the outer sides folded in > towards the middle when closed). It sounds different from what you > all are discussing for professional presentations of posters, so I'm > wondering if that is acceptable to do or if using a traditional poster > with an easle would be the better option. I could see this being the > case because the posters were just propped up on tables back-to-back > to maximize the space and eliminate the need for the university to > provide over 800 easles, but I ask because there is a chance I may be > working on a poster session in the relatively near future for some > research I'll be starting this summer. I do know to check the > guidelines for the conference the poster will hopefully be presented > at to follow their regulations, but is using the Z-fold poster another > professional option? > > Thanks, > >> On 5/11/15, Miso Kwak via nabs-l wrote: >> Thank you Cindy, Arielle and others who wrote back to my inquiry. >> Your advices are helpful. I will benefit from them as I move forward >> with the poster. >> Best, >> Miso Kwak >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Arielle Silverman via nabs-l >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >> >> Cc: Arielle Silverman >> Sent: Sat, May 9, 2015 4:00 pm >> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Techniques for Creating a Poster for Research >> Conference? >> >> Hi Miso, >> I have created several conference posters. What I do is write all the >> poster text in a Microsoft Word document. Then I ask a sighted reader >> to put it in poster form. Electronic posters are usually made up of a >> single PowerPoint slide with text boxes for each section of text and >> any graphs or tables. The slide can then be printed on a posterboard >> and rolled up. I give my reader a few example posters from colleagues >> so they can see how the poster should be set up. Depending on the >> complexity of the poster and the reader's experience with posters, it >> usually takes them 1-3 hours. I don't think the reader needs to be an >> expert in your field, but previous scientific presentation experience >> is a plus. This might be something you could ask a classmate to do for >> you in exchange for a favor or a small payment. You could also see if >> your professor teaches any higher-level classes in your field and if >> they could distribute a reader announcement for you. I used a lab >> assistant provided by DSS to prepare my freshman biology poster, so if >> your DSS provides this service, it could be another option. When I got >> to grad school I started using volunteer research assistants for this >> task. This was a win-win because I got free reader support and they >> learned how to make posters, which will serve them well if they go on >> to higher-level science. >> Best, Arielle >> >>> On 5/9/15, Bridget Walker via nabs-l wrote: >>> Hi Miso, >>> I make posters all of the time. >>> You have two options I can think of. The first is Glogster. Glogster >> is a >>> free online poster maker. From my experience it has not been >> accessible with >>> any screen readers. I highly recommend having sighted assistance. >>> The second option is Microsoft publisher. It's nice you can I put >> everything >>> in yourself. Honestly at the end of the day you will probably want >> someone >>> to look it over. >>> I hope this helps. >>> Bridget >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On May 9, 27 Heisei, at 3:40 PM, Miso Kwak via nabs-l >> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello students, >>>> I have a possible opportunity to participate in a research >> conference at >>>> the end of the quarter. The format of presentation is 36x48 inches >>>> poster. >>>> If anyone has some tips and advice on how to create and manage >> poster, so >>>> that I can submit my poster electronically, please help me out. >>>> Technology is not my strong suit but I am willing to learn. Also, if >>>> sighted assistance is the most efficient way to go, please give me >> some >>>> tips on that as well. >>>> Thank you in advance. >>>> >>>> Miso Kwak >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> nabs-l: >>>> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kwakmiso%40aol.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com >> > > > -- > Kaiti > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com From helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Thu May 14 02:02:47 2015 From: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com (helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 22:02:47 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Looking For a Book Message-ID: <58789DF5EDA94A64AA51EC3C31E0BBAB@Helga> Hi all! How are you all? I just wanted to tell you that I’m currently looking for a print book for a Business Writing Class. I’m not taking the class, but my dad is taking it though. He is looking for the print version of the book, but he isfinding the renting book for 55 dollars in Amazon and the new book for about 117 dollars or so. The name of the book is Business Comunication Today 12th edition. Bovie Courtland and John V. Prentice Hal and the ISBN is 9780132971294. Do some of you happen to have the print version of this book, and would it be possible for you to lend him the book in order for him to use it? I’m just wondering. He is actually taking this class on this 2015 Summer Semester! I will really appreciate it a lot if you can help me with this! He actually pays for his classes and his books! Feel free to to contact me off list regarding this matter since I don’t want to clutter the list! I look forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks so much for all your time and God bless! 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There are online calculators you can use to find out what the critical value is. One good, accessible site is at www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs Excel is also extremely helpful for doing calculations. Your class may require the other students to use a program called SPSS. This program is technically accessible with JAWS, but it isn't always reliable with JAWS and it is expensive to put on a personal computer. Microsoft Excel and GraphPad Quickcalcs can do almost everything that your classmates will have to use SPSS for, so I would advise using one of those programs instead. Best of luck and if you run into specific issues feel free to email me: arielle71 at gmail.com Best, Arielle On 5/13/15, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l wrote: > Hi, Amanda, > > I took a stats course geared towards social science majors and minors, > so that should cover sociology. The prof did a fair amount of > accommodating on his own. Everything that he could make accessible > like tables to calculate T and Z scores were done in Microsoft word or > excel tables. We had a rotating system where we would trade > flashdrives each class period so he could put the guided notes > documents and the graphs he made on the new drive and collect my > homework. That system worked pretty well. When he couldn't make a > graph or had a test that needed to be done the disability office came > in. They also brailled a majority of my homework and took care of > getting my textbook settled. The thing I appreciated most was that > the professor was open to working with them and me. He was very > available to explain things outside of class and allowed the testing > center to have his cell phone number in case I needed to clarify > something durring an exam. > > That's the jist of my stats accommodations. Good luck; though stats > is challenging it is a useful course to take. > > On 5/12/15, Minh Ha via nabs-l wrote: >> Amanda, >> >> I took a stats class for my sociology class last year. I worked with both >> the prof and the DS office to make it accessible. The ds office sent my >> textbook out to be brailled because I am really bad at doing math >> auditorily, and there are diagrams and graphs that are part of the course >> materials. I also had a note taker and a reader for the class. If you >> have >> any more specific questions, I can answer them. >> >> Minh >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 12, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Amanda via nabs-l >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> Have you taken a sociology statistics course In university? Was it >>> adapted >>> by the prof or the Osd? >>> >>> Amanda >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com >> > > > -- > Kaiti > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > From ALewis at nfb.org Thu May 14 14:01:58 2015 From: ALewis at nfb.org (Lewis, Anil) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 14:01:58 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] 6 Dot Dash Virtual Runner Information Message-ID: National Federation of the Blind 6 Dot Dash Virtual Runner Registration Information Research has demonstrated that blind people who know and use Braille have higher rates of employment, self-confidence, and general social integration. Yet, only ten percent of blind children are receiving instruction in Braille in public schools. Additionally, there are not enough programs to teach Braille to blind adults. We need to move quickly to reverse this trend and establish stronger literacy programs. Our 6 Dot Dash is one means of ensuring that we do not leave the blind behind. On June 7, 2015, the National Federation of the Blind will once again be holding its 6 Dot Dash: A 6K to Advance Braille Literacy! Although everyone will not be able to join us at our headquarters in Federal Hill to participate in our third annual 6 Dot Dash through the Inner Harbor in downtown Baltimore, anyone can still participate as a virtual runner to assist members and friends of the National Federation of the Blind by making a donation to ensure that blind students have access to the necessary services and supports to cross the literacy finish line. Just follow these simple steps to register as a 6 Dot Dash Virtual Runner or to become a member of a team. First, go to our Dot Dash webpage at www.nfb.org/dot-dash, and read the information about our event. Click the "Register Today!" link to begin the registration. Rather than completing the runner registration information, go directly to the "Enter donation" edit field, and enter the amount of your donation. Then click the "Order Now" link. On the next page you should enter your name, email, credit card and billing information so that we can process your donation. Then under the "Ticket 1 - Donations/Additional Donation" heading, input the name, phone, email, and mailing address of the virtual runner. If you are a member of a team, be sure to enter or select your team name in the drop down list box after supplying the information requested under the "Other Information" heading. Finally, you should check the "I agree to the above waiver" checkbox in order to authorize payment on the credit card. Then click the "Pay Now" to make your donation and register as a virtual runner to help blind students cross the literacy finish line. For decades, the National Federation of the Blind, the country's oldest and largest organization of the blind, has been the leading champion of Braille literacy. Offering a wealth of resources and knowledge, the NFB's Braille literacy programs are creating opportunities that otherwise would not exist. Every day the NFB raises the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Help support our efforts by registering as a virtual runner for our 6 Dot Dash, and make it possible for all blind people to live the lives they want. Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A. Executive Director National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, Maryland 21230 (410) 659-9314 ext. 2374 (Voice) (410) 659-5129 (FAX) Email: alewis at nfb.org Web: www.nfb.org Twitter: @AnilLife The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back. To make a donation to the National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund campaign, please visit www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture. From clearinghouse at miusa.org Thu May 14 17:19:29 2015 From: clearinghouse at miusa.org (NCDE Clearinghouse) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 10:19:29 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Still time: Join the #BlindAbroad campaign Message-ID: <004001d08e6a$2808fe60$781afb20$@miusa.org> Dear students! The National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE), a project sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by MIUSA, is excited to announce its #BlindAbroad campaign, aiming to increase awareness to the blind and low vision community on the benefits of studying, teaching, and/or volunteering abroad! At the same time, we aim to raise awareness to organizations and universities to support and promote the participation of the blind community in international educational exchange. Please click on the link below for ways you can join and promote the campaign (some stipend opportunities are included for US students). http://www.miusa.org/news/2015/blindabroad Some examples to participate are: 1) Sharing your story if you have studied, taught, or volunteered abroad. 2) Reach out to blind organizations to share your story. 3) Create a disability student group on your campus, and discuss student needs and interests, such as studying abroad! 4) Promote the campaign on social media, using #BlindAbroad and @MobilityINTL Also, here are ways to stay connected: 1) Follow us on facebook where we are posting a Story and Tipsheet of the Week for the campaign. Hear from students directly who have gone abroad and read tipsheets to l earn how to make it happen! https://www.facebook.com/mobility.international 2) Hear what others are saying about #BlindAbroad: http://twubs.com/BlindAbroad 3) Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MobilityINTL I look forward to hearing from you soon! Best, Monica Monica Malhotra Project Coordinator, National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange Mobility International USA (MIUSA) 132 E Broadway, Suite 343 Eugene, Oregon 97401 USA Skype: monica.miusa (541) 343-1284 ext 27 Email: mmalhotra at miusa.org Sign up for our monthly e-newsletters! http://www.miusa.org/newsletter/signup Empowering people with disabilities around the world to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development. From cape.amanda at gmail.com Thu May 14 20:21:14 2015 From: cape.amanda at gmail.com (cape.amanda at gmail.com) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 16:21:14 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Sociology stats class In-Reply-To: References: <76220646-2CFA-4079-A345-A040E48FE470@gmail.com> <6401849C-91D8-4A45-A824-13B9646CE931@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1409BC0A-D1A6-47BB-8DF7-DB7D6AC963F5@gmail.com> Hi Arielle, Thanks. I will definitely be in touch. I'm planning to take it in the fall. What are you doing these days? Amanda > On May 13, 2015, at 11:46 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi Amanda. I've taken a lot of stats and tutored it, so if you have > conceptual questions, feel free to contact me off list. Your > accommodations will depend on your particular learning preferences. I > have never gotten much benefit from graphs, so I never had them > transcribed, but instead just focused on learning the mathematical > formulas. Statistics is actually a pretty simple concept overall. You > apply a formula to a set of data and then see if the result you get is > higher or lower than a particular "critical value". There are online > calculators you can use to find out what the critical value is. One > good, accessible site is at > www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs > Excel is also extremely helpful for doing calculations. Your class may > require the other students to use a program called SPSS. This program > is technically accessible with JAWS, but it isn't always reliable with > JAWS and it is expensive to put on a personal computer. Microsoft > Excel and GraphPad Quickcalcs can do almost everything that your > classmates will have to use SPSS for, so I would advise using one of > those programs instead. Best of luck and if you run into specific > issues feel free to email me: arielle71 at gmail.com > Best, Arielle > >> On 5/13/15, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l wrote: >> Hi, Amanda, >> >> I took a stats course geared towards social science majors and minors, >> so that should cover sociology. The prof did a fair amount of >> accommodating on his own. Everything that he could make accessible >> like tables to calculate T and Z scores were done in Microsoft word or >> excel tables. We had a rotating system where we would trade >> flashdrives each class period so he could put the guided notes >> documents and the graphs he made on the new drive and collect my >> homework. That system worked pretty well. When he couldn't make a >> graph or had a test that needed to be done the disability office came >> in. They also brailled a majority of my homework and took care of >> getting my textbook settled. The thing I appreciated most was that >> the professor was open to working with them and me. He was very >> available to explain things outside of class and allowed the testing >> center to have his cell phone number in case I needed to clarify >> something durring an exam. >> >> That's the jist of my stats accommodations. Good luck; though stats >> is challenging it is a useful course to take. >> >>> On 5/12/15, Minh Ha via nabs-l wrote: >>> Amanda, >>> >>> I took a stats class for my sociology class last year. I worked with both >>> the prof and the DS office to make it accessible. The ds office sent my >>> textbook out to be brailled because I am really bad at doing math >>> auditorily, and there are diagrams and graphs that are part of the course >>> materials. I also had a note taker and a reader for the class. If you >>> have >>> any more specific questions, I can answer them. >>> >>> Minh >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On May 12, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Amanda via nabs-l >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> Have you taken a sociology statistics course In university? Was it >>>> adapted >>>> by the prof or the Osd? >>>> >>>> Amanda >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> nabs-l: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com >> >> >> -- >> Kaiti >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cape.amanda%40gmail.com From twilliams.jaguars at gmail.com Thu May 14 20:32:13 2015 From: twilliams.jaguars at gmail.com (Tamika Williams) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 15:32:13 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Question about SI Net Message-ID: Hi NABS, I am taking a Intro Computer Information Science course at the University of South Alabama this summer. It is a course that covers the use of Microsoft products. I am wondering if any of you had to use SI Net which is a McGraw Hill product. If so, was it accessible? Any feedback on this product will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Tamika Williams From codyjbair at yahoo.com Fri May 15 01:36:20 2015 From: codyjbair at yahoo.com (Cody Bair) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 19:36:20 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] Question about SI Net In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7769C515-C2C0-45E6-BC17-7EE58076F17B@yahoo.com> I used it for an intro computer course about 4 years ago and it was not accessible with Jaws. Sent from my iPhone > On May 14, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Tamika Williams via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi NABS, > > I am taking a Intro Computer Information Science course at the > University of South Alabama this summer. It is a course that covers > the use of Microsoft products. I am wondering if any of you had to use > SI Net which is a McGraw Hill product. If so, was it accessible? > > Any feedback on this product will be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > Tamika Williams > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/codyjbair%40yahoo.com From dandrews at visi.com Fri May 15 03:21:24 2015 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 22:21:24 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: Requesting Aid and Professional Advice Message-ID: This guy is looking for help. PLease write him directly, as he is not subscribed to this list. Dave >From: "Zach Mason" >To: "David Andrews" >Subject: Requesting Aid and Professional Advice >Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 16:32:28 -0400 >Thread-Index: AdCOhRf/OIt06V8RQBau/PSXU/Zbog== > >Hello Mr. Andrews, > >Could you forward the following request for aid to lists you feel it >would be appropriate? > >Thanks, > > > >Hello: > >I hope this request for aid finds you well. I am a summer policy >intern for the National Association of State Departments of >Agriculture (NASDA), a nonprofit that coordinates the regulatory >efforts of the 50 state departments of agriculture. Neither NASDA >nor I knew how to go about arranging for work-place accommodations. >A large portion of my responsibilities pertain to answering the >phone, transferring calls, sorting mail, printing, faxing, etc. > >The office has a phone system with an inaccessible screen for >transferring calls, as does the printer/fax/scanner. > >I need advice and resources, preferably from the area. > > >Sincerely, > >Zachary Mason > > >Zachary Mason >Assistant Shepherd and Young Stock Manager >Northwinds Farm >(603) 922-8377 Work >(603) 991-6747 Cell >zmason at northwindsfarm@gmail.com >Agriculture and Food, Science and Politics: Your Questions Answered >https://www.facebook.com/pages/Agriculture-and-Food-Science-and-Politics-Your-Questions-Answered/1444010015880568?ref=bookmarks > David Andrews and long white cane Harry. E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Fri May 15 13:39:47 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 09:39:47 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other cultures Message-ID: <5555f749.c277b60a.4ffb.3395@mx.google.com> Dear Students, I hope each of you had a wonderful semester. Independence is important in different cultures and can mean different things. In Trinidad where my parents are from blind people are sheltered and protected from certain things. How do people from other cultures on this list deal with independence and pursuing daily living skills? I have a friend who was on this list at one time. He just comppleted his independence training at World Services For The Blind. Before this his family had a hard time allowing him to go visit some other friends, but since receiving his independence they are ok with it now. From twilliams.jaguars at gmail.com Fri May 15 23:25:59 2015 From: twilliams.jaguars at gmail.com (Tamika Williams) Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 18:25:59 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Question about SI Net In-Reply-To: <7769C515-C2C0-45E6-BC17-7EE58076F17B@yahoo.com> References: <7769C515-C2C0-45E6-BC17-7EE58076F17B@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3BC082B9-505D-4E48-BF3F-FFFBE9F7B567@gmail.com> Thank you for that info Cody Sent from my iPhone > On May 14, 2015, at 8:36 PM, Cody Bair via nabs-l wrote: > > I used it for an intro computer course about 4 years ago and it was not accessible with Jaws. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 14, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Tamika Williams via nabs-l wrote: >> >> Hi NABS, >> >> I am taking a Intro Computer Information Science course at the >> University of South Alabama this summer. It is a course that covers >> the use of Microsoft products. I am wondering if any of you had to use >> SI Net which is a McGraw Hill product. If so, was it accessible? >> >> Any feedback on this product will be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you, >> Tamika Williams >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/codyjbair%40yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/twilliams.jaguars%40gmail.com From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Sat May 16 02:35:35 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 22:35:35 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other cultures In-Reply-To: <5555f749.c277b60a.4ffb.3395@mx.google.com> References: <5555f749.c277b60a.4ffb.3395@mx.google.com> Message-ID: My parents are both from the US, but I know a few things from around the world. My research on Jamaica tells me that similar to Trinidad people with disabilities are pretty sheltered. Jamaica is very religious so the belief is that families have the responsibility for taking care of sick or disabled relatives. I'll be going there in a few weeks so I'll have to see how they treat someone hoping to give help rather than take it. I also have it on good word that there is a place in Switzerland where there is a "Blind store" (Yes, they call it that) near the train station, and there is a specially marked tactile path that blind people can follow all the way from the train station to the front door of the blind store. Neat concept, but just a bit unnecessary. On 5/15/15, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote: > Dear Students, > > I hope each of you had a wonderful semester. Independence is > important in different cultures and can mean different things. > In Trinidad where my parents are from blind people are sheltered > and protected from certain things. How do people from other > cultures on this list deal with independence and pursuing daily > living skills? I have a friend who was on this list at one time. > He just comppleted his independence training at World Services > For The Blind. Before this his family had a hard time allowing > him to go visit some other friends, but since receiving his > independence they are ok with it now. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From kmaent1 at gmail.com Sat May 16 03:23:24 2015 From: kmaent1 at gmail.com (Karl Martin Adam) Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 23:23:24 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other cultures Message-ID: <5556b830.86256b0a.6e93.70b9@mx.google.com> Yes, Europe (or at least the German speaking parts I'm familiar with) has much that same attitude towards blind people. The idea is that blind people and people with disabilities more generally need to be taken care of by the state. There are very comprehensive services for blind people including government orientation and mobility orientations whenever someone moves and government provided sheltered workshop jobs in places like call centers. Blind people aren't really expected to be around in the community though. For instance, I've been told that the stares I get walking down the street as a blind person are much more significant than they are here. The tactile paths are not just to the blind store in Switzerland or to other blind stores but are in most public places. For instance there are tactile lines on the floor to follow at all airports and train stations even in impoverished parts of the EU like Greece. Blind people also have free public transportation and can bring a cited person with them for free since they are not expected to travel independently. In some situations, governments and random people get very pushy about this. For instance, my dad got yelled at in Heathrow because I and another blind person we were traveling with were at the top of an escalator while he was still at the bottom and a random airport employee took it upon himself to yell at my dad for "letting his blind people get away." I also know that in England they are very keen on modifying the environment to meet the bureaucracy's conception of what is safe for blind people. For instance, there are government inspectors that come to investigate schools where a blind child attends and make them get rid of such things as sharp corners and steps that they think are too dangerous for blind children to be around. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l wrote: Dear Students, I hope each of you had a wonderful semester. Independence is important in different cultures and can mean different things. In Trinidad where my parents are from blind people are sheltered and protected from certain things. How do people from other cultures on this list deal with independence and pursuing daily living skills? I have a friend who was on this list at one time. He just comppleted his independence training at World Services For The Blind. Before this his family had a hard time allowing him to go visit some other friends, but since receiving his independence they are ok with it now. _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarine t104%40gmail.com -- Kaiti _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kmaent1%40gma il.com From sweetpeareader at gmail.com Sat May 16 03:52:38 2015 From: sweetpeareader at gmail.com (Sophie Trist) Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 22:52:38 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other cultures In-Reply-To: <5556b830.86256b0a.6e93.70b9@mx.google.com> References: <5556b830.86256b0a.6e93.70b9@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Just out of curiosity, what items are sold in these "blind stores?" Sophie Trist Sent from my iPhone > On May 15, 2015, at 10:23 PM, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l wrote: > > Yes, Europe (or at least the German speaking parts I'm familiar with) has much that same attitude towards blind people. The idea is that blind people and people with disabilities more generally need to be taken care of by the state. There are very comprehensive services for blind people including government orientation and mobility orientations whenever someone moves and government provided sheltered workshop jobs in places like call centers. Blind people aren't really expected to be around in the community though. For instance, I've been told that the stares I get walking down the street as a blind person are much more significant than they are here. The tactile paths are not just to the blind store in Switzerland or to other blind stores but are in most public places. For instance there are tactile lines on the floor to follow at all airports and train stations even in impoverished parts of the EU like Greece. Blind people also have free public transportation and can bring a cited person with them for free since they are not expected to travel independently. In some situations, governments and random people get very pushy about this. For instance, my dad got yelled at in Heathrow because I and another blind person we were traveling with were at the top of an escalator while he was still at the bottom and a random airport employee took it upon himself to yell at my dad for "letting his blind people get away." I also know that in England they are very keen on modifying the environment to meet the bureaucracy's conception of what is safe for blind people. For instance, there are government inspectors that come to investigate schools where a blind child attends and make them get rid of such things as sharp corners and steps that they think are too dangerous for blind children to be around. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Date sent: Fri, 15 May 2015 22:35:35 -0400 > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other cultures > > My parents are both from the US, but I know a few things from around > the world. My research on Jamaica tells me that similar to Trinidad > people with disabilities are pretty sheltered. Jamaica is very > religious so the belief is that families have the responsibility for > taking care of sick or disabled relatives. I'll be going there in a > few weeks so I'll have to see how they treat someone hoping to give > help rather than take it. > > I also have it on good word that there is a place in Switzerland where > there is a "Blind store" (Yes, they call it that) near the train > station, and there is a specially marked tactile path that blind > people can follow all the way from the train station to the front door > of the blind store. Neat concept, but just a bit unnecessary. > > On 5/15/15, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote: > Dear Students, > > I hope each of you had a wonderful semester. Independence is > important in different cultures and can mean different things. > In Trinidad where my parents are from blind people are sheltered > and protected from certain things. How do people from other > cultures on this list deal with independence and pursuing daily > living skills? I have a friend who was on this list at one time. > He just comppleted his independence training at World Services > For The Blind. Before this his family had a hard time allowing > him to go visit some other friends, but since receiving his > independence they are ok with it now. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarine > t104%40gmail.com > > > > -- > Kaiti > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kmaent1%40gma > il.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareader%40gmail.com From kmaent1 at gmail.com Sat May 16 09:44:53 2015 From: kmaent1 at gmail.com (Karl Martin Adam) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 05:44:53 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other cultures Message-ID: <5557119c.15286b0a.36cb.ffff8168@mx.google.com> The sorts of things people would buy from the NFB store or Independent Living Aids or Maxy Aids. Gadgets to make things accessible, graph paper, accessible games, canes, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sophie Trist via nabs-l wrote: Yes, Europe (or at least the German speaking parts I'm familiar with) has much that same attitude towards blind people. The idea is that blind people and people with disabilities more generally need to be taken care of by the state. There are very comprehensive services for blind people including government orientation and mobility orientations whenever someone moves and government provided sheltered workshop jobs in places like call centers. Blind people aren't really expected to be around in the community though. For instance, I've been told that the stares I get walking down the street as a blind person are much more significant than they are here. The tactile paths are not just to the blind store in Switzerland or to other blind stores but are in most public places. For instance there are tactile lines on the floor to follow at all airports and train stations even in impoverished parts of the EU like Greece. Blind people also have free public transportation and can bring a cited person with them for free since they are not expected to travel independently. In some situations, governments and random people get very pushy about this. For instance, my dad got yelled at in Heathrow because I and another blind person we were traveling with were at the top of an escalator while he was still at the bottom and a random airport employee took it upon himself to yell at my dad for "letting his blind people get away." I also know that in England they are very keen on modifying the environment to meet the bureaucracy's conception of what is safe for blind people. For instance, there are government inspectors that come to investigate schools where a blind child attends and make them get rid of such things as sharp corners and steps that they think are too dangerous for blind children to be around. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l wrote: Dear Students, I hope each of you had a wonderful semester. Independence is important in different cultures and can mean different things. In Trinidad where my parents are from blind people are sheltered and protected from certain things. How do people from other cultures on this list deal with independence and pursuing daily living skills? I have a friend who was on this list at one time. He just comppleted his independence training at World Services For The Blind. Before this his family had a hard time allowing him to go visit some other friends, but since receiving his independence they are ok with it now. _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarine t104%40gmail.com -- Kaiti _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kmaent1%40gma il.com _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade r%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kmaent1%40gma il.com From mkvnfb94 at gmail.com Sat May 16 15:30:57 2015 From: mkvnfb94 at gmail.com (Mariya Vasileva) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 11:30:57 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Assistance. Message-ID: <3B21AAFB-3E3E-4D8A-AC69-4CD050E9CA4B@gmail.com> Hi, I have a question, are there any other alternative techniques to removing facial hair bessides a raiser and/or shaving cream? From kmaent1 at gmail.com Sat May 16 16:13:51 2015 From: kmaent1 at gmail.com (Karl Martin Adam) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 12:13:51 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Assistance. Message-ID: <55576cc7.cc976b0a.4d21.ffff97c7@mx.google.com> Well that's not an or, the shaving cream doesn't do anything without the razor. You could also use an electric shaver like I do or you could have the hair waxed off. If you want to remove the hair permanently I think there is a lasic procedure fore that. p ----- Original Message ----- From: Mariya Vasileva via nabs-l References: <55576cc7.cc976b0a.4d21.ffff97c7@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <40C5C58A-60A1-4C92-8C72-7C59354B741C@gmail.com> Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2015, at 12:13, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l wrote: > > Well that's not an or, the shaving cream doesn't do anything without the razor. You could also use an electric shaver like I do or you could have the hair waxed off. If you want to remove the hair permanently I think there is a lasic procedure fore that. p > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mariya Vasileva via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Date sent: Sat, 16 May 2015 11:30:57 -0400 > Subject: [nabs-l] Assistance. > > Hi, I have a question, are there any other alternative techniques to removing facial hair bessides a raiser and/or shaving cream? > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kmaent1%40gma > il.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mkvnfb94%40gmail.com Thanks for the advice. From carlymih at comcast.net Sat May 16 18:03:30 2015 From: carlymih at comcast.net (Carly Mihalakis) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 11:03:30 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Assistance. In-Reply-To: <3B21AAFB-3E3E-4D8A-AC69-4CD050E9CA4B@gmail.com> References: <3B21AAFB-3E3E-4D8A-AC69-4CD050E9CA4B@gmail.com> Message-ID: Good morning, If you can find it at some salans, Indian threading is a technique which I use to maintain thin eyebrows. Threading onoly needs to be maintained about once a month. CarAt 08:30 AM 5/16/2015, Mariya Vasileva via nabs-l wrote: >Hi, I have a question, are there any other alternative techniques to >removing facial hair bessides a raiser and/or shaving cream? >_______________________________________________ >nabs-l mailing list >nabs-l at nfbnet.org >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/carlymih%40comcast.net From gloria.graves at gmail.com Sat May 16 18:20:46 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria G) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 13:20:46 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Downloading books from Learning Ally Message-ID: <4087ED78897E485C8BEEEE05BD7D3319@Gloria> Hi all, Can anyone give me directions as to how to download books from Learning Ally on my book shelf? Thanks in advance! Gloria From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Sat May 16 18:50:21 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 14:50:21 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other cultures In-Reply-To: <5557119c.15286b0a.36cb.ffff8168@mx.google.com> References: <5557119c.15286b0a.36cb.ffff8168@mx.google.com> Message-ID: They'd certainly have a fit if they knew one of our "blind stores" is called the Independence Market. Lol. It's interesting that you bring up Trinidad, Roana, because in my research about Jamaica I've also come across some more general things about the caribbean islands and how blind people are treated. If your parents are familiar with extempo, part of calipso music that involves improvising lyrics in a battle with another singer in a "yo mama" style (for lack of a better comparison to the US culture), ask them if they've heard of Lingo. Lingo is a very popular extempo singer who is very good at improvising lyrics. He's won national extempo competitions consistently over the past few years and is completely blind. He often throws his blindness into his songs in good humor after his opponents use it to try to get a leg up on his competition. Here's a youtube link between Lingo and another singer called Black Sage (he's the second one to take a verse). I find this kind of music really fascinating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks1AcxZ8C9A On 5/16/15, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l wrote: > The sorts of things people would buy from the NFB store or > Independent Living Aids or Maxy Aids. Gadgets to make things > accessible, graph paper, accessible games, canes, etc. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sophie Trist via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Date sent: Fri, 15 May 2015 22:52:38 -0500 > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other cultures > > Just out of curiosity, what items are sold in these "blind > stores?" > > Sophie Trist > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 15, 2015, at 10:23 PM, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l > wrote: > > Yes, Europe (or at least the German speaking parts I'm familiar > with) has much that same attitude towards blind people. The idea > is that blind people and people with disabilities more generally > need to be taken care of by the state. There are very > comprehensive services for blind people including government > orientation and mobility orientations whenever someone moves and > government provided sheltered workshop jobs in places like call > centers. Blind people aren't really expected to be around in the > community though. For instance, I've been told that the stares I > get walking down the street as a blind person are much more > significant than they are here. The tactile paths are not just > to the blind store in Switzerland or to other blind stores but > are in most public places. For instance there are tactile lines > on the floor to follow at all airports and train stations even in > impoverished parts of the EU like Greece. Blind people also have > free public transportation and can bring a cited person with them > for free since they are not expected to travel independently. In > some situations, governments and random people get very pushy > about this. For instance, my dad got yelled at in Heathrow > because I and another blind person we were traveling with were at > the top of an escalator while he was still at the bottom and a > random airport employee took it upon himself to yell at my dad > for "letting his blind people get away." I also know that in > England they are very keen on modifying the environment to meet > the bureaucracy's conception of what is safe for blind people. > For instance, there are government inspectors that come to > investigate schools where a blind child attends and make them get > rid of such things as sharp corners and steps that they think are > too dangerous for blind children to be around. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Date sent: Fri, 15 May 2015 22:35:35 -0400 > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other > cultures > > My parents are both from the US, but I know a few things from > around > the world. My research on Jamaica tells me that similar to > Trinidad > people with disabilities are pretty sheltered. Jamaica is very > religious so the belief is that families have the responsibility > for > taking care of sick or disabled relatives. I'll be going there > in a > few weeks so I'll have to see how they treat someone hoping to > give > help rather than take it. > > I also have it on good word that there is a place in Switzerland > where > there is a "Blind store" (Yes, they call it that) near the train > station, and there is a specially marked tactile path that blind > people can follow all the way from the train station to the > front door > of the blind store. Neat concept, but just a bit unnecessary. > > On 5/15/15, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote: > Dear Students, > > I hope each of you had a wonderful semester. Independence is > important in different cultures and can mean different things. > In Trinidad where my parents are from blind people are sheltered > and protected from certain things. How do people from other > cultures on this list deal with independence and pursuing daily > living skills? I have a friend who was on this list at one time. > He just comppleted his independence training at World Services > For The Blind. Before this his family had a hard time allowing > him to go visit some other friends, but since receiving his > independence they are ok with it now. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account > info for > nabs-l: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarine > t104%40gmail.com > > > > -- > Kaiti > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account > info for nabs-l: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kmaent1%40gma > il.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account > info for nabs-l: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade > r%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info > for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kmaent1%40gma > il.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Sat May 16 18:56:11 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 14:56:11 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Assistance. In-Reply-To: <555786ac.4938370a.7bfb.55e2SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> References: <3B21AAFB-3E3E-4D8A-AC69-4CD050E9CA4B@gmail.com> <555786ac.4938370a.7bfb.55e2SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> Message-ID: If you just have stray hairs you can pluck them out with tweazers. I get one under my chin every once in a while but it doesn't hurt at all to pluck it. On 5/16/15, Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l wrote: > Good morning, > > If you can find it at some salans, Indian threading is a > technique which I use to maintain thin eyebrows. Threading onoly > needs to be maintained about once a month. > CarAt 08:30 AM 5/16/2015, Mariya Vasileva via nabs-l wrote: >>Hi, I have a question, are there any other alternative techniques to >>removing facial hair bessides a raiser and/or shaving cream? >>_______________________________________________ >>nabs-l mailing list >>nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/carlymih%40comcast.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Sat May 16 19:22:27 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 15:22:27 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Downloading books from Learning Ally Message-ID: <5557991b.aa66ca0a.2d7e.ffffd680@mx.google.com> Hi Gloria I have downloaded several books from Learning Ally using the Learning Ally audio app on my IPad. To download a book log in using your username and password. Click the link that says add to bookshelf for the appropriate book title. Go to the app on your apple divice if you have it. It is free in the appstore if you wish to download it. There will be a link in the app that says update bookshelf. The bookshelf will be updated successfull at this point. Cleack the link that says download and the book will be automatically downloaded to your bookshelf. Let me know if these inructions are helpful. From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Sat May 16 19:22:29 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 15:22:29 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Dealing with Independence in other cultures Message-ID: <5557991d.aa66ca0a.2d7e.ffffd682@mx.google.com> Yes they've hear of that term before. One time when my grandmother on my mom's side of the family was staying with me she told me that If I were still living in Trinidad I would be making baskets. All of the blind people who live in Trinidad are taught to make baskets. Some of them also take classes from the school for the blind in various blindness skills such as braille and cane travel. From sarah.meyer55 at gmail.com Sat May 16 20:08:39 2015 From: sarah.meyer55 at gmail.com (Sarah Meyer) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 16:08:39 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] stats made accessible Message-ID: Hello James, Arielle, and Kaiti, Thank you so much for sharing your experiences of taking stats classes and for sharing the resources that made those classes accessible to you. This is very encouraging to me, as I will be taking a stats class for social sciences in the next couple of years as a part of my dual Master's program in Counseling Psychology and Social Psychology. I avoided taking stats in undergrad because I didn't think I would have the skills, tools, or accomodations to be successful; in fact, this is part of why I opted to pursue only a psychology minor rather than the full major, because of accessibility concerns. Now that I am in training and my confidence and skill levels have grown, I feel more prepared, but am still a bit nervous about the daunting task of taking on what seems to be a more visual set of course contents. So, thank you for sharing your experiences and what worked for you! I truly appreciate it! Best, Sarah Meyer From gloria.graves at gmail.com Sat May 16 20:32:12 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 15:32:12 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Downloading books from Learning Ally In-Reply-To: <5557991b.aa66ca0a.2d7e.ffffd680@mx.google.com> References: <5557991b.aa66ca0a.2d7e.ffffd680@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <1C895828-A0C2-42CC-B0D8-35C560F253C2@gmail.com> Hi, This is good information to know. I have an iPhone 6 Plus with 64 gigs of memory so I will put it on my iPhone. Do I need anything else besides this learning Ally application? Thanks Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi Gloria I have downloaded several books from Learning Ally using the Learning Ally audio app on my IPad. To download a book log in using your username and password. Click the link that says add to bookshelf for the appropriate book title. Go to the app on your apple divice if you have it. It is free in the appstore if you wish to download it. There will be a link in the app that says update bookshelf. The bookshelf will be updated successfull at this point. Cleack the link that says download and the book will be automatically downloaded to your bookshelf. Let me know if these inructions are helpful. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com From gloria.graves at gmail.com Sat May 16 20:34:16 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 15:34:16 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Downloading books from Learning Ally In-Reply-To: <5557991b.aa66ca0a.2d7e.ffffd680@mx.google.com> References: <5557991b.aa66ca0a.2d7e.ffffd680@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Hi, There is the learning ally audio app and an application that just says learning Ally. What is the difference? I am downloading the learning ally audio app now Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi Gloria I have downloaded several books from Learning Ally using the Learning Ally audio app on my IPad. To download a book log in using your username and password. Click the link that says add to bookshelf for the appropriate book title. Go to the app on your apple divice if you have it. It is free in the appstore if you wish to download it. There will be a link in the app that says update bookshelf. The bookshelf will be updated successfull at this point. Cleack the link that says download and the book will be automatically downloaded to your bookshelf. Let me know if these inructions are helpful. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Sat May 16 20:38:42 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 16:38:42 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Downloading books from Learning Ally Message-ID: <5557aafa.56c4ca0a.7803.ffffe206@mx.google.com> No that's all you need. From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Sat May 16 20:38:44 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 16:38:44 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Downloading books from Learning Ally Message-ID: <5557aafc.56c4ca0a.7803.ffffe209@mx.google.com> The Learning Ally audio app is for all apple and android divices. This is what I use to download books on my IPad from Learning Ally. From gloria.graves at gmail.com Sat May 16 20:45:37 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 15:45:37 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Downloading books from Learning Ally In-Reply-To: <5557aafc.56c4ca0a.7803.ffffe209@mx.google.com> References: <5557aafc.56c4ca0a.7803.ffffe209@mx.google.com> Message-ID: I downloaded the app successfully and log in. I forgot my password so I had to get another one generated but cannot find where to change my password in the application. Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote: > > The Learning Ally audio app is for all apple and android divices. This is what I use to download books on my IPad from Learning Ally. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com From desai1shikha at gmail.com Sat May 16 23:05:51 2015 From: desai1shikha at gmail.com (Shikha) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 19:05:51 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Room mate at national convention Message-ID: <8F48DB5C-502C-42A0-9FAA-63B9A49FEC0C@gmail.com> Hey I am looking for one more girl to room with me at national convention. I have booked a room at the Rosen Center from July 4th to July 11th. My cell phone number is 678-641-9906 Thanks Shikha. From twilliams.jaguars at gmail.com Sun May 17 01:02:52 2015 From: twilliams.jaguars at gmail.com (Tamika Williams) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 20:02:52 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Room mate at national convention In-Reply-To: <8F48DB5C-502C-42A0-9FAA-63B9A49FEC0C@gmail.com> References: <8F48DB5C-502C-42A0-9FAA-63B9A49FEC0C@gmail.com> Message-ID: How many people are already in your room? I have a friend who is looking for a roommate also. Tamika Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2015, at 6:05 PM, Shikha via nabs-l wrote: > > > > Hey > I am looking for one more girl to room with me at national convention. > I have booked a room at the Rosen Center from July 4th to July 11th. > My cell phone number is 678-641-9906 > > Thanks > Shikha. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/twilliams.jaguars%40gmail.com From lily2011a at gmail.com Sun May 17 05:29:40 2015 From: lily2011a at gmail.com (Liliya Asadullina) Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 23:29:40 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] Room mate at national convention In-Reply-To: References: <8F48DB5C-502C-42A0-9FAA-63B9A49FEC0C@gmail.com> Message-ID: I have a friend from Virginia looking for a roommate. I will have her give you a call. Thanks, Lily On 5/16/15, Tamika Williams via nabs-l wrote: > How many people are already in your room? I have a friend who is looking for > a roommate also. > > Tamika > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 16, 2015, at 6:05 PM, Shikha via nabs-l wrote: >> >> >> >> Hey >> I am looking for one more girl to room with me at national convention. >> I have booked a room at the Rosen Center from July 4th to July 11th. >> My cell phone number is 678-641-9906 >> >> Thanks >> Shikha. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/twilliams.jaguars%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/lily2011a%40gmail.com > From amykhatten at hotmail.com Sun May 17 23:36:37 2015 From: amykhatten at hotmail.com (Amy Hatten) Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 18:36:37 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Room mate at national convention In-Reply-To: <8F48DB5C-502C-42A0-9FAA-63B9A49FEC0C@gmail.com> References: <8F48DB5C-502C-42A0-9FAA-63B9A49FEC0C@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hey How many people are staying in the room? I may be very interested. Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2015, at 6:06 PM, "Shikha via nabs-l" wrote: > > > > Hey > I am looking for one more girl to room with me at national convention. > I have booked a room at the Rosen Center from July 4th to July 11th. > My cell phone number is 678-641-9906 > > Thanks > Shikha. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/amykhatten%40hotmail.com From kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com Mon May 18 02:43:13 2015 From: kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com (Kathryn Webster) Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 21:43:13 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Room mate at national convention In-Reply-To: References: <8F48DB5C-502C-42A0-9FAA-63B9A49FEC0C@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hey amy, I know three girls who need a fourth. Let me know if you are interested. Sent from my iPhone > On May 17, 2015, at 6:36 PM, Amy Hatten via nabs-l wrote: > > Hey > How many people are staying in the room? I may be very interested. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 16, 2015, at 6:06 PM, "Shikha via nabs-l" wrote: >> >> >> >> Hey >> I am looking for one more girl to room with me at national convention. >> I have booked a room at the Rosen Center from July 4th to July 11th. >> My cell phone number is 678-641-9906 >> >> Thanks >> Shikha. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/amykhatten%40hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kathrynwebster.nfb%40gmail.com From kwitucki at learningally.org Mon May 18 14:01:16 2015 From: kwitucki at learningally.org (Kristen Witucki) Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 10:01:16 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] learning Ally and Their Decision to Cut CDs Message-ID: Ashley, thank you for expressing your concerns about Learning Ally's decision to phase out our CDs. We have considered this process very carefully. Most schools, TVI's and individuals who are blind or visually impaired are now using the download process and find it to be very user-friendly. Over the past two years, Learning Ally has worked hard to improve our download process and to increase our choice of listening options. The older download manager was not a very accessible option for blind people, so we worked hard to ensure that you can now set your account to download the DAISY zip files, bipassing the download manager altogether. The books are now compatible with our iPhone app and our Android app. But they are also compatible with a wide variety of Daisy compatible playback devices for people who are blind or visually impaired, including the NLS player, which is free to any NLS consumer. The bookshelf functions on these players will help you to identify each book, even if you have several books on a thumb drive. I've used Learning Ally books as a student and as a professional. I find the app to be very intuitive, but I also love being able to listen to books on the Stream or the BrailleNote. If you would like a tutorial, Mary, the BVI specialist in Member Success, would be happy to call you to walk through the downloading process and to make sure it goes smoothly for you. Please email me off the list at kwitucki at learningally.org, and I'll connect you to her quickly. Or you can call Member Success at 800-221-4792 and ask to speak to Mary McLaughlin. If she is on another call, she'll call you back as soon as possible. Sincerely, Kristen Witucki, Community Coordinator for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired, College Success Program Kristen Witucki Community Coordinator for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired Learning Ally: Together it's possible. 20 Roszel Rd Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 243-7054 KWitucki at learningally.org http://www.learningally.org From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Mon May 18 17:02:31 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 13:02:31 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Braille Tutoring Message-ID: Hi all, I have an opportunity to tutor an adorable 7 year old in my area in braille over the summer. Her mom and I are supposed to talk on the phone to work out the details this afternoon, but one thing she wants to know is what I would charge. Would $10 for an hour-long session be reasonable? I'm hoping others who have done braille tutoring will be able to weigh in. Thanks, -- Kaiti From louvins at gmail.com Mon May 18 17:22:52 2015 From: louvins at gmail.com (Joshua Hendrickson) Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 12:22:52 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Braille Tutoring In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Kaiti. I've never tutored anyone in braille, but I'd think $10 per hour is very reasonable. I know if I gave someone a guitar lesson, I'd charge $10 per hour. That is very cool that you have the Opportunity to give someone braille lessons. If you're looking for any low cost childrens books in braille that might be interesting to someone ho is seven, I'd highly recommend seedlings braille books for children. They have braille titles for children of all aes. Good luck, and best wishes. On 5/18/15, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an opportunity to tutor an adorable 7 year old in my area in > braille over the summer. Her mom and I are supposed to talk on the > phone to work out the details this afternoon, but one thing she wants > to know is what I would charge. Would $10 for an hour-long session be > reasonable? I'm hoping others who have done braille tutoring will be > able to weigh in. > > Thanks, > > -- > Kaiti > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gmail.com > From helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Mon May 18 19:22:30 2015 From: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com (Helga Schreiber) Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 15:22:30 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Volunteers of the United States American Red Cross Message-ID: Hi guys! How are you all? As the subject line says, I just wanted to ask you, how many of you here are volunteers of the United States American Red Cross? I'm just wondering. I would like to ask you some questions. As you all know I live in Florida. If you are a volunteer, I will really appreciate it a lot if you can contact me off list since i don't want to clutter te list. I look forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks so much for all your time and have a nice day. God bless! Helga Schreiber Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter. Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind Students. Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. Phone: (561) 706-5950 Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Skype: helga.schreiber26 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx INT Website: http://int4life.com/ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 Sent from my iPhone From christel.chrissu at gmail.com Mon May 18 19:34:10 2015 From: christel.chrissu at gmail.com (Christel Sogenbits) Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 22:34:10 +0300 Subject: [nabs-l] Volunteers of the United States American Red Cross In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <555a3eb4.e323700a.26a6.ffff9c18@mx.google.com> Hi! Im not from United States but im really interested of the subject so please keep it here if possible. Thank you very much! Parimate soovidega / With best wishes Christel Sogenbits GSM: +372 58 440 521 E-mail: christelsogenbits at gmail.com Skype: christel.chrissu -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Helga Schreiber via nabs-l Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 10:22 PM To: National Association of Blind Students Cc: Helga Schreiber; Florida Association of Blind Students Subject: [nabs-l] Volunteers of the United States American Red Cross Hi guys! How are you all? As the subject line says, I just wanted to ask you, how many of you here are volunteers of the United States American Red Cross? I'm just wondering. I would like to ask you some questions. As you all know I live in Florida. If you are a volunteer, I will really appreciate it a lot if you can contact me off list since i don't want to clutter te list. I look forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks so much for all your time and have a nice day. God bless! Helga Schreiber Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter. Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind Students. Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. Phone: (561) 706-5950 Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Skype: helga.schreiber26 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx INT Website: http://int4life.com/ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/christel.chrissu%40gmail .com From mikgephart at icloud.com Tue May 19 12:27:13 2015 From: mikgephart at icloud.com (Mikayla Gephart) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:27:13 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Writing Checks Message-ID: <1E5A3FF5-2086-4318-A358-FE3B8AE88FF3@icloud.com> Hi, I am taking a financial literacy class. How do you guys write checks and balance a checkbook. Best, Mikayla From cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com Tue May 19 15:28:49 2015 From: cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com (Chris Nusbaum) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 11:28:49 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files Message-ID: Hey Fellow NABSters, Here I am again with another question regarding my transition from a full-fledged notetaker to a stand-alone Braille display. Since the display I chose (the Braille Edge from HIMS) has some basic notetaking capabilities, I have opted to read BRF content such as Bookshare books using the Notepad application. When downloading a Bookshare book recently, I found that I could no longer extract content from a ZIP file as I had done previously with my BrailleNote. The BrailleNote has a built-in ZIP file extractor, which the Edge does not have. Barring this, how do those of you who don't use a BrailleNote unzip these files on a PC? I know there is a built-in extractor in Windows, but from the best I can tell it is pretty complicated and I haven't been very successful with it. Is there a more accessible way to do this? If not, how are you able to extract files in the Windows Explorer extractor? I'm using JAWS on a PC running Windows 7. Thanks in advance for any tips. Chris Nusbaum From cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com Tue May 19 15:32:26 2015 From: cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com (Chris Nusbaum) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 11:32:26 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Twitter list In-Reply-To: <5DA70914-CDEF-45A8-95F9-A4B382958FC0@alumni.ecu.edu> References: <5DA70914-CDEF-45A8-95F9-A4B382958FC0@alumni.ecu.edu> Message-ID: Justin, That could be useful, particularly for our social media team. It may also be helpful to post the Twitter handles of state divisions which have them on the NABS Web site as part of the contact info listed for them. For example, the listing on the NABS Web site for Maryland could have the President's phone number, email address, the link to the division's listserv, and the link to our Twitter profile. This would enable those looking for their state's student division on social media to easily find that information in one listing. Could you describe a bit more about how you envision this working? Are you proposing that NABS create a Twitter list which contains state student division accounts? This would allow the Communications Committee to easily find tweets from state divisions which they may want to retweet or otherwise promote. However, from my understanding the only people who would have access to this list are those who have the password to the NABS Twitter account. Is this what you are thinking of? If not, in what format would you write the list? Thanks for the great idea. Chris Nusbaum > On May 5, 2015, at 8:26 AM, Justin Salisbury via nabs-l wrote: > > Hey everybody, > > Does anyone think it would be useful if we created a list on the NABS link Twitter account of all the state student division Twitter accounts? > > The @NFB_voice Account does something similar, and I find that useful. > > Yours, > > Justin > > Sent from the iPhone of > > Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix > Graduate Student > Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness > Louisiana Tech University > Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu > Twitter: @SalisburyJustin > > > First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— > Because I was not a Socialist. > > Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— > Because I was not a Trade Unionist. > > Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— > Because I was not a Jew. > > Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. > > Martin Niemöller > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cnusbaumnfb%40gmail.com From louvins at gmail.com Tue May 19 15:32:58 2015 From: louvins at gmail.com (Joshua Hendrickson) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 10:32:58 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Chris. Download and install 7zip. This progra is very easy to use and works very well. I'll send you a dropbox link for the program. The link to download 7zip is https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3614191/7zip.zip Hope the program works for you. Good luck. On 5/19/15, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l wrote: > Hey Fellow NABSters, > > Here I am again with another question regarding my transition from a > full-fledged notetaker to a stand-alone Braille display. Since the display I > chose (the Braille Edge from HIMS) has some basic notetaking capabilities, I > have opted to read BRF content such as Bookshare books using the Notepad > application. > > When downloading a Bookshare book recently, I found that I could no longer > extract content from a ZIP file as I had done previously with my > BrailleNote. The BrailleNote has a built-in ZIP file extractor, which the > Edge does not have. Barring this, how do those of you who don't use a > BrailleNote unzip these files on a PC? I know there is a built-in extractor > in Windows, but from the best I can tell it is pretty complicated and I > haven't been very successful with it. Is there a more accessible way to do > this? If not, how are you able to extract files in the Windows Explorer > extractor? I'm using JAWS on a PC running Windows 7. Thanks in advance for > any tips. > > Chris Nusbaum > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gmail.com > From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue May 19 15:51:49 2015 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:51:49 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Twitter list In-Reply-To: References: <5DA70914-CDEF-45A8-95F9-A4B382958FC0@alumni.ecu.edu> Message-ID: <40AE668D-C746-412F-BC51-CBB344868DE0@gmail.com> Chris, my my understanding of a twitter list is that once created on twitter, anyone can see the list if you click on the account and click on the “list” button on the page showing that accounts number of follows and followers. If you can get a hold of all of the accounts associated with the student division this can be a good networking tool. Maybe a good idea to approach the communications committee with? Darian > On May 19, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l wrote: > > Justin, > > That could be useful, particularly for our social media team. It may also be helpful to post the Twitter handles of state divisions which have them on the NABS Web site as part of the contact info listed for them. For example, the listing on the NABS Web site for Maryland could have the President's phone number, email address, the link to the division's listserv, and the link to our Twitter profile. This would enable those looking for their state's student division on social media to easily find that information in one listing. > > Could you describe a bit more about how you envision this working? Are you proposing that NABS create a Twitter list which contains state student division accounts? This would allow the Communications Committee to easily find tweets from state divisions which they may want to retweet or otherwise promote. However, from my understanding the only people who would have access to this list are those who have the password to the NABS Twitter account. Is this what you are thinking of? If not, in what format would you write the list? Thanks for the great idea. > > Chris Nusbaum > >> On May 5, 2015, at 8:26 AM, Justin Salisbury via nabs-l > wrote: >> >> Hey everybody, >> >> Does anyone think it would be useful if we created a list on the NABS link Twitter account of all the state student division Twitter accounts? >> >> The @NFB_voice Account does something similar, and I find that useful. >> >> Yours, >> >> Justin >> >> Sent from the iPhone of >> >> Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix >> Graduate Student >> Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness >> Louisiana Tech University >> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu >> Twitter: @SalisburyJustin >> >> >> First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— >> Because I was not a Socialist. >> >> Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— >> Because I was not a Trade Unionist. >> >> Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— >> Because I was not a Jew. >> >> Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. >> >> Martin Niemöller >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cnusbaumnfb%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com From herekittykat97 at gmail.com Tue May 19 16:25:24 2015 From: herekittykat97 at gmail.com (Jewel S.) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 12:25:24 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Writing Checks In-Reply-To: <1E5A3FF5-2086-4318-A358-FE3B8AE88FF3@icloud.com> References: <1E5A3FF5-2086-4318-A358-FE3B8AE88FF3@icloud.com> Message-ID: Here's what I did when I used checks more often: 1. Go to your bank and ask for the checks with the tactile lines intended for people with vision loss. These, as stated, have tactile lines that can help you write the check if you know the layout of a check. (Another option is to get a check guide, similar to a signature guide except it is for checks. Again, you need to know what goes where on the check.) 2. Make an Excel spreadsheet that looks like a page from a check balancing book. Give it the same categories. Use formulas (such as =(D2+D3) to get the math done instead of doing the math yourself. Your checks will be balanced much better than anyone else's if you do this! 3. Get your monthly statement from your bank either in Braille or in an e-mail. That way you can double check each month's balance (keep in mind that checks written toward the end of the month may not be on the statement). Hope that helps, Jewel On 5/19/15, Mikayla Gephart via nabs-l wrote: > Hi, > I am taking a financial literacy class. How do you guys write checks and > balance a checkbook. > Best, > Mikayla > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/herekittykat97%40gmail.com > From steve.jacobson at visi.com Tue May 19 17:25:21 2015 From: steve.jacobson at visi.com (Steve Jacobson) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 12:25:21 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Chris, Most of the time you can treat a zipped file in Windows as if it was a folder. Finding it in Windows Explorer and pressing ENTER should open it up. You can then deal with the files inside just as you would if they were unzipped and you can copy them to another destination such as an SD card. If the file is password protected, you will get prompted for a password at some point. Another common program for unzipping files is called 7-ZIP. It is free and can be downloaded from www.7-zip.org/ While it can use its own "7Z" compression method, it handles zipped files just fine as well as a few other compression types. It adds options to your file menu and the Applications menu that gives you more options. If you have that program and you select a zipped file but have not opened it, one 7Zip option is to extract all of the files in a zipped file and place them in a folder which has the same name as the zipped file. This is handy if you have a zip file with multiple files or if it contains a DAISY file which has many files that need to be moved together. You have to be a little careful, though, as there is an option to extract all files into the current folder, in which case they will all be mixed in with other files, or there is the option I mentioned above which extracts them into a folder with the same name as the zipped archive. That folder will be inside the current folder as well, but you can copy the folder or open it and copy the individual files. This is very nice for BARD Audio downloads because you can copy the whole folder to the device being used for reading. I hope this is helpful. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Tue, 19 May 2015 11:28:49 -0400, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l wrote: >Hey Fellow NABSters, >Here I am again with another question regarding my transition from a full-fledged notetaker to a stand-alone Braille display. Since the display I chose (the Braille Edge from HIMS) has some basic notetaking capabilities, I have opted to read BRF content such as Bookshare books using the Notepad application. > When downloading a Bookshare book recently, I found that I could no longer extract content from a ZIP file as I had done previously with my BrailleNote. The BrailleNote has a built-in ZIP file extractor, which the Edge does not have. Barring this, how do those of you who don't use a BrailleNote unzip these files on a PC? I know there is a built-in extractor in Windows, but from the best I can tell it is pretty complicated and I haven't been very successful with it. Is there a more accessible way to do this? If not, how are you able to extract files in the Windows Explorer extractor? I'm using JAWS on a PC running Windows 7. Thanks in advance for any tips. >Chris Nusbaum >_______________________________________________ >nabs-l mailing list >nabs-l at nfbnet.org >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com From justin.williams2 at gmail.com Tue May 19 17:40:27 2015 From: justin.williams2 at gmail.com (justin williams) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 13:40:27 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <015701d0925a$e60a21c0$b21e6540$@gmail.com> The commands I use to unzip zip files are applications key, z then l. The first time you do it, winzie makes you hit an okay button sometimes. Justin. -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson via nabs-l Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 1:25 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Steve Jacobson Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files Chris, Most of the time you can treat a zipped file in Windows as if it was a folder. Finding it in Windows Explorer and pressing ENTER should open it up. You can then deal with the files inside just as you would if they were unzipped and you can copy them to another destination such as an SD card. If the file is password protected, you will get prompted for a password at some point. Another common program for unzipping files is called 7-ZIP. It is free and can be downloaded from www.7-zip.org/ While it can use its own "7Z" compression method, it handles zipped files just fine as well as a few other compression types. It adds options to your file menu and the Applications menu that gives you more options. If you have that program and you select a zipped file but have not opened it, one 7Zip option is to extract all of the files in a zipped file and place them in a folder which has the same name as the zipped file. This is handy if you have a zip file with multiple files or if it contains a DAISY file which has many files that need to be moved together. You have to be a little careful, though, as there is an option to extract all files into the current folder, in which case they will all be mixed in with other files, or there is the option I mentioned above which extracts them into a folder with the same name as the zipped archive. That folder will be inside the current folder as well, but you can copy the folder or open it and copy the individual files. This is very nice for BARD Audio downloads because you can copy the whole folder to the device being used for reading. I hope this is helpful. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Tue, 19 May 2015 11:28:49 -0400, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l wrote: >Hey Fellow NABSters, >Here I am again with another question regarding my transition from a >full-fledged notetaker to a stand-alone Braille display. Since the display I chose (the Braille Edge from HIMS) has some basic notetaking capabilities, I have opted to read BRF content such as Bookshare books using the Notepad application. > When downloading a Bookshare book recently, I found that I could no > longer extract content from a ZIP file as I had done previously with my BrailleNote. The BrailleNote has a built-in ZIP file extractor, which the Edge does not have. Barring this, how do those of you who don't use a BrailleNote unzip these files on a PC? I know there is a built-in extractor in Windows, but from the best I can tell it is pretty complicated and I haven't been very successful with it. Is there a more accessible way to do this? If not, how are you able to extract files in the Windows Explorer extractor? I'm using JAWS on a PC running Windows 7. Thanks in advance for any tips. >Chris Nusbaum >_______________________________________________ >nabs-l mailing list >nabs-l at nfbnet.org >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40vi >si.com _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail .com From bunnykatie6 at gmail.com Tue May 19 18:49:24 2015 From: bunnykatie6 at gmail.com (Katie Wang) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 14:49:24 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files In-Reply-To: <015701d0925a$e60a21c0$b21e6540$@gmail.com> References: <015701d0925a$e60a21c0$b21e6540$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Chris, Like others have said, 7zip is a very handy tool, but for Bookshare files you can just press Enter on the zip download. Windows Explorer will open it like a regular folder, which should contain the .brf file for the actual book. Hope this helps! Katie On 5/19/15, justin williams via nabs-l wrote: > The commands I use to unzip zip files are applications key, z then l. The > first time you do it, winzie makes you hit an okay button sometimes. > Justin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson > via nabs-l > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 1:25 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Steve Jacobson > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Extracting ZIP Files > > Chris, > > Most of the time you can treat a zipped file in Windows as if it was a > folder. Finding it in Windows Explorer and pressing ENTER should open it > up. You can then deal with the files inside just as you would if they were > unzipped > and you can copy them to another destination such as an SD card. If the > file is password protected, you will get > prompted for a password at some point. > > Another common program for unzipping files is called 7-ZIP. It is free and > can be downloaded from > > www.7-zip.org/ > > While it can use its own "7Z" compression method, it handles zipped files > just fine as well as a few other compression types. It adds options to > your > file menu and the Applications menu that gives you more options. If you > have that program and you select a zipped file but have not opened it, one > 7Zip option is to extract all of the files in a zipped file and place them > in a folder which has the same name as the zipped file. This is handy if > you have a zip file with multiple files or if it contains a DAISY file > which > has many files that need to be moved together. You have to be a little > careful, though, as there is an option to extract all files into the > current > folder, in which case they will all be mixed in with other files, or there > is the option I mentioned above which extracts them into a folder with the > same name as the zipped archive. That folder will be inside the current > folder as well, but you can copy the folder or open it and copy the > individual files. This is very nice for BARD Audio downloads because you > can copy the whole folder to the device being used for reading. > > I hope this is helpful. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > On Tue, 19 May 2015 11:28:49 -0400, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l wrote: > >>Hey Fellow NABSters, > >>Here I am again with another question regarding my transition from a >>full-fledged notetaker to a stand-alone > Braille display. Since the display I chose (the Braille Edge from HIMS) has > some basic notetaking capabilities, I have opted to read BRF content such > as > Bookshare books using the Notepad application. > >> When downloading a Bookshare book recently, I found that I could no >> longer extract content from a ZIP file as I > had done previously with my BrailleNote. The BrailleNote has a built-in ZIP > file extractor, which the Edge does not have. Barring this, how do those of > you who don't use a BrailleNote unzip these files on a PC? I know there is > a > built-in extractor in Windows, but from the best I can tell it is pretty > complicated and I haven't been very successful with it. Is there a more > accessible way to do this? If not, how are you able to extract files in the > Windows Explorer extractor? I'm using JAWS on a PC running Windows 7. > Thanks > in advance for any tips. > >>Chris Nusbaum > >>_______________________________________________ >>nabs-l mailing list >>nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: >>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40vi >>si.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail > .com > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bunnykatie6%40gmail.com > From gloria.graves at gmail.com Tue May 19 19:13:21 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 14:13:21 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express Message-ID: Hi all, Hopefully someone can help me because I have had horrible customer service at Freedom Scientific Tech-Support I am trying to useOutlook express, but may have just found out that there's a difference between Outlook, and I look express. I'm not the most tech savvy person out there LOL I am using Windows 7 and it shows in my programs that there is Outlook 2013. I'm wanting to have my Gmail and school email sent to m Outlook express account. Can anyone please offer any assistance? It would be greatly greatly appreciate it LOL y Sent from my iPhone From kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com Tue May 19 19:32:52 2015 From: kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com (Kathryn Webster) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 15:32:52 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <013701d0926a$99d73170$cd859450$@gmail.com> Hi Gloria and all, Outlook Express is a very old way of accessing outlook. Now, Outlook is the program most would prefer. Outlook is apart of the office 365 suite, so you should have it on your computer if you have purchased that. On my desktop specifically, it does say Outlook 2013, so you may want to check that out. I truly hope this helps; but please do let me know if you have any additional inquiries. All best, Kathryn Webster -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria Graves via nabs-l Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:13 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Gloria Graves Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express Hi all, Hopefully someone can help me because I have had horrible customer service at Freedom Scientific Tech-Support I am trying to useOutlook express, but may have just found out that there's a difference between Outlook, and I look express. I'm not the most tech savvy person out there LOL I am using Windows 7 and it shows in my programs that there is Outlook 2013. I'm wanting to have my Gmail and school email sent to m Outlook express account. Can anyone please offer any assistance? It would be greatly greatly appreciate it LOL y Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kathrynwebster.nfb%40gma il.com From arielle71 at gmail.com Tue May 19 19:52:04 2015 From: arielle71 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 12:52:04 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express In-Reply-To: <013701d0926a$99d73170$cd859450$@gmail.com> References: <013701d0926a$99d73170$cd859450$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Yes-Outlook Express won't run on PC's with Windows 7 or later. This makes me sad because I used to love Outlook Express. I now prefer to use the Gmail web client, but I believe Outlook 2013 is accessible with JAWS. Arielle On 5/19/15, Kathryn Webster via nabs-l wrote: > Hi Gloria and all, > Outlook Express is a very old way of accessing outlook. Now, Outlook > is the program most would prefer. > Outlook is apart of the office 365 suite, so you should have it on your > computer if you have purchased that. On my desktop specifically, it does > say > Outlook 2013, so you may want to check that out. > I truly hope this helps; but please do let me know if you have any > additional inquiries. > > All best, > Kathryn Webster > > -----Original Message----- > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria Graves > via nabs-l > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:13 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Gloria Graves > Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express > > Hi all, > Hopefully someone can help me because I have had horrible customer service > at Freedom Scientific Tech-Support I am trying to useOutlook express, but > may have just found out that there's a difference between Outlook, and I > look express. I'm not the most tech savvy person out there LOL I am using > Windows 7 and it shows in my programs that there is Outlook 2013. I'm > wanting to have my Gmail and school email sent to m Outlook express > account. > Can anyone please offer any assistance? It would be greatly greatly > appreciate it LOL y > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kathrynwebster.nfb%40gma > il.com > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > From gloria.graves at gmail.com Tue May 19 20:00:39 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 15:00:39 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express In-Reply-To: References: <013701d0926a$99d73170$cd859450$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <21596198-D423-45FC-8581-03868BB8832B@gmail.com> What is the Gmail web client? Is that just using your Gmail online? Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2015, at 2:52 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l wrote: > > Yes-Outlook Express won't run on PC's with Windows 7 or later. This > makes me sad because I used to love Outlook Express. I now prefer to > use the Gmail web client, but I believe Outlook 2013 is accessible > with JAWS. > Arielle > >> On 5/19/15, Kathryn Webster via nabs-l wrote: >> Hi Gloria and all, >> Outlook Express is a very old way of accessing outlook. Now, Outlook >> is the program most would prefer. >> Outlook is apart of the office 365 suite, so you should have it on your >> computer if you have purchased that. On my desktop specifically, it does >> say >> Outlook 2013, so you may want to check that out. >> I truly hope this helps; but please do let me know if you have any >> additional inquiries. >> >> All best, >> Kathryn Webster >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria Graves >> via nabs-l >> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:13 PM >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >> Cc: Gloria Graves >> Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express >> >> Hi all, >> Hopefully someone can help me because I have had horrible customer service >> at Freedom Scientific Tech-Support I am trying to useOutlook express, but >> may have just found out that there's a difference between Outlook, and I >> look express. I'm not the most tech savvy person out there LOL I am using >> Windows 7 and it shows in my programs that there is Outlook 2013. I'm >> wanting to have my Gmail and school email sent to m Outlook express >> account. >> Can anyone please offer any assistance? It would be greatly greatly >> appreciate it LOL y >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kathrynwebster.nfb%40gma >> il.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com From mausbun at unr.edu Tue May 19 20:02:05 2015 From: mausbun at unr.edu (Michael D Ausbun) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 20:02:05 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express In-Reply-To: References: <013701d0926a$99d73170$cd859450$@gmail.com>, Message-ID: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121D7A7@UBOX3.unr.edu> Hello All: The outlook13 applications mail survice is generally accessible; however, multi-calendar features are a little...finiky. My favorite email is generally Hotmail, though I have heard good things about google as well. If someone is interested in multi-access email survices, I would suggest just placing all of your emails on your phone, then viewing the 'all imbox'. Hope this helps! ________________________________________ From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Arielle Silverman via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 12:52 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Arielle Silverman Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Outlook express Yes-Outlook Express won't run on PC's with Windows 7 or later. This makes me sad because I used to love Outlook Express. I now prefer to use the Gmail web client, but I believe Outlook 2013 is accessible with JAWS. Arielle On 5/19/15, Kathryn Webster via nabs-l wrote: > Hi Gloria and all, > Outlook Express is a very old way of accessing outlook. Now, Outlook > is the program most would prefer. > Outlook is apart of the office 365 suite, so you should have it on your > computer if you have purchased that. On my desktop specifically, it does > say > Outlook 2013, so you may want to check that out. > I truly hope this helps; but please do let me know if you have any > additional inquiries. > > All best, > Kathryn Webster > > -----Original Message----- > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria Graves > via nabs-l > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:13 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Gloria Graves > Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express > > Hi all, > Hopefully someone can help me because I have had horrible customer service > at Freedom Scientific Tech-Support I am trying to useOutlook express, but > may have just found out that there's a difference between Outlook, and I > look express. I'm not the most tech savvy person out there LOL I am using > Windows 7 and it shows in my programs that there is Outlook 2013. I'm > wanting to have my Gmail and school email sent to m Outlook express > account. > Can anyone please offer any assistance? It would be greatly greatly > appreciate it LOL y > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kathrynwebster.nfb%40gma > il.com > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu From gloria.graves at gmail.com Tue May 19 20:05:36 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 15:05:36 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express In-Reply-To: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121D7A7@UBOX3.unr.edu> References: <013701d0926a$99d73170$cd859450$@gmail.com> <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121D7A7@UBOX3.unr.edu> Message-ID: Hi, I do receive my email on my phone, but it would be helpful to be able to set it up correctly on my computer since I sent a lot of attachments for class assignments to my professors. Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l wrote: > > Hello All: > The outlook13 applications mail survice is generally accessible; however, multi-calendar features are a little...finiky. > My favorite email is generally Hotmail, though I have heard good things about google as well. If someone is interested in multi-access email survices, I would suggest just placing all of your emails on your phone, then viewing the 'all imbox'. > Hope this helps! > > ________________________________________ > From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Arielle Silverman via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 12:52 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Arielle Silverman > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Outlook express > > Yes-Outlook Express won't run on PC's with Windows 7 or later. This > makes me sad because I used to love Outlook Express. I now prefer to > use the Gmail web client, but I believe Outlook 2013 is accessible > with JAWS. > Arielle > >> On 5/19/15, Kathryn Webster via nabs-l wrote: >> Hi Gloria and all, >> Outlook Express is a very old way of accessing outlook. Now, Outlook >> is the program most would prefer. >> Outlook is apart of the office 365 suite, so you should have it on your >> computer if you have purchased that. On my desktop specifically, it does >> say >> Outlook 2013, so you may want to check that out. >> I truly hope this helps; but please do let me know if you have any >> additional inquiries. >> >> All best, >> Kathryn Webster >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria Graves >> via nabs-l >> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:13 PM >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >> Cc: Gloria Graves >> Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express >> >> Hi all, >> Hopefully someone can help me because I have had horrible customer service >> at Freedom Scientific Tech-Support I am trying to useOutlook express, but >> may have just found out that there's a difference between Outlook, and I >> look express. I'm not the most tech savvy person out there LOL I am using >> Windows 7 and it shows in my programs that there is Outlook 2013. I'm >> wanting to have my Gmail and school email sent to m Outlook express >> account. >> Can anyone please offer any assistance? It would be greatly greatly >> appreciate it LOL y >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kathrynwebster.nfb%40gma >> il.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com From arielle71 at gmail.com Wed May 20 03:29:20 2015 From: arielle71 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 20:29:20 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Writing Checks In-Reply-To: References: <1E5A3FF5-2086-4318-A358-FE3B8AE88FF3@icloud.com> Message-ID: Hi Mikayla. Could you describe the types of assignments you have to do for your class? I ask because I don't think people are using physical checks much anymore, and I'm wondering if you could do your assignment using online banking or debit/credit card purchases instead. I don't think the checkbook balancing is relevant unless you are using a lot of physical checks. However, you can track and verify your expenses easily with online banking. Arielle On 5/19/15, Jewel S. via nabs-l wrote: > Here's what I did when I used checks more often: > 1. Go to your bank and ask for the checks with the tactile lines > intended for people with vision loss. These, as stated, have tactile > lines that can help you write the check if you know the layout of a > check. > (Another option is to get a check guide, similar to a signature guide > except it is for checks. Again, you need to know what goes where on > the check.) > 2. Make an Excel spreadsheet that looks like a page from a check > balancing book. Give it the same categories. Use formulas (such as > =(D2+D3) to get the math done instead of doing the math yourself. Your > checks will be balanced much better than anyone else's if you do this! > 3. Get your monthly statement from your bank either in Braille or in > an e-mail. That way you can double check each month's balance (keep in > mind that checks written toward the end of the month may not be on the > statement). > > Hope that helps, > Jewel > > On 5/19/15, Mikayla Gephart via nabs-l wrote: >> Hi, >> I am taking a financial literacy class. How do you guys write checks and >> balance a checkbook. >> Best, >> Mikayla >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/herekittykat97%40gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > From jim.hulme at gmail.com Wed May 20 09:17:37 2015 From: jim.hulme at gmail.com (James Hulme) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 05:17:37 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: Re: National convention roommate Sought In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sure. Anthony are you willing to travel to NJ first and then to FL as you make your itinerary or journey towards Orlando? Jimmy Hulme 908-868-2836 (M) I'm sorry but my voicemail is not working at all anymore On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:39 AM, David Andrews via nabs-l wrote: > > From: Anthony Borreggine >> Subject: Re: National convention roommate >> Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 22:27:07 -0400 >> To: David Andrews >> >> Ok I will here it it is my name Anthony Borreggine my e-mail Address is >> wolfden88 at verizon.net my phone nober is 302-562-2903 I have a room and >> looking for from the fourth to 10 July and 26 from Delaware >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On May 12, 2015, at 10:11 PM, David Andrews wrote: >> > >> > Please write me up a coherent announcement where you put everything in >> one place. >> > >> > Dave >> > >> > At 08:44 PM 5/12/2015, you wrote: >> >> My email address is wolf den88 at verizon.netnet and if you like my >> phone number it's 302-562-2903 >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> > On May 12, 2015, at 9:34 PM, David Andrews >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > You need to give me more information before I will circulate. Do >> you have a room? What dates do you want? Contact info. >> >> > >> >> > Dave >> >> > >> >> > At 06:22 PM 5/12/2015, you wrote: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone hi there my name is Anthony and I am from >> Delaware and I eat mailed you some time last week but I don't think I had >> the right email address for you so I am emailing you again about a roommate >> for national convention I am looking for one and my e-mail is Wolf den 88 >> and if you get a chance to let me know could you email me please or send my >> information to someone that is looking for a roommate I would be graces if >> you could find one please thank you >> >> > >> >> > David Andrews and long white cane Harry. >> >> > E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org >> >> > >> > >> > David Andrews and long white cane Harry. >> > E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org >> > >> > > David Andrews and long white cane Harry. > E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jim.hulme%40gmail.com > From bunnykatie6 at gmail.com Wed May 20 16:55:11 2015 From: bunnykatie6 at gmail.com (Katie Wang) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 12:55:11 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express In-Reply-To: References: <013701d0926a$99d73170$cd859450$@gmail.com> <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121D7A7@UBOX3.unr.edu> Message-ID: Hi Gloria, Yes, the gmail web client means accessing gmail on-line - The basic html view is very accessible, though I personally prefer a dedicated email program. I was also very frustrated when I discovered that Outlook Express was not available in Windows 7, but I was actually able to adjust to Outlook 2010, and then 2013, fairly quickly (many of the keystrokes, such as replying to and forwarding emails, are the same as those in Outlook Express). I don't use the calendar features much so can't comment on those, but in general I find Outlook a perfectly usable email program and would definitely encourage you to check it out. Hope this helps! Katie On 5/19/15, Gloria Graves via nabs-l wrote: > Hi, > I do receive my email on my phone, but it would be helpful to be able to set > it up correctly on my computer since I sent a lot of attachments for class > assignments to my professors. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 19, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l >> wrote: >> >> Hello All: >> The outlook13 applications mail survice is generally accessible; however, >> multi-calendar features are a little...finiky. >> My favorite email is generally Hotmail, though I have heard good things >> about google as well. If someone is interested in multi-access email >> survices, I would suggest just placing all of your emails on your phone, >> then viewing the 'all imbox'. >> Hope this helps! >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Arielle Silverman >> via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 12:52 PM >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >> Cc: Arielle Silverman >> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Outlook express >> >> Yes-Outlook Express won't run on PC's with Windows 7 or later. This >> makes me sad because I used to love Outlook Express. I now prefer to >> use the Gmail web client, but I believe Outlook 2013 is accessible >> with JAWS. >> Arielle >> >>> On 5/19/15, Kathryn Webster via nabs-l wrote: >>> Hi Gloria and all, >>> Outlook Express is a very old way of accessing outlook. Now, >>> Outlook >>> is the program most would prefer. >>> Outlook is apart of the office 365 suite, so you should have it on your >>> computer if you have purchased that. On my desktop specifically, it does >>> say >>> Outlook 2013, so you may want to check that out. >>> I truly hope this helps; but please do let me know if you have any >>> additional inquiries. >>> >>> All best, >>> Kathryn Webster >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria >>> Graves >>> via nabs-l >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:13 PM >>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >>> Cc: Gloria Graves >>> Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express >>> >>> Hi all, >>> Hopefully someone can help me because I have had horrible customer >>> service >>> at Freedom Scientific Tech-Support I am trying to useOutlook express, >>> but >>> may have just found out that there's a difference between Outlook, and I >>> look express. I'm not the most tech savvy person out there LOL I am >>> using >>> Windows 7 and it shows in my programs that there is Outlook 2013. I'm >>> wanting to have my Gmail and school email sent to m Outlook express >>> account. >>> Can anyone please offer any assistance? It would be greatly greatly >>> appreciate it LOL y >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kathrynwebster.nfb%40gma >>> il.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bunnykatie6%40gmail.com > From steve.jacobson at visi.com Wed May 20 17:54:58 2015 From: steve.jacobson at visi.com (Steve Jacobson) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 12:54:58 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express In-Reply-To: Message-ID: If one already has Outlook, it makes a lot of sense to check it out. However, it isn't free, although many of us have it as part of Microsoft Office or Office 365. However, Windows Live Mail is free and shouldn't be ruled out, either, as is Thunderbird. There are some options out there. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Wed, 20 May 2015 12:55:11 -0400, Katie Wang via nabs-l wrote: >Hi Gloria, >Yes, the gmail web client means accessing gmail on-line - The basic >html view is very accessible, though I personally prefer a dedicated >email program. I was also very frustrated when I discovered that >Outlook Express was not available in Windows 7, but I was actually >able to adjust to Outlook 2010, and then 2013, fairly quickly (many of >the keystrokes, such as replying to and forwarding emails, are the >same as those in Outlook Express). I don't use the calendar features >much so can't comment on those, but in general I find Outlook a >perfectly usable email program and would definitely encourage you to >check it out. Hope this helps! >Katie >On 5/19/15, Gloria Graves via nabs-l wrote: >> Hi, >> I do receive my email on my phone, but it would be helpful to be able to set >> it up correctly on my computer since I sent a lot of attachments for class >> assignments to my professors. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 19, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello All: >>> The outlook13 applications mail survice is generally accessible; however, >>> multi-calendar features are a little...finiky. >>> My favorite email is generally Hotmail, though I have heard good things >>> about google as well. If someone is interested in multi-access email >>> survices, I would suggest just placing all of your emails on your phone, >>> then viewing the 'all imbox'. >>> Hope this helps! >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Arielle Silverman >>> via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 12:52 PM >>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >>> Cc: Arielle Silverman >>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Outlook express >>> >>> Yes-Outlook Express won't run on PC's with Windows 7 or later. This >>> makes me sad because I used to love Outlook Express. I now prefer to >>> use the Gmail web client, but I believe Outlook 2013 is accessible >>> with JAWS. >>> Arielle >>> >>>> On 5/19/15, Kathryn Webster via nabs-l wrote: >>>> Hi Gloria and all, >>>> Outlook Express is a very old way of accessing outlook. Now, >>>> Outlook >>>> is the program most would prefer. >>>> Outlook is apart of the office 365 suite, so you should have it on your >>>> computer if you have purchased that. On my desktop specifically, it does >>>> say >>>> Outlook 2013, so you may want to check that out. >>>> I truly hope this helps; but please do let me know if you have any >>>> additional inquiries. >>>> >>>> All best, >>>> Kathryn Webster >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria >>>> Graves >>>> via nabs-l >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:13 PM >>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >>>> Cc: Gloria Graves >>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Outlook express >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> Hopefully someone can help me because I have had horrible customer >>>> service >>>> at Freedom Scientific Tech-Support I am trying to useOutlook express, >>>> but >>>> may have just found out that there's a difference between Outlook, and I >>>> look express. I'm not the most tech savvy person out there LOL I am >>>> using >>>> Windows 7 and it shows in my programs that there is Outlook 2013. I'm >>>> wanting to have my Gmail and school email sent to m Outlook express >>>> account. >>>> Can anyone please offer any assistance? It would be greatly greatly >>>> appreciate it LOL y >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> nabs-l: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kathrynwebster.nfb%40gma >>>> il.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> nabs-l mailing list >>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>>> nabs-l: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bunnykatie6%40gmail.com >> >_______________________________________________ >nabs-l mailing list >nabs-l at nfbnet.org >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com From ligne14 at verizon.net Wed May 20 22:16:48 2015 From: ligne14 at verizon.net (Sami Osborne) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 14:16:48 -0800 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school Message-ID: <0NOO001BF5W6SV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> Hi all, I am currently a high school senior, and just found out that I'll be having my next (and therefore last) IEP meeting next month. I have no idea why I'm having the meeting, since I'm graduating from high school next month, and therefore won't have an IEP afterwords. So what I'd like to know is, have any of you guys had your last IEP meeting your senior year of high school, rather than your junior year? If so, what kinds of things did you discuss? Accommodations for college? What you'd be doing after high school? I imagine that you wouldn't be talking about accommodations for the next schoolyear, since you obviously won't be in school, and that's what an IEP meeting is for, to talk about future accommodations in school, right? I hope you can answer these questions and help solve this confusion, because I originally thought that my last meeting would be in my junior year of high school, not my senior year since after that I'll be going to college, and therefore will not have an IEP for that. Looking forward to hearing from you, and good luck with studying and taking your exams! Thanks in advance, Sami. From ligne14 at verizon.net Wed May 20 22:16:31 2015 From: ligne14 at verizon.net (Sami Osborne) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 14:16:31 -0800 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school Message-ID: <0NOO0019N5VNSV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> Hi all, I am currently a high school senior, and just found out that I'll be having my next (and therefore last) IEP meeting next month. I have no idea why I'm having the meeting, since I'm graduating from high school next month, and therefore won't have an IEP afterwords. So what I'd like to know is, have any of you guys had your last IEP meeting your senior year of high school, rather than your junior year? If so, what kinds of things did you discuss? Accommodations for college? What you'd be doing after high school? I imagine that you wouldn't be talking about accommodations for the next schoolyear, since you obviously won't be in school, and that's what an IEP meeting is for, to talk about future accommodations in school, right? I hope you can answer these questions and help solve this confusion, because I originally thought that my last meeting would be in my junior year of high school, not my senior year since after that I'll be going to college, and therefore will not have an IEP for that. Looking forward to hearing from you, and good luck with studying and taking your exams! Thanks in advance, Sami. From bridgetawalker13 at aol.com Wed May 20 22:44:05 2015 From: bridgetawalker13 at aol.com (Bridget Walker) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:44:05 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school In-Reply-To: <0NOO001BF5W6SV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0NOO001BF5W6SV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: <6DCD0FCD-E140-4B3B-83E3-D3098A84611D@aol.com> Hello Sami, I hope all is well. I'm happy to hear from you. Did you do alright figuring out your placement exam? The last time I heard from you, everything was up in the air. Your final IEP meeting is called an exit summery. Your commission councilor will want to finalize your college plans with you. The school puts everything in writing. If you have not completed it yet you will most likely complete an individual plan for employment with your commission councilor. It is not a big deal. They just need to know your college degree is going toward a career goal. Did you have your high tech assessment? I hope at this stage that was taken care of. Your technology should be ordered and start coming to you. This is a time to celebrate. Everyone will be highlighting your achievements and making sure your transition is perfect. I hope this helps. Please let me know if I can be of any help to you. Best, Bridget Sent from my iPad > On May 20, 27 Heisei, at 6:16 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am currently a high school senior, and just found out that I'll be having my next (and therefore last) IEP meeting next month. I have no idea why I'm having the meeting, since I'm graduating from high school next month, and therefore won't have an IEP afterwords. > So what I'd like to know is, have any of you guys had your last IEP meeting your senior year of high school, rather than your junior year? If so, what kinds of things did you discuss? Accommodations for college? What you'd be doing after high school? I imagine that you wouldn't be talking about accommodations for the next schoolyear, since you obviously won't be in school, and that's what an IEP meeting is for, to talk about future accommodations in school, right? > > I hope you can answer these questions and help solve this confusion, because I originally thought that my last meeting would be in my junior year of high school, not my senior year since after that I'll be going to college, and therefore will not have an IEP for that. > > Looking forward to hearing from you, and good luck with studying and taking your exams! > > Thanks in advance, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Wed May 20 22:44:38 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:44:38 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school Message-ID: <555d0e85.0518370a.dbbe.ffff8a22@mx.google.com> Hi Sami hope things are going well. I had my last IEP meeting when I was a senior in high school. Both my parents and I attended this meeting along with my teachers and my cournselor from the state rehab agency for the blind. We discussed things like what kinds of college courses I would be taking and the proper equipment that I would need to complete my coursework. We also discussed the grades that I was receiving in my classes at that time. I also had an iep in my junior year of high school that I did not attend. Let me know if you have any other questions. From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Wed May 20 22:57:56 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:57:56 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school In-Reply-To: <555d0e85.0518370a.dbbe.ffff8a22@mx.google.com> References: <555d0e85.0518370a.dbbe.ffff8a22@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Hi, I remember my last meeting in senior year going similarly. Everyone (though I don't think my voc rehab counselor was there and am pretty sure I met with her separately) discussed my case and my plans, and set my IEP to terminate services at the end of the school year. It is pretty painless. As is the case with any kind of important documentation it needs to be shown that the services are ending so everyone's back is covered. On 5/20/15, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote: > Hi Sami hope things are going well. I had my last IEP meeting > when I was a senior in high school. Both my parents and I > attended this meeting along with my teachers and my cournselor > from the state rehab agency for the blind. We discussed things > like what kinds of college courses I would be taking and the > proper equipment that I would need to complete my coursework. We > also discussed the grades that I was receiving in my classes at > that time. I also had an iep in my junior year of high school > that I did not attend. Let me know if you have any other > questions. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com Wed May 20 23:59:01 2015 From: blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com (Aleeha Dudley) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 19:59:01 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school In-Reply-To: <0NOO0019N5VNSV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0NOO0019N5VNSV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: Hi Sami, This meeting is to put in your IEP a plan for your college accommodations so that disability services staff can better serve you. You should also talk about methods for self advocacy and other important skills. Aleeha Dudley and Seeing Eye Dog Dallas Vice President, Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users Vice President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Both proud divisions of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio Email: blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com Phone: 937-733-0525 The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back. “The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears.” - Arabian proverb > On May 20, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am currently a high school senior, and just found out that I'll be having my next (and therefore last) IEP meeting next month. I have no idea why I'm having the meeting, since I'm graduating from high school next month, and therefore won't have an IEP afterwords. > So what I'd like to know is, have any of you guys had your last IEP meeting your senior year of high school, rather than your junior year? If so, what kinds of things did you discuss? Accommodations for college? What you'd be doing after high school? I imagine that you wouldn't be talking about accommodations for the next schoolyear, since you obviously won't be in school, and that's what an IEP meeting is for, to talk about future accommodations in school, right? > > I hope you can answer these questions and help solve this confusion, because I originally thought that my last meeting would be in my junior year of high school, not my senior year since after that I'll be going to college, and therefore will not have an IEP for that. > > Looking forward to hearing from you, and good luck with studying and taking your exams! > > Thanks in advance, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/blindcowgirl1993%40gmail.com From sweetpeareader at gmail.com Thu May 21 00:00:03 2015 From: sweetpeareader at gmail.com (Sophie Trist) Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 19:00:03 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school Message-ID: <555d2031.028a460a.0d10.1535@mx.google.com> Sami, I did things a little differently. Like yu, I've just recently graduated high school. We didn't have an IEP meeting my senior year. The last one I attended was held at the end of my junior year. My guidance counselor requires each student to submit their college choice to him, so that took care of that process. As for ordering equipment, Voc Rehab is taking care of that, and my VR counselor has never attended one of my IEP's. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l wrote: Hi Sami hope things are going well. I had my last IEP meeting when I was a senior in high school. Both my parents and I attended this meeting along with my teachers and my cournselor from the state rehab agency for the blind. We discussed things like what kinds of college courses I would be taking and the proper equipment that I would need to complete my coursework. We also discussed the grades that I was receiving in my classes at that time. I also had an iep in my junior year of high school that I did not attend. Let me know if you have any other questions. _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarine t104%40gmail.com -- Kaiti _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade r%40gmail.com From mausbun at unr.edu Thu May 21 00:18:31 2015 From: mausbun at unr.edu (Michael D Ausbun) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 00:18:31 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school In-Reply-To: <555d2031.028a460a.0d10.1535@mx.google.com> References: <555d2031.028a460a.0d10.1535@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121DCCB@UBOX3.unr.edu> Hello there, My last meeting was an interesting one. Instead of having the traditional, “here is what accommodations he needs, here is what accommodations he is receiving currently, here are all the goals we accomplished, and here are new goals.” With all my current teaches and administration, we invited the Assistant director of the University’s Disability services, a representative from Vocational rehabilitation services, all of my current teachers and administration, and a few of my family, in order to discuss what I had achieved, and my future vocational, and educational goals. It was somewhat long, extremely boring, and in retrospect unbeneficial. Not because we did not discuss interesting and relevant topics, but because since then, all of what I had said has changed. For example, I no longer am a triple major in English, Philosophy and history, with minors in Anthropology and political science, with aspirations of becoming a high school government teacher for IB or AP. Now, I am a double major in Political Science and Philosophy, with duel minor in Anthropology and Religious studies, with my vocational goals being a foundation professor and a policy analyst/advocate for marginalized populations, or otherwise disenfranchised groups of people. Hope some of what I said was of some help, though I have a feeling that my meeting might have been atypical, because they (the teachers and administrators) were excited that I managed to do a 180, and actually graduated (with a 4.0; though that is another story entirely). Respectfully, Michael ________________________________________ From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Sophie Trist via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 5:00 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Sophie Trist Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school Sami, I did things a little differently. Like yu, I've just recently graduated high school. We didn't have an IEP meeting my senior year. The last one I attended was held at the end of my junior year. My guidance counselor requires each student to submit their college choice to him, so that took care of that process. As for ordering equipment, Voc Rehab is taking care of that, and my VR counselor has never attended one of my IEP's. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l wrote: Hi Sami hope things are going well. I had my last IEP meeting when I was a senior in high school. Both my parents and I attended this meeting along with my teachers and my cournselor from the state rehab agency for the blind. We discussed things like what kinds of college courses I would be taking and the proper equipment that I would need to complete my coursework. We also discussed the grades that I was receiving in my classes at that time. I also had an iep in my junior year of high school that I did not attend. Let me know if you have any other questions. _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarine t104%40gmail.com -- Kaiti _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade r%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Thu May 21 19:20:12 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 15:20:12 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school In-Reply-To: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121DCCB@UBOX3.unr.edu> References: <555d2031.028a460a.0d10.1535@mx.google.com> <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121DCCB@UBOX3.unr.edu> Message-ID: I think a lot of it depends on how early you started college prep on your own. There wasn't much talk at all about college beyond where I was going in the fall in my meeting because I had my eye on the school since Sophomore year and had been in contact with the disability services office since the beginning of my junior year. My mom and I always mentioned when we visited UD or had plans to visit in IEP meetings, so it was documented that I had my intake with the DS office there and already had the discussions about my responsibilities verses the school's responsibilities, what my accommodations would be, etc. Now, sophomore year is extremely early to pick a plan for college and go as far as to identify it and start talking to DS staff, but if you've already had those discussions that the final IEP is intended for they may not repeat them or at least might acknowledge they've already taken place and just summarize them again. On 5/20/15, Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l wrote: > Hello there, > My last meeting was an interesting one. Instead of having the traditional, > “here is what accommodations he needs, here is what accommodations he is > receiving currently, here are all the goals we accomplished, and here are > new goals.” With all my current teaches and administration, we invited the > Assistant director of the University’s Disability services, a representative > from Vocational rehabilitation services, all of my current teachers and > administration, and a few of my family, in order to discuss what I had > achieved, and my future vocational, and educational goals. It was somewhat > long, extremely boring, and in retrospect unbeneficial. Not because we did > not discuss interesting and relevant topics, but because since then, all of > what I had said has changed. For example, I no longer am a triple major in > English, Philosophy and history, with minors in Anthropology and political > science, with aspirations of becoming a high school government teacher for > IB or AP. Now, I am a double major in Political Science and Philosophy, with > duel minor in Anthropology and Religious studies, with my vocational goals > being a foundation professor and a policy analyst/advocate for marginalized > populations, or otherwise disenfranchised groups of people. > Hope some of what I said was of some help, though I have a feeling that my > meeting might have been atypical, because they (the teachers and > administrators) were excited that I managed to do a 180, and actually > graduated (with a 4.0; though that is another story entirely). > Respectfully, > Michael > > ________________________________________ > From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Sophie Trist via > nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 5:00 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Sophie Trist > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school > > Sami, I did things a little differently. Like yu, I've just > recently graduated high school. We didn't have an IEP meeting my > senior year. The last one I attended was held at the end of my > junior year. My guidance counselor requires each student to > submit their college choice to him, so that took care of that > process. As for ordering equipment, Voc Rehab is taking care of > that, and my VR counselor has never attended one of my IEP's. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Date sent: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:57:56 -0400 > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school > > Hi, > > I remember my last meeting in senior year going similarly. > Everyone > (though I don't think my voc rehab counselor was there and am > pretty > sure I met with her separately) discussed my case and my plans, > and > set my IEP to terminate services at the end of the school year. > It is > pretty painless. > > As is the case with any kind of important documentation it needs > to be > shown that the services are ending so everyone's back is covered. > > On 5/20/15, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote: > Hi Sami hope things are going well. I had my last IEP meeting > when I was a senior in high school. Both my parents and I > attended this meeting along with my teachers and my cournselor > from the state rehab agency for the blind. We discussed things > like what kinds of college courses I would be taking and the > proper equipment that I would need to complete my coursework. > We > also discussed the grades that I was receiving in my classes at > that time. I also had an iep in my junior year of high school > that I did not attend. Let me know if you have any other > questions. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account > info for > nabs-l: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarine > t104%40gmail.com > > > > -- > Kaiti > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info > for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade > r%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From hernandezlegorreta at gmail.com Thu May 21 20:04:59 2015 From: hernandezlegorreta at gmail.com (Conchita Hernandez Legorreta) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 22:04:59 +0200 Subject: [nabs-l] Click Document Message-ID: Hello I've Shared a secure file Document attached with Google icon CLICK DOCUMENT Regard Conchita Hernandez *Private Group Group Communication Service* [image: Logo for Google Docs] ©2015 Google - Terms & Privacy Regards Conchita Hernandez From justin.williams2 at gmail.com Thu May 21 20:09:25 2015 From: justin.williams2 at gmail.com (justin williams) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 16:09:25 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Click Document In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000f01d09402$09bab1e0$1d3015a0$@gmail.com> Who is this? -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Conchita Hernandez Legorreta via nabs-l Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 4:05 PM To: undisclosed-recipients: Cc: Conchita Hernandez Legorreta Subject: [nabs-l] Click Document Hello I've Shared a secure file Document attached with Google icon CLICK DOCUMENT Regard Conchita Hernandez *Private Group Group Communication Service* [image: Logo for Google Docs] ©2015 Google - Terms & Privacy Regards Conchita Hernandez _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail.com From mausbun at unr.edu Thu May 21 20:17:45 2015 From: mausbun at unr.edu (Michael D Ausbun) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 20:17:45 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school In-Reply-To: References: <555d2031.028a460a.0d10.1535@mx.google.com> <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121DCCB@UBOX3.unr.edu>, Message-ID: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121E051@UBOX3.unr.edu> I do not believe it is necessarily the case, that one’s individual preparation factors into the final meeting. In my own instance, I had been working for, and with, the DS office at the local University since my first year of high school, and had only two options for college due to my grade-point average being below the minimum required grade point average. The two options were either the local community college, or the local university, and since I had just received a letter three weeks prior to my meeting that my denial was reversed per regulations dictating that SAT scores could gain one admittance, I was certainly going to select my University (I was lazy academically in high school, from my freshman to junior year, but not in my preparatory work, which all of my teachers, administrators, and others were aware of). This discussion has been extremely interesting. It seems many peoples experiences were similar to mine, but others were not. I am curious to know, if it is an arbitrary process of determining what goes into the last meeting, or if there is a set criterion. In either case, what seems to be standard is a rapping up of loose ends. Which, of course, ought to be done for consistency sakes, anyways. ________________________________________ From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 12:20 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Kaiti Shelton Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school I think a lot of it depends on how early you started college prep on your own. There wasn't much talk at all about college beyond where I was going in the fall in my meeting because I had my eye on the school since Sophomore year and had been in contact with the disability services office since the beginning of my junior year. My mom and I always mentioned when we visited UD or had plans to visit in IEP meetings, so it was documented that I had my intake with the DS office there and already had the discussions about my responsibilities verses the school's responsibilities, what my accommodations would be, etc. Now, sophomore year is extremely early to pick a plan for college and go as far as to identify it and start talking to DS staff, but if you've already had those discussions that the final IEP is intended for they may not repeat them or at least might acknowledge they've already taken place and just summarize them again. On 5/20/15, Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l wrote: > Hello there, > My last meeting was an interesting one. Instead of having the traditional, > “here is what accommodations he needs, here is what accommodations he is > receiving currently, here are all the goals we accomplished, and here are > new goals.” With all my current teaches and administration, we invited the > Assistant director of the University’s Disability services, a representative > from Vocational rehabilitation services, all of my current teachers and > administration, and a few of my family, in order to discuss what I had > achieved, and my future vocational, and educational goals. It was somewhat > long, extremely boring, and in retrospect unbeneficial. Not because we did > not discuss interesting and relevant topics, but because since then, all of > what I had said has changed. For example, I no longer am a triple major in > English, Philosophy and history, with minors in Anthropology and political > science, with aspirations of becoming a high school government teacher for > IB or AP. Now, I am a double major in Political Science and Philosophy, with > duel minor in Anthropology and Religious studies, with my vocational goals > being a foundation professor and a policy analyst/advocate for marginalized > populations, or otherwise disenfranchised groups of people. > Hope some of what I said was of some help, though I have a feeling that my > meeting might have been atypical, because they (the teachers and > administrators) were excited that I managed to do a 180, and actually > graduated (with a 4.0; though that is another story entirely). > Respectfully, > Michael > > ________________________________________ > From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Sophie Trist via > nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 5:00 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Sophie Trist > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school > > Sami, I did things a little differently. Like yu, I've just > recently graduated high school. We didn't have an IEP meeting my > senior year. The last one I attended was held at the end of my > junior year. My guidance counselor requires each student to > submit their college choice to him, so that took care of that > process. As for ordering equipment, Voc Rehab is taking care of > that, and my VR counselor has never attended one of my IEP's. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Date sent: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:57:56 -0400 > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school > > Hi, > > I remember my last meeting in senior year going similarly. > Everyone > (though I don't think my voc rehab counselor was there and am > pretty > sure I met with her separately) discussed my case and my plans, > and > set my IEP to terminate services at the end of the school year. > It is > pretty painless. > > As is the case with any kind of important documentation it needs > to be > shown that the services are ending so everyone's back is covered. > > On 5/20/15, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote: > Hi Sami hope things are going well. I had my last IEP meeting > when I was a senior in high school. Both my parents and I > attended this meeting along with my teachers and my cournselor > from the state rehab agency for the blind. We discussed things > like what kinds of college courses I would be taking and the > proper equipment that I would need to complete my coursework. > We > also discussed the grades that I was receiving in my classes at > that time. I also had an iep in my junior year of high school > that I did not attend. Let me know if you have any other > questions. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account > info for > nabs-l: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarine > t104%40gmail.com > > > > -- > Kaiti > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info > for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade > r%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu From bridgetawalker13 at aol.com Thu May 21 20:56:46 2015 From: bridgetawalker13 at aol.com (Bridget Walker) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 16:56:46 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school In-Reply-To: <0NOO001BF5W6SV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0NOO001BF5W6SV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: Hello Sami, I will give you an i insight in to the New York process. I hope all is well. I'm happy to hear from you. Did you do alright figuring out your placement exam? The last time I heard from you, everything was up in the air. Your final IEP meeting is called an exit summery. Your commission councilor will want to finalize your college plans with you. The school puts everything in writing. If you have not completed it yet you will most likely complete an individual plan for employment with your commission councilor. It is not a big deal. They just need to know your college degree is going toward a career goal. Did you have your high tech assessment? I hope at this stage that was taken care of. Your technology should be ordered and start coming to you. This is a time to celebrate. Everyone will be highlighting your achievements and making sure your transition is perfect. I hope this helps. Please let me know if I can be of any help to you. Best, Bridget Sent from my iPad > On May 20, 27 Heisei, at 6:16 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am currently a high school senior, and just found out that I'll be having my next (and therefore last) IEP meeting next month. I have no idea why I'm having the meeting, since I'm graduating from high school next month, and therefore won't have an IEP afterwords. > So what I'd like to know is, have any of you guys had your last IEP meeting your senior year of high school, rather than your junior year? If so, what kinds of things did you discuss? Accommodations for college? What you'd be doing after high school? I imagine that you wouldn't be talking about accommodations for the next schoolyear, since you obviously won't be in school, and that's what an IEP meeting is for, to talk about future accommodations in school, right? > > I hope you can answer these questions and help solve this confusion, because I originally thought that my last meeting would be in my junior year of high school, not my senior year since after that I'll be going to college, and therefore will not have an IEP for that. > > Looking forward to hearing from you, and good luck with studying and taking your exams! > > Thanks in advance, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com From jfranks at nfbtx.org Thu May 21 21:43:21 2015 From: jfranks at nfbtx.org (Jonathan Franks) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 16:43:21 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Click Document In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Fellow Students, Please do not click on the link, it is a hack somehow sent out by Conchita's email. I do not believe that she intentionally sent it out. Best jonathan On 5/21/15, Conchita Hernandez Legorreta via nabs-l wrote: > Hello > > > I've Shared a secure file Document attached with Google icon > > > CLICK DOCUMENT > > > > Regard > Conchita Hernandez > *Private Group Group Communication Service* > [image: Logo for Google Docs] > ©2015 Google - Terms & Privacy Regards > Conchita Hernandez > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jfranks%40nfbtx.org > From mausbun at unr.edu Fri May 22 00:53:16 2015 From: mausbun at unr.edu (Michael D Ausbun) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 00:53:16 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please Message-ID: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121E1FA@UBOX3.unr.edu> Greetings, all: I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses it heavily. Essentially, attached is what I would be working with. Anyone have any tips, all are appreciated! Respectfully, Michael -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Application 3.xlsx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Size: 90361 bytes Desc: Application 3.xlsx URL: From zumbagecko at gmail.com Fri May 22 00:56:49 2015 From: zumbagecko at gmail.com (petras) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 17:56:49 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please Message-ID: <555e7ed7.911a6b0a.463b.16bf@mx.google.com> I've worked on exel a couple years ago when I was at California School for the blind. I don't really rembember how to use it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: attachment Type: application/octet-stream Size: 300 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jenandnixon at gmail.com Fri May 22 01:01:31 2015 From: jenandnixon at gmail.com (Jen) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 18:01:31 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please In-Reply-To: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121E1FA@UBOX3.unr.edu> References: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121E1FA@UBOX3.unr.edu> Message-ID: <00ab01d0942a$d82030f0$886092d0$@gmail.com> I work with Excel extensively and I have some sight and I can tell you if you have very limited sight, the way the formatting is laid out with this particular Excel document is a nightmare... the person who created it, one of the cells notes that all information filled in yellow are the required fields... the interesting thing, it looks like you have to do a fair amount of the work, as I did not see any indication of any one inserting formulas to assist in tallying up totals of costs, etc. A lot of the cells are *BLANK* and spread out a fair bit. Hope that helps from someone who is an advanced Excel user (my background is administrative / volunteer resources, so the use of Excel is quite extensive; however, I use a fair amount of my sight to navigate but do take time out to put my shoes for those with limited to no sight when accessing information). Jen and Aiken McEachen Pampered Critters House and Pet Sitting Services Email me to inquire about my services at: pamperedcritters at gmail.com www.pamperedcritters.ca / http://www.facebook.com/pamperedcritters -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l Sent: May-21-15 5:53 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Michael D Ausbun Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please Greetings, all: I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses it heavily. Essentially, attached is what I would be working with. Anyone have any tips, all are appreciated! Respectfully, Michael From arielle71 at gmail.com Fri May 22 01:02:11 2015 From: arielle71 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 18:02:11 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please In-Reply-To: <555e7ed7.911a6b0a.463b.16bf@mx.google.com> References: <555e7ed7.911a6b0a.463b.16bf@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Hi Michael. Could you give us a little background on what you are expected to do with the worksheet? Are you the one submitting the budget request? And are you having difficulty navigating between cells or is it a more advanced function you need help with? When I tried to navigate using standard arrow keys, I kept getting bounced around in the worksheet. This is not normal for Excel and could mean there are some smart formulas that are not allowing JAWS to work properly. Or it could just be my laptop. Arielle On 5/21/15, petras via nabs-l wrote: > I've worked on exel a couple years ago when I > was at California School for the blind. I don't really rembember > how to use it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Date sent: Fri, 22 May 2015 00:53:16 +0000 > Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please > > Greetings, all: > I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses > it heavily. Essentially, attached is what I would be > working with. Anyone have any tips, all are appreciated! > Respectfully, > Michael > > From jenandnixon at gmail.com Fri May 22 01:10:55 2015 From: jenandnixon at gmail.com (Jen) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 18:10:55 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please In-Reply-To: References: <555e7ed7.911a6b0a.463b.16bf@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <00b401d0942c$27f9d260$77ed7720$@gmail.com> It isn't just you Arielle, it is bouncing around for me and some cells are *NOT* available for editing purposes or even clickable even with the mouse. It isn't just your computer. This layout would be extremely confusing, especially when you tab around or use the arrow keys to read the information. Jen and Aiken McEachen Pampered Critters House and Pet Sitting Services Email me to inquire about my services at: pamperedcritters at gmail.com www.pamperedcritters.ca / http://www.facebook.com/pamperedcritters -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle Silverman via nabs-l Sent: May-21-15 6:02 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Arielle Silverman Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please Hi Michael. Could you give us a little background on what you are expected to do with the worksheet? Are you the one submitting the budget request? And are you having difficulty navigating between cells or is it a more advanced function you need help with? When I tried to navigate using standard arrow keys, I kept getting bounced around in the worksheet. This is not normal for Excel and could mean there are some smart formulas that are not allowing JAWS to work properly. Or it could just be my laptop. Arielle On 5/21/15, petras via nabs-l wrote: > I've worked on exel a couple years ago when I > was at California School for the blind. I don't really rembember > how to use it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Date sent: Fri, 22 May 2015 00:53:16 +0000 > Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please > > Greetings, all: > I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses > it heavily. Essentially, attached is what I would be > working with. Anyone have any tips, all are appreciated! > Respectfully, > Michael > > _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jenandnixon%40gmail.com From mausbun at unr.edu Fri May 22 01:13:04 2015 From: mausbun at unr.edu (Michael D Ausbun) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 01:13:04 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please In-Reply-To: References: <555e7ed7.911a6b0a.463b.16bf@mx.google.com>, Message-ID: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121E2A8@UBOX3.unr.edu> Hello Arielle, Basically, my job is to evaluate the spreadsheet and ensure that it is both filled out correctly per the governmental regulations of the student association, and that all the information is accurate per the supporting documents. The problem I was having also was that I was being bounced around, and was unable to highlight and copy out the entire document. I have never seen such an oddly formatted excel sheet before, but thought maybe someone here might have. Thank you for your words! Michael ________________________________________ From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Arielle Silverman via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 6:02 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Arielle Silverman Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please Hi Michael. Could you give us a little background on what you are expected to do with the worksheet? Are you the one submitting the budget request? And are you having difficulty navigating between cells or is it a more advanced function you need help with? When I tried to navigate using standard arrow keys, I kept getting bounced around in the worksheet. This is not normal for Excel and could mean there are some smart formulas that are not allowing JAWS to work properly. Or it could just be my laptop. Arielle On 5/21/15, petras via nabs-l wrote: > I've worked on exel a couple years ago when I > was at California School for the blind. I don't really rembember > how to use it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Date sent: Fri, 22 May 2015 00:53:16 +0000 > Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please > > Greetings, all: > I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses > it heavily. Essentially, attached is what I would be > working with. Anyone have any tips, all are appreciated! > Respectfully, > Michael > > _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu From tattenberg at gmail.com Fri May 22 01:31:23 2015 From: tattenberg at gmail.com (Trevor Attenberg) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 18:31:23 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Excel Help Message-ID: <009701d0942f$040c8ed0$0c25ac70$@gmail.com> Excel is pretty accessible, save at least for some of the visuals (graphs etc.), which is a problem anywhere, especially if you don't have access to tactile printing; but that's not generally stuff you would rely upon when working with the program. I am not the ultimate expert on the program; but I've been able to learn quickly through some helpful sources and experimentation. If you use JAWS like I do, there are resources for keyboard shortcuts you can use to good effect; many of which work just the same with any adaptive tech or none at all if you can see well enough. I'll attach a few files you may find helpful. I can't open your attachment since I'm getting the email through the digest format; but hopefully I can be of service. You should check out google or another search engine for additional information on excel commands you can use for accounting, math, etc. That is the sort of stuff that is helpful for any excel user and not just the blind; thus it is readily available. You might also be able to come across additional information pertinent for users of your preferred adaptive software. Unfortunately I don't know of accessible tutorials on excel one can get off the web; but I haven't looked. Hope this helps. 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Name: Keystrokes for Working in Tables.doc Type: application/msword Size: 34304 bytes Desc: not available URL: From bookwormahb at earthlink.net Fri May 22 02:58:38 2015 From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 22:58:38 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please In-Reply-To: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121E1FA@UBOX3.unr.edu> References: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121E1FA@UBOX3.unr.edu> Message-ID: <3810D4C29F494D8A9CA58A19382292DB@OwnerPC> Michael, I agree with Arielle. I looked at the sheet and the formatting is a nightmare. I use jaws but have a little central vision, enough to see colors and where writing is but cannot read it so that's why I use jaws. I'm no excel expert but I was trained a little with basic formulas and here is some tips. To navigate excell generally, use arrow keys. Left and right arrows take you to the last or previous cell. Up and down arrows move you up and down the column. As you hopefully know, excell has coordinates like a graph. To get to a cell, you need to know its location such as B2 which is its coordnates. If you know it, you can jump there fast. Press f 5 to go to a cell. Type in the cell location and tab to ok. Pressing control page down takes you to the next worksheet, I think. As for navigating this spreadsheet, it bounces around as you go from cell to cell with the arrows. I am assuming this is because of merged cells and other formatting. Also, you cannot fill it out because of colors guiding you to fill it out. If you are totally blind or do not have enough vision to see the cell you are in and its colors, you will not know what to fill out. Some of it is yellow, other merged cells are red, and I think others are green. My suggestion is to find what rows of data you need and try to read it in order. If you can't, you might need sighted assistance. HTH, Ashley -----Original Message----- From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 8:53 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Michael D Ausbun Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please Greetings, all: I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses it heavily. Essentially, attached is what I would be working with. Anyone have any tips, all are appreciated! Respectfully, Michael _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bookwormahb%40earthlink.net From arielle71 at gmail.com Fri May 22 03:02:18 2015 From: arielle71 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 20:02:18 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please In-Reply-To: <3810D4C29F494D8A9CA58A19382292DB@OwnerPC> References: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121E1FA@UBOX3.unr.edu> <3810D4C29F494D8A9CA58A19382292DB@OwnerPC> Message-ID: It sounds like it is already filled out and Michael's job is just to read through it and compare the data that was filled in with data from another source. So you should be able to do that once the smart formatting is stripped out. Arielle On 5/21/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: > Michael, > > I agree with Arielle. I looked at the sheet and the formatting is a > nightmare. > I use jaws but have a little central vision, enough to see colors and where > > writing is but cannot read it so that's why I use jaws. > > I'm no excel expert but I was trained a little with basic formulas and here > > is some tips. > > To navigate excell generally, use arrow keys. > Left and right arrows take you to the last or previous cell. > Up and down arrows move you up and down the column. > > As you hopefully know, excell has coordinates like a graph. > To get to a cell, you need to know its location such as B2 which is its > coordnates. > > If you know it, you can jump there fast. > Press f 5 to go to a cell. Type in the cell location and tab to ok. > Pressing control page down takes you to the next worksheet, I think. > > As for navigating this spreadsheet, it bounces around as you go from cell to > > cell with the arrows. > I am assuming this is because of merged cells and other formatting. > Also, you cannot fill it out because of colors guiding you to fill it out. > If you are totally blind or do not have enough vision to see the cell you > are in and its colors, you will not know what to fill out. > > Some of it is yellow, other merged cells are red, and I think others are > green. > My suggestion is to find what rows of data you need and try to read it in > order. If you can't, you might need sighted assistance. > > HTH, > Ashley > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 8:53 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Michael D Ausbun > Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please > > Greetings, all: > I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses it heavily. > Essentially, attached is what I would be working with. Anyone have any tips, > > all are appreciated! > Respectfully, > Michael > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bookwormahb%40earthlink.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > From wmodnl at hotmail.com Fri May 22 03:38:53 2015 From: wmodnl at hotmail.com (wmodnl wmodnl) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 23:38:53 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school In-Reply-To: References: <0NOO0019N5VNSV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: It is all a formality for the school to properly close you out of the system. Good luck. > On May 20, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Aleeha Dudley via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi Sami, > This meeting is to put in your IEP a plan for your college accommodations so that disability services staff can better serve you. You should also talk about methods for self advocacy and other important skills. > Aleeha Dudley and Seeing Eye Dog Dallas > Vice President, Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users > Vice President, Ohio Association of Blind Students > Both proud divisions of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio > Email: blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com > Phone: 937-733-0525 > The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back. > “The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears.” - Arabian proverb > >> On May 20, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am currently a high school senior, and just found out that I'll be having my next (and therefore last) IEP meeting next month. I have no idea why I'm having the meeting, since I'm graduating from high school next month, and therefore won't have an IEP afterwords. >> So what I'd like to know is, have any of you guys had your last IEP meeting your senior year of high school, rather than your junior year? If so, what kinds of things did you discuss? Accommodations for college? What you'd be doing after high school? I imagine that you wouldn't be talking about accommodations for the next schoolyear, since you obviously won't be in school, and that's what an IEP meeting is for, to talk about future accommodations in school, right? >> >> I hope you can answer these questions and help solve this confusion, because I originally thought that my last meeting would be in my junior year of high school, not my senior year since after that I'll be going to college, and therefore will not have an IEP for that. >> >> Looking forward to hearing from you, and good luck with studying and taking your exams! >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Sami. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/blindcowgirl1993%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/wmodnl%40hotmail.com From justin.williams2 at gmail.com Fri May 22 03:42:50 2015 From: justin.williams2 at gmail.com (justin williams) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 23:42:50 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] graduation Message-ID: <009a01d09441$60e32b70$22a98250$@gmail.com> Just figured I let you folks no I graduated with my second master's degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. Justin. From wmodnl at hotmail.com Fri May 22 03:56:20 2015 From: wmodnl at hotmail.com (wmodnl wmodnl) Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 23:56:20 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] graduation In-Reply-To: <009a01d09441$60e32b70$22a98250$@gmail.com> References: <009a01d09441$60e32b70$22a98250$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Congratulations and good luck. What school did you do this in? What was the state exam for certification like? Have a good evening. > On May 21, 2015, at 11:43 PM, justin williams via nabs-l wrote: > > Just figured I let you folks no I graduated with my second master's degree > in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. > > Justin. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/wmodnl%40hotmail.com From minh.ha927 at gmail.com Fri May 22 04:05:31 2015 From: minh.ha927 at gmail.com (minh ha) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 00:05:31 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please In-Reply-To: References: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121E1FA@UBOX3.unr.edu> <3810D4C29F494D8A9CA58A19382292DB@OwnerPC> Message-ID: Wow, this spreadsheet is an absolute nightmare. I tried everything I can think of to make it more readable, but nothing seemed to reduce the amount of formatting in the columns and rows. I also tried copying and pasting the information into an MS word document, but that didn't work either. Here are some of the things I did if you want to try it for yourself to see if it works. To clear formatting from the file, hit alt for the menu and then tab over until you hear "clear submenu." Right arrow on that and it will give you a list of choices for you to clear. I just hit clear all to get most of the formatting out. Someone mentioned not knowing what color a chunk of text is. Use insert+f. It will announce the font and color and background and such. I hope this helps in some way, Minh On 5/21/15, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l wrote: > It sounds like it is already filled out and Michael's job is just to > read through it and compare the data that was filled in with data from > another source. So you should be able to do that once the smart > formatting is stripped out. > Arielle > > On 5/21/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: >> Michael, >> >> I agree with Arielle. I looked at the sheet and the formatting is a >> nightmare. >> I use jaws but have a little central vision, enough to see colors and >> where >> >> writing is but cannot read it so that's why I use jaws. >> >> I'm no excel expert but I was trained a little with basic formulas and >> here >> >> is some tips. >> >> To navigate excell generally, use arrow keys. >> Left and right arrows take you to the last or previous cell. >> Up and down arrows move you up and down the column. >> >> As you hopefully know, excell has coordinates like a graph. >> To get to a cell, you need to know its location such as B2 which is its >> coordnates. >> >> If you know it, you can jump there fast. >> Press f 5 to go to a cell. Type in the cell location and tab to ok. >> Pressing control page down takes you to the next worksheet, I think. >> >> As for navigating this spreadsheet, it bounces around as you go from cell >> to >> >> cell with the arrows. >> I am assuming this is because of merged cells and other formatting. >> Also, you cannot fill it out because of colors guiding you to fill it >> out. >> If you are totally blind or do not have enough vision to see the cell you >> are in and its colors, you will not know what to fill out. >> >> Some of it is yellow, other merged cells are red, and I think others are >> green. >> My suggestion is to find what rows of data you need and try to read it in >> order. If you can't, you might need sighted assistance. >> >> HTH, >> Ashley >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l >> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 8:53 PM >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >> Cc: Michael D Ausbun >> Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please >> >> Greetings, all: >> I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses it heavily. >> Essentially, attached is what I would be working with. Anyone have any >> tips, >> >> all are appreciated! >> Respectfully, >> Michael >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bookwormahb%40earthlink.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com > -- Minh Ha Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 minh.ha927 at gmail.com "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 From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Fri May 22 06:07:08 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 02:07:08 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] graduation In-Reply-To: References: <009a01d09441$60e32b70$22a98250$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Congratulations, Justin. The world needs more blind professionals in voc rehab for sure-especially ones with a good attitude like yourself. Best of luck. On 5/21/15, wmodnl wmodnl via nabs-l wrote: > Congratulations and good luck. What school did you do this in? What was the > state exam for certification like? Have a good evening. > >> On May 21, 2015, at 11:43 PM, justin williams via nabs-l >> wrote: >> >> Just figured I let you folks no I graduated with my second master's >> degree >> in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. >> >> Justin. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/wmodnl%40hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Fri May 22 13:49:47 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 09:49:47 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] graduation Message-ID: <555f3400.46138c0a.3196.7a0d@mx.google.com> Hi Justin congratulations on your second master's degree. I remember how it felt when I graduated from community college last Summer. From jordystringer83 at gmail.com Fri May 22 16:29:54 2015 From: jordystringer83 at gmail.com (Jordy Stringer) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 12:29:54 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Be a part of something special. Message-ID: <3BDF11B5-6EC4-457A-AE59-D36EC8D72EFD@gmail.com> Greetings on behalf of the performing arts division of the national Federation of the blind. We hope this message finds all of you doing well. As many of you know the performing arts division is coordinating what promises to be an extraordinary presentation to commemorate 75 years of the national Federation of the blind. If you are interested in being a part of this and you have singing experience we would love to hear from you. We are looking to fill the last few spots in our choir. Interested individuals should submit an audition video as well as a biography detailing their performance experience. Submissions can be sent to Jordy Stringer by email. jordystringer83 at gmail.com You have until Friday May 29th 2015 to make your submission. We thank U and advance for your participation and we look very much forward to hearing your submissions. All decisions with regard to participation our final. If you have any further questions, please contact Jordy Stringer at the email address provided or by phone. 317 6294639 We very much appreciate your interest and can't wait to connect with all of you during this years national convention celebration. Warmly, Jordy D. Stringer, president, performing arts division, national Federation of the blind Sent from my iPhone From blacklotus86 at gmail.com Fri May 22 17:31:57 2015 From: blacklotus86 at gmail.com (zeynep sule yilmaz) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 12:31:57 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] graduation In-Reply-To: <555f3400.46138c0a.3196.7a0d@mx.google.com> References: <555f3400.46138c0a.3196.7a0d@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Hi Justin, Congrats for the degree. I'm a rehabilitation counselor as well. I work at the Vocational rehabilitation in Oklahoma state. I'm leaving my job in July to get my Ph.D. If you are interested working at a voc rehab agency, could you please contact with me? My agency is already looking for someone for my position after I leave and I can give more info about the agency and job. Please feel free to reach me off-lis so I can give my cell number to talk. If there is other graduates in that list who are interested working as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, please feel free to reach me as well. Thank you, Zeynep 2015-05-22 8:49 GMT-05:00, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l : > Hi Justin congratulations on your second master's degree. I > remember how it felt when I graduated from community college last > Summer. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/blacklotus86%40gmail.com > From jordystringer83 at gmail.com Fri May 22 18:41:52 2015 From: jordystringer83 at gmail.com (Jordy Stringer) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 14:41:52 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Streaming the 2015 talent competition Message-ID: Greetings Federation family. I am writing to find out if anyone might be interested in joining the performing arts leadership team. We are seeking individuals who have extensive techie backgrounds. The first priority is streaming of the talent competition this year in July. We plan to expand and would love to have you as part of our leadership team. Individuals should send an email to me directly, or call: 317–6 29–4639. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Warmly, Jordy D. Stringer, president, performing arts division, national Federation of the blind Sent from my iPhone From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Fri May 22 18:44:42 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (rbacchus228 at gmail.com) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 14:44:42 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school In-Reply-To: <0NOO0019N5VNSV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0NOO0019N5VNSV30@vms173021.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: Since this is your last day if you not talk about accommodations for next school year you do however have about college combinations and what you'll be majoring in when you get to college Sent from my iPad > On May 20, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am currently a high school senior, and just found out that I'll be having my next (and therefore last) IEP meeting next month. I have no idea why I'm having the meeting, since I'm graduating from high school next month, and therefore won't have an IEP afterwords. > So what I'd like to know is, have any of you guys had your last IEP meeting your senior year of high school, rather than your junior year? If so, what kinds of things did you discuss? Accommodations for college? What you'd be doing after high school? I imagine that you wouldn't be talking about accommodations for the next schoolyear, since you obviously won't be in school, and that's what an IEP meeting is for, to talk about future accommodations in school, right? > > I hope you can answer these questions and help solve this confusion, because I originally thought that my last meeting would be in my junior year of high school, not my senior year since after that I'll be going to college, and therefore will not have an IEP for that. > > Looking forward to hearing from you, and good luck with studying and taking your exams! > > Thanks in advance, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/rbacchus228%40gmail.com From ptrck.molloy at gmail.com Fri May 22 19:11:41 2015 From: ptrck.molloy at gmail.com (Patrick Molloy) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 15:11:41 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] question about coffeemakers Message-ID: Hi All, I've been doing a little bit of research and I saw that there were a couple of accessible coffeemakers on the market. I'm just curious to know how others handle the process of making coffee. Do people use a regular coffeemaker, or an accessible one? Patrick From theweird1 at mediacombb.net Fri May 22 19:15:26 2015 From: theweird1 at mediacombb.net (Loren Wakefield) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 14:15:26 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] question about coffeemakers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001101d094c3$a9151890$fb3f49b0$@mediacombb.net> We use a Keurig. But in the past we have used a regular coffee maker. But now, we really love the Keurig. Loren -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Molloy via nabs-l Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 2:12 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Patrick Molloy Subject: [nabs-l] question about coffeemakers Hi All, I've been doing a little bit of research and I saw that there were a couple of accessible coffeemakers on the market. I'm just curious to know how others handle the process of making coffee. Do people use a regular coffeemaker, or an accessible one? Patrick _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/theweird1%40mediacombb.n et From minh.ha927 at gmail.com Fri May 22 19:41:45 2015 From: minh.ha927 at gmail.com (minh ha) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 15:41:45 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] question about coffeemakers In-Reply-To: <001101d094c3$a9151890$fb3f49b0$@mediacombb.net> References: <001101d094c3$a9151890$fb3f49b0$@mediacombb.net> Message-ID: Patrick, I don't think coffee makers need to be made accessible in terms of speech or anything like that. I have used a bunch of different coffee machines from traditional coffee brewers to single serve models and all of them are pretty intuitive to use. I've been using a keurig to make my coffee with reusable coffee pods and I love it. Are there anything special that you are looking for in a coffee maker? Minh On 5/22/15, Loren Wakefield via nabs-l wrote: > We use a Keurig. But in the past we have used a regular coffee maker. But > now, we really love the Keurig. > > Loren > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Molloy > via nabs-l > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 2:12 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Patrick Molloy > Subject: [nabs-l] question about coffeemakers > > Hi All, > I've been doing a little bit of research and I saw that there were a couple > of accessible coffeemakers on the market. I'm just curious to know how > others handle the process of making coffee. Do people use a regular > coffeemaker, or an accessible one? > Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/theweird1%40mediacombb.n > et > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com > -- Minh Ha Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 minh.ha927 at gmail.com "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 From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Fri May 22 21:48:19 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 17:48:19 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] question about coffeemakers In-Reply-To: References: <001101d094c3$a9151890$fb3f49b0$@mediacombb.net> Message-ID: Same here. I have a Mister Coffee I bought for about 30 bucks for use at college and I love it. It doesn't have the fancy timers and such on it and only has an on/off switch which automatically starts the brewing, but I like the simplicity. My parents have a Coffeemate which is a bit more expensive, but even that is easy to figure out. I had no problems just making my own pot the other day just figuring out the controls on my own. (I wasn't much of a coffee drinker before so I just didn't care to check it out). Good luck. On 5/22/15, minh ha via nabs-l wrote: > Patrick, > > I don't think coffee makers need to be made accessible in terms of > speech or anything like that. I have used a bunch of different coffee > machines from traditional coffee brewers to single serve models and > all of them are pretty intuitive to use. I've been using a keurig to > make my coffee with reusable coffee pods and I love it. Are there > anything special that you are looking for in a coffee maker? > > Minh > > On 5/22/15, Loren Wakefield via nabs-l wrote: >> We use a Keurig. But in the past we have used a regular coffee maker. >> But >> now, we really love the Keurig. >> >> Loren >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Patrick >> Molloy >> via nabs-l >> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 2:12 PM >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list >> Cc: Patrick Molloy >> Subject: [nabs-l] question about coffeemakers >> >> Hi All, >> I've been doing a little bit of research and I saw that there were a >> couple >> of accessible coffeemakers on the market. I'm just curious to know how >> others handle the process of making coffee. Do people use a regular >> coffeemaker, or an accessible one? >> Patrick >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/theweird1%40mediacombb.n >> et >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com >> > > > -- > Minh Ha > Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16 > minh.ha927 at gmail.com > > "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 > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From justin.williams2 at gmail.com Sat May 23 12:46:38 2015 From: justin.williams2 at gmail.com (justin williams) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 08:46:38 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] graduation In-Reply-To: References: <555f3400.46138c0a.3196.7a0d@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <005401d09556$83765200$8a62f600$@gmail.com> I would love to talk to you. I can't find the off list email address for you in the email. My email address is justin.williams2 at gmail.com. Thanks, Justin. -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of zeynep sule yilmaz via nabs-l Sent: Friday, May 22, 2015 1:32 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: zeynep sule yilmaz Subject: Re: [nabs-l] graduation Hi Justin, Congrats for the degree. I'm a rehabilitation counselor as well. I work at the Vocational rehabilitation in Oklahoma state. I'm leaving my job in July to get my Ph.D. If you are interested working at a voc rehab agency, could you please contact with me? My agency is already looking for someone for my position after I leave and I can give more info about the agency and job. Please feel free to reach me off-lis so I can give my cell number to talk. If there is other graduates in that list who are interested working as a vocational rehabilitation counselor, please feel free to reach me as well. Thank you, Zeynep 2015-05-22 8:49 GMT-05:00, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l : > Hi Justin congratulations on your second master's degree. I remember > how it felt when I graduated from community college last Summer. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/blacklotus86%40gma > il.com > _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail .com From kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com Sat May 23 15:39:04 2015 From: kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com (Kathryn Webster) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 11:39:04 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] graduation In-Reply-To: <009a01d09441$60e32b70$22a98250$@gmail.com> References: <009a01d09441$60e32b70$22a98250$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <39C56D97-F559-46A9-96B4-4B4A39D85EE0@gmail.com> Congratulations Justin!!! Your continued devotion to higher education is admirable. Keep being that ball of positivity and optimism! Best, Kathryn Webster Sent from my iPhone > On May 21, 2015, at 11:42 PM, justin williams via nabs-l wrote: > > Just figured I let you folks no I graduated with my second master's degree > in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. > > Justin. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/kathrynwebster.nfb%40gmail.com From jab2bs at mtmail.mtsu.edu Sat May 23 15:52:16 2015 From: jab2bs at mtmail.mtsu.edu (James Alan Boehm) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 15:52:16 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] NFB 75th Anniversary Cane! Order Today! Message-ID: Hey friends. My business has designed a commemorative cane for the 75th anniversary! If interested, please read and share! Thanks Celebrate and lift your heads high and swing your canes from side to side! How about reflecting your federation pride with your very own collectible Custom NFB Diamond 75th Anniversary cane! The white cane proudly displays the NFB Anniversary logo on the upper section of the cane, just below the handle. The cane also features a diamond representing the diamond anniversary, as well as federation expressions such as “Live the Life You Want” and “Raise Expectations.” Kustom Cane will have a handful of 75th Anniversary canes available for purchase at the exhibit hall during the convention. Kustom Cane will be located at the Tennessee Affiliate table. NFB straight canes, NFB folding canes, telescopic canes, and Ambutek folding canes will be available. Since we cannot ensure that we will have your preferred length, we recommend that you pre-order your 75th NFB Anniversary cane today! Kustom Cane’s owner, James Boehm, has over 20 years of experience with custom design. Clint Berg expressed “I just love my Kustom Cane. It's like an extension of who I am. Wherever I go, people are amazed by its great looks. I have my business name and a custom logo on it. It is really cool. Thank you.” Call Kustom Cane today at 901-483-1515 or via email at kustomcane at gmail.com. The price of the cane will be $75, which will also have Cane Shield, a protective coating over the logos and accents to ensure long life of your cane! Also, if you pre-order before June 15th, Kustom Cane can add your name in Braille or other NFB related phrases, such as “Bell Program,” “Newsline,” Braille Monitor,” and “Free White Cane.” Pre-orders, depending on the time of order, will either be shipped to you before the convention or available for pickup at our booth. You embody the spirit of the NFB! Show everyone you are a proud federationist with your new limited edition NFB 75th Anniversary Cane! James Alan Boehm Contact Information: Phone: 901-483-1515 Personal Email: jimmydagerman80 at gmail.com NFB Email: secretary at nfb-tn.org Kustom Cane: kustomcane at gmail.com Blindness never limits-low expectations do! Live the life you want! From ropermeaghan at gmail.com Sat May 23 16:27:15 2015 From: ropermeaghan at gmail.com (Roper, Meaghan) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 12:27:15 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Hello Message-ID: <08A97138-B5C0-4705-9752-D1D157E424F0@gmail.com> Hello, I'm Meaghan Roper, a student in Massachusetts. I just joined the NANS list and thought I'd introduce myself.I am a college student at Wheelock College in Boston and I'm secretary of the MASSABS NFB board this year. I'm a Humanities Litwrature major working toward minors in Performing Arts and Autism Studies, with the long term goal of becoming a TVI. I'm looking forward to seeing and meeting everyone at national convention in July! -Meaghan Meaghan Roper Earl Center for Learning And Innovation ECA Associate Admissions Ambassador for Wheelock College President of Wheelock Student Theater Vice President of the Nerd & Gaming Association of Wheelock College Wheelock College Class of 2018 ropermeaghan at gmail.com 781-315-2720 From helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Sat May 23 20:12:51 2015 From: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com (Helga Schreiber) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 16:12:51 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Checking if This email Message goes Through Message-ID: <44BED41C-6BF8-48C3-89C3-1B302283E52E@gmail.com> Hi guys! How are you all? Can you thell me if this email goes through the list? I'm just wondering since when I was reading one of the emails of the list, I acciddntly press enter on the unsubscribing link. I just wanted to confirm that i didn't unsubscribe from the list! Hope to hear form you soon. Thanks so much and have a nice day. God bless! :) Helga Schreiber Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter. Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind Students. Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. Phone: (561) 706-5950 Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Skype: helga.schreiber26 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx INT Website: http://int4life.com/ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 Sent from my iPhone From sandragayer7 at gmail.com Sat May 23 20:13:45 2015 From: sandragayer7 at gmail.com (Sandra Gayer) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 21:13:45 +0100 Subject: [nabs-l] Hello In-Reply-To: <08A97138-B5C0-4705-9752-D1D157E424F0@gmail.com> References: <08A97138-B5C0-4705-9752-D1D157E424F0@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hello Meaghan, Welcome to the list. I'm sure you'll get, and give, great advice. Very best wishes, Sandra. On 5/23/15, Roper, Meaghan via nabs-l wrote: > Hello, I'm Meaghan Roper, a student in Massachusetts. I just joined the NANS > list and thought I'd introduce myself.I am a college student at Wheelock > College in Boston and I'm secretary of the MASSABS NFB board this year. I'm > a Humanities Litwrature major working toward minors in Performing Arts and > Autism Studies, with the long term goal of becoming a TVI. I'm looking > forward to seeing and meeting everyone at national convention in July! > > -Meaghan > > Meaghan Roper > Earl Center for Learning > And Innovation > ECA Associate > Admissions Ambassador for Wheelock College > President of Wheelock Student Theater > Vice President of the Nerd & Gaming Association of Wheelock College > Wheelock College Class of 2018 > ropermeaghan at gmail.com > 781-315-2720 > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sandragayer7%40gmail.com > -- Soprano Singer www.sandragayer.com Broadcast Presenter www.insightradio.co.uk/music-box.html Voiceover Artist www.archangelvoices.co.uk/content/sandra-gayer From arielle71 at gmail.com Sat May 23 20:39:31 2015 From: arielle71 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 13:39:31 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] Checking if This email Message goes Through In-Reply-To: <44BED41C-6BF8-48C3-89C3-1B302283E52E@gmail.com> References: <44BED41C-6BF8-48C3-89C3-1B302283E52E@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Helga. It went through! Best, Arielle On 5/23/15, Helga Schreiber via nabs-l wrote: > Hi guys! How are you all? Can you thell me if this email goes through the > list? I'm just wondering since when I was reading one of the emails of the > list, I acciddntly press enter on the unsubscribing link. I just wanted to > confirm that i didn't unsubscribe from the list! Hope to hear form you soon. > Thanks so much and have a nice day. God bless! :) > > Helga Schreiber > > Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter. > Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind > Students. > Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). > Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. > Phone: (561) 706-5950 > Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com > Skype: helga.schreiber26 > 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx > INT Website: http://int4life.com/ > > "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever > believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com > From grassflower111 at gmail.com Sat May 23 20:39:43 2015 From: grassflower111 at gmail.com (Trinh) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 15:39:43 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Checking if This email Message goes Through Message-ID: <20150523203943.grassflower111@gmail.com> Yes, your e-mail did come through. ----- Original Message ----- From: Helga Schreiber via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students Date: Saturday, May 23, 2015 3:13 pm Subject: [nabs-l] Checking if This email Message goes Through > > > Hi guys! How are you all? Can you thell me if this email goes through the list? I'm just wondering since when I was reading one of the emails of the list, I acciddntly press enter on the unsubscribing link. I just wanted to confirm that i didn't unsubscribe from the list! Hope to hear form you soon. Thanks so much and have a nice day. God bless! :were > > Helga Schreiber > > Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter. > Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind Students. > Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). > Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. > Phone: (561) 706-5950 > Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com > Skype: helga.schreiber26 > 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx > INT Website: http://int4life.com/ > > "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/grassflower111%40gmail.com From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Sat May 23 20:50:39 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 16:50:39 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Hello Message-ID: <5560e825.a028370a.3a7e.50de@mx.google.com> Hi Meaghan welcome to the list. My name is Roanna Bacchus, a student from Florida. Currently I'm earning my Bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at UCF with a minor in Mass Communications. I will be staying home and listening to this year's national convention via livestream. I also test online courses to make sure that they are accessible for students with disabilities during my internship at UCF. I'm glad you decided to join us. From rbacchus228 at gmail.com Sat May 23 20:50:42 2015 From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 16:50:42 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Checking if This email Message goes Through Message-ID: <5560e828.a028370a.3a7e.50e0@mx.google.com> Hi Helga your message came through loud and clear. From alana.leonhardy at gmail.com Sun May 24 01:29:24 2015 From: alana.leonhardy at gmail.com (Alana Leonhardy) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 18:29:24 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] May need a room for part of convention Message-ID: <4600A2BB-DE42-45E0-8E56-92F95C5127DC@gmail.com> Hi everyone. I might need a room to stay in for the second half of convention. Just from the 8th to the 11th. I'm quiet, neat, and would be happy with a cot in the corner. Although I definitely wouldn't protest if someone happened to have an extra bed. Alana Sent from my iPhone From mausbun at unr.edu Sun May 24 02:27:47 2015 From: mausbun at unr.edu (Michael D Ausbun) Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 02:27:47 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Hello In-Reply-To: References: <08A97138-B5C0-4705-9752-D1D157E424F0@gmail.com>, Message-ID: <79E0714D132BCB43A4B18D328D9A445B0121EE31@UBOX3.unr.edu> Greetings Meaghan: My name is Michael Ausbun, and I am a duel major studying Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Nevada, Reno, with minors in religious studies and Anthropology. It is good to have you as a further addition to the dialogue, which takes place here. I am sure you will contribute wonderfully to the discussion. Hope all is well. Best Regards, Michael Ausbun Michael Ausbun Commissioner, department of Clubs and Organizations, Associated students of the University of Nevada Assistive Technology Specialist, University of Nevada, Reno President and Cofounder, University of Nevada, Reno Philosophy club Secretary, Nevada Association of Blind Students Secretary, Students Abolishing Sex-Slavery Brother of the Tau Gamma Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity ________________________________________ From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Sandra Gayer via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org] Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 1:13 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Sandra Gayer Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Hello Hello Meaghan, Welcome to the list. I'm sure you'll get, and give, great advice. Very best wishes, Sandra. On 5/23/15, Roper, Meaghan via nabs-l wrote: > Hello, I'm Meaghan Roper, a student in Massachusetts. I just joined the NANS > list and thought I'd introduce myself.I am a college student at Wheelock > College in Boston and I'm secretary of the MASSABS NFB board this year. I'm > a Humanities Litwrature major working toward minors in Performing Arts and > Autism Studies, with the long term goal of becoming a TVI. I'm looking > forward to seeing and meeting everyone at national convention in July! > > -Meaghan > > Meaghan Roper > Earl Center for Learning > And Innovation > ECA Associate > Admissions Ambassador for Wheelock College > President of Wheelock Student Theater > Vice President of the Nerd & Gaming Association of Wheelock College > Wheelock College Class of 2018 > ropermeaghan at gmail.com > 781-315-2720 > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sandragayer7%40gmail.com > -- Soprano Singer www.sandragayer.com Broadcast Presenter www.insightradio.co.uk/music-box.html Voiceover Artist www.archangelvoices.co.uk/content/sandra-gayer _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mausbun%40unr.edu From arielle71 at gmail.com Sun May 24 06:23:17 2015 From: arielle71 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 23:23:17 -0700 Subject: [nabs-l] To Michael regarding your Excel issue-possible solution Message-ID: Hi Michael, I sent your Excel file to my husband who is an Excel whiz, and I think he might have diagnosed the problem. See below. Basically, the sheet is password-protected, and whoever protected it set it so that protected cells can't be navigated with the keyboard even though they are visible on the screen. I'm sharing this with the whole list in case any of you have run into a similar problem or will in the future. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jason Gwinn Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 23:18:35 -0700 Subject: Re: weird Excel file To: Arielle Silverman Hi Michael, Arielle (my wife) passed the Excel file on to me, and I think I've spotted the problem. Under the Review tab, Excel has a "protect worksheet" action, which allows you to password-protect the worksheet from (accidental or ill-informed) tampering. You can hand-pick the few cells that stay unlocked, which in this case are the cells that need to be edited and updated, but everything else is protected unless you have the password, including the cells that have column and row labels. I've used this myself, but one of the options I remember was whether or not to lock the cells not just from editing, but also from being selected. For most of the cells, I cannot seem to select them even if I click right on them with the mouse, so I suspect the creator of this spreadsheet checked the "locked from selection" option, which means while the locked cells are still displayed on-screen for eyeballs to read, JAWS is not even allowed to look at them, because they cannot even be selected. I think you need to check with your boss and ask for the selection-lock to be removed; it won't endanger the worksheet so long as editing is still locked, but it would allow JAWS to browse the whole sheet. Hope this helps, Jason On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Arielle Silverman wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l > Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 00:53:16 +0000 > Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > > Cc: Michael D Ausbun > > Greetings, all: > I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses it > heavily. Essentially, attached is what I would be working with. Anyone > have any tips, all are appreciated! > Respectfully, > Michael > From jim.hulme at gmail.com Sun May 24 09:52:04 2015 From: jim.hulme at gmail.com (James Hulme) Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 05:52:04 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Checking if This email Message goes Through In-Reply-To: <5560e828.a028370a.3a7e.50e0@mx.google.com> References: <5560e828.a028370a.3a7e.50e0@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Hello Helga, Yes. Your email went through to the list. If you have any problems with unsubscribe please contact the list moderator: David Andrews. Jimmy Hulme On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l < nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > Hi Helga your message came through loud and clear. > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jim.hulme%40gmail.com > From ropermeaghan at gmail.com Sun May 24 14:52:08 2015 From: ropermeaghan at gmail.com (Roper, Meaghan) Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 10:52:08 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] nabs-l] May need a room for part of convention Message-ID: <4D9E1ECE-943D-4CE3-80CE-3ED083141D98@gmail.com> Hi Alana, I can take you in my room for those dates. I'd love to chat with you. Send me an email at ropermeaghan at gmail.com and we can talk about it! -Meaghan Meaghan Roper Earl Center for Learning And Innovation ECA Associate Admissions Ambassador for Wheelock College President of Wheelock Student Theater Vice President of the Nerd & Gaming Association of Wheelock College Wheelock College Class of 2018 ropermeaghan at gmail.com 781-315-2720 From jim.hulme at gmail.com Sun May 24 23:43:11 2015 From: jim.hulme at gmail.com (James Hulme) Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 19:43:11 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] To Michael regarding your Excel issue-possible solution In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To Jason and All, You must try to check your Excel spreadsheet settings every time after you save the file. Jimmy Hulme On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l < nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote: > Hi Michael, > I sent your Excel file to my husband who is an Excel whiz, and I think > he might have diagnosed the problem. See below. Basically, the sheet > is password-protected, and whoever protected it set it so that > protected cells can't be navigated with the keyboard even though they > are visible on the screen. I'm sharing this with the whole list in > case any of you have run into a similar problem or will in the future. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jason Gwinn > Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 23:18:35 -0700 > Subject: Re: weird Excel file > To: Arielle Silverman > > Hi Michael, > > Arielle (my wife) passed the Excel file on to me, and I think I've spotted > the problem. Under the Review tab, Excel has a "protect worksheet" action, > which allows you to password-protect the worksheet from (accidental or > ill-informed) tampering. You can hand-pick the few cells that stay > unlocked, which in this case are the cells that need to be edited and > updated, but everything else is protected unless you have the password, > including the cells that have column and row labels. I've used this > myself, but one of the options I remember was whether or not to lock the > cells not just from editing, but also from being selected. For most of the > cells, I cannot seem to select them even if I click right on them with the > mouse, so I suspect the creator of this spreadsheet checked the "locked > from selection" option, which means while the locked cells are still > displayed on-screen for eyeballs to read, JAWS is not even allowed to look > at them, because they cannot even be selected. I think you need to check > with your boss and ask for the selection-lock to be removed; it won't > endanger the worksheet so long as editing is still locked, but it would > allow JAWS to browse the whole sheet. > > Hope this helps, > Jason > > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Arielle Silverman > wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l > > Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 00:53:16 +0000 > > Subject: [nabs-l] Microsoft excell help please > > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list < > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > > > > > Cc: Michael D Ausbun > > > > Greetings, all: > > I am unfamiliar with excel, which is bad since my job uses it > > heavily. Essentially, attached is what I would be working with. Anyone > > have any tips, all are appreciated! > > Respectfully, > > Michael > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jim.hulme%40gmail.com > From bookwormahb at earthlink.net Mon May 25 15:02:00 2015 From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett) Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 11:02:00 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] accessible music databases Message-ID: Hi all, I’m doing some research on composers and music history. Now I’m looking at the baroque era and its origins and how it differs from classical and then I might look at classical. I’m doing some music appreciation activities for senior citizens at a senior center as a volunter and I also just enjoy music. So, toward that end, what music databases or websites can I use? I live near the community college I attended called Nova for short. Nova subscribes to Oxford music online which has the Grove biographical encyclopedia. It seems accessible once you manage to find your search results. I cannot use the others with jaws though. Naxos music library is not accessible. The Alexander street databases which have collections of videos and music are giving me problems too, although I’m not sure if its accessible yet. Which other databases are usable? I found out many music databases are available to me if I get a neighboring county’s library card. My area, Fairfax county, does not subscribe to music databases, but other counties have a lot. I’d be interested in using them, but I do not want to go to the trouble of going to a library for a card and finding out the resources are not accessible. I might have to do that, but if I can avoid it, that would be nice. Has anyone had success using these databases? a.. Classical music reference library b.. Fine arts and music collection c.. Garland Encyclopedia of World Music d.. Pop culture collection e.. Popular Music library f.. Smithsonian global sound Thanks! Ashley From jordystringer83 at gmail.com Tue May 26 01:04:29 2015 From: jordystringer83 at gmail.com (Jordy Stringer) Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 21:04:29 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: Be a part of something special. References: <3BDF11B5-6EC4-457A-AE59-D36EC8D72EFD@gmail.com> Message-ID: <8E8C6E1D-8590-426C-8E47-9DF195DB404D@gmail.com> Jordy D. Stringer, president, performing arts division, national Federation of the blind Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Jordy Stringer > Date: May 22, 2015 at 12:29:54 PM EDT > To: Performing Arts Division list , Music Talk Mailing List , NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List , "" , National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Subject: Be a part of something special. > > Greetings on behalf of the performing arts division of the national Federation of the blind. > We hope this message finds all of you doing well. > As many of you know the performing arts division is coordinating what promises to be an extraordinary presentation to commemorate 75 years of the national Federation of the blind. > If you are interested in being a part of this and you have singing experience we would love to hear from you. We are looking to fill the last few spots in our choir. > Interested individuals should submit an audition video as well as a biography detailing their performance experience. > Submissions can be sent to Jordy Stringer by email. > jordystringer83 at gmail.com > You have until Friday May 29th 2015 to make your submission. > We thank U and advance for your participation and we look very much forward to hearing your submissions. All decisions with regard to participation our final. If you have any further questions, please contact Jordy Stringer at the email address provided or by phone. 317 6294639 > We very much appreciate your interest and can't wait to connect with all of you during this years national convention celebration. > Warmly, > > > Jordy D. Stringer, president, performing arts division, national Federation of the blind > Sent from my iPhone From crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com Tue May 26 05:22:41 2015 From: crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 01:22:41 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] accessible music databases In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, Ashley, As a music major I feel your pain. I am glad I am through using Oxford and Nacsos for music history research because it took so much leg work with the DS office to get accessible versions of the documents I needed, and just finding them in the first place was a pain. One thing you might try is using the International Music Score Library Page, or the Patruchi Music Library (commonly shortened to IMSLP). It mainly has scores and recordings and I don't think there are much if any documents on it, but if you're doing listening analysis on your own it is much easier to work with. Everything is organized by composer and I believe by genre, although I typically go straight to the composer/song I'm looking for. If you're looking for a textbook that perhaps spells out different aspects of music theory and stylistic elements of the classical period "Sound Patterns" by Phillip Magnuson is completely online. He's one of my music theory professors and the book is very detailed with links to wikipedia for definitions, links to youtube for sound files, etc. The only thing that isn't accessible are the pictures of musical examples but you might not need those. If you start at the beginning you should have examples by Bach and Handel, whereas later on you'll have examples by Beethoven, Mozart, and others. Stay away from chapter 29 and onward unless you want your head to explode-that's when we get into theory 3 and 4 with Schenkerian Analysis and the 20th century subgenres of music respectively, but anything till chapter 29 should be interesting if you want to read for your own studying. On 5/25/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m doing some research on composers and music history. Now I’m looking at > the baroque era and its origins and how it differs from classical and then I > might look at classical. > > I’m doing some music appreciation activities for senior citizens at a senior > center as a volunter and I also just enjoy music. > > So, toward that end, what music databases or websites can I use? > I live near the community college I attended called Nova for short. > Nova subscribes to Oxford music online which has the Grove biographical > encyclopedia. > It seems accessible once you manage to find your search results. > > I cannot use the others with jaws though. Naxos music library is not > accessible. > The Alexander street databases which have collections of videos and music > are giving me problems too, although I’m not sure if its accessible yet. > > Which other databases are usable? > I found out many music databases are available to me if I get a neighboring > county’s library card. My area, Fairfax county, does not subscribe to music > databases, but other counties have a lot. I’d be interested in using them, > but I do not want to go to the trouble of going to a library for a card and > finding out the resources are not accessible. > I might have to do that, but if I can avoid it, that would be nice. > > Has anyone had success using these databases? > > a.. Classical music reference library > b.. Fine arts and music collection > c.. Garland Encyclopedia of World Music > d.. Pop culture collection > e.. Popular Music library > f.. Smithsonian global sound > > > Thanks! > > Ashley > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti From bre.brown24 at gmail.com Tue May 26 13:28:40 2015 From: bre.brown24 at gmail.com (Bre Brown) Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:28:40 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] We are now accepting applications for the NABS mentoring program Message-ID: The 2015 NABS MENTORING PROGRAM! Students, young professionals, successful blind adults, ambitious young adults, listen up, this one is for you. For the third year, NABS will be sponsoring a mentoring program which will kick off during the 2015 convention, and build relationships which will hopefully last a lifetime. What: Blind students and professionals in the student's field of interest will be matched. When: On July 5th at 6:30 pm, we will hold our introduction meet-and-greet, which will be filled with fun games, and activities to kick off the mentoring relationship. Who: Blind students and first time convention attendees will be mentees, blind professionals, and seasoned convention attendees will serve as our mentors. How: If you'd like to participate as a mentor or mentee, you simply have to fill out a short form, which the committee will review. For mentors go to: http://nabslink.org/content/mentor-form For mentees go to: http://nabslink.org/content/mentee-form You can also find the applications on www.nabslink.org. The application deadline will be on June 15th. The only way we can have a successful program is by having mentors and mentees, so come one and come all! Spread the word! See you in Orlando! Bre Brown Secretary, National Association of Blind Students From tinypaws8491 at yahoo.com Tue May 26 13:34:06 2015 From: tinypaws8491 at yahoo.com (Thomas Peralta) Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 13:34:06 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [nabs-l] We are now accepting applications for the NABS mentoring program In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1760884678.2252303.1432647246452.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> What if you can't make it to Orlando this year, but want to be a mentor?  Can that still happen? Tom PeraltaLegislative Co-Chair - Wisconsin On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 8:29 AM, Bre Brown via nabs-l wrote: The 2015 NABS MENTORING PROGRAM! Students, young professionals, successful blind adults, ambitious young adults, listen up, this one is for you. For the third year, NABS will be sponsoring a mentoring program which will kick off during the 2015 convention, and build relationships which will hopefully last a lifetime. What: Blind students and professionals in the student's field of interest will be matched. When: On July 5th at 6:30 pm, we will hold our introduction meet-and-greet, which will be filled with fun games, and activities to kick off the mentoring relationship. Who: Blind students and first time convention attendees will be mentees, blind professionals, and seasoned convention attendees will serve as our mentors. How: If you'd like to participate as a mentor or mentee, you simply have to fill out a short form, which the committee will review. For mentors go to: http://nabslink.org/content/mentor-form For mentees go to: http://nabslink.org/content/mentee-form You can also find the applications on www.nabslink.org. The application deadline will be on June 15th. The only way we can have a successful program is by having mentors and mentees, so come one and come all! Spread the word! See you in Orlando! Bre Brown Secretary, National Association of Blind Students _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/tinypaws8491%40yahoo.com From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue May 26 15:11:29 2015 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 09:11:29 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] We are now accepting applications for the NABS mentoring program In-Reply-To: <1760884678.2252303.1432647246452.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1760884678.2252303.1432647246452.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6CEC89B2-95FD-4BF9-B009-3ACFA9C4F86F@gmail.com> I believe this particular opportunity requires that you are present in Orlando. I am not sure if your sate affiliate has any sort of mentoring program, but it’s worth looking into. > On May 26, 2015, at 7:34 AM, Thomas Peralta via nabs-l wrote: > > What if you can't make it to Orlando this year, but want to be a mentor? Can that still happen? > Tom PeraltaLegislative Co-Chair - Wisconsin > > > On Tuesday, May 26, 2015 8:29 AM, Bre Brown via nabs-l wrote: > > > The 2015 NABS MENTORING PROGRAM! > > Students, young professionals, successful blind adults, ambitious young > adults, listen up, this one is for you. > For the third year, NABS will be sponsoring a mentoring program which > will kick off during the 2015 convention, and build relationships > which will hopefully last a lifetime. > What: Blind students and professionals in the student's field of > interest will be matched. > When: On July 5th at 6:30 pm, we will hold our introduction > meet-and-greet, which > will be filled with fun games, and activities to kick off the > mentoring relationship. > > Who: Blind students and first time convention attendees will be > mentees, blind professionals, and seasoned convention attendees will > serve as our mentors. > How: If you'd like to participate as a mentor or mentee, you simply > have to fill out a short form, which the committee will review. > For mentors go to: > http://nabslink.org/content/mentor-form > For mentees go to: > http://nabslink.org/content/mentee-form > You can also find the applications on www.nabslink.org. > > The application deadline will be on June 15th. > > The only way we can have a successful program is by having mentors and > mentees, so come one and come all! Spread the word! See you in > Orlando! > > > > Bre Brown > Secretary, National Association of Blind Students > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/tinypaws8491%40yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com From jab2bs at mtmail.mtsu.edu Wed May 27 02:55:55 2015 From: jab2bs at mtmail.mtsu.edu (James Alan Boehm) Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 02:55:55 +0000 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: Universities With Descriptive Movie Theatres References: Message-ID: <7877A8A9-A79D-483C-84F1-533D7B88925D@mtmail.mtsu.edu> Good evening friends, I am currently working with a local university regarding descriptive technology for the campuses movie theatre. Do you know of any universties that have a movie theatre on campus and that provides descriptive audio and/or captioning for the hearing impaired? YOur input is greatly appreciated. Cheers, James James Alan Boehm Contact Information: Phone: 901-483-1515 Personal Email: jimmydagerman80 at gmail.com NFB Email: secretary at nfb-tn.org Kustom Cane: kustomcane at gmail.com Blindness never limits-low expectations do! Live the life you want! From ropermeaghan at gmail.com Wed May 27 12:24:21 2015 From: ropermeaghan at gmail.com (Roper, Meaghan) Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 08:24:21 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Universities With Descriptive Movie Theatres Message-ID: Hey there, I attend Wheelock College in Boston, MA, and Wheelock Family Theater is known for their audio description. Although it's for plays and musicals, I think reaching out to WFT could be helpful to you. They were the first theater in Massachusetts to incorporate audio description and captioning for the visually and hearing impaired. They also do a special weekend of shows specifically for persons with disabilities. You can reach them at wft at wheelock.edu or check them out online. I hope this helps. -Meaghan Roper Meaghan Roper Earl Center for Learning And Innovation ECA Associate Admissions Ambassador for Wheelock College President of Wheelock Student Theater Vice President of the Nerd & Gaming Association of Wheelock College Wheelock College Class of 2018 ropermeaghan at gmail.com 781-315-2720 From ropermeaghan at gmail.com Wed May 27 13:36:14 2015 From: ropermeaghan at gmail.com (Roper, Meaghan) Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 09:36:14 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] BARD iPhome Mobile App issues Message-ID: <2C265B0E-422B-4E5F-AD50-C988DDABD027@gmail.com> Hi everyone, Recently I've been experiencing issues with the NLS BARD app for iPhone. My iOS software is up to date and so are all my apps; but my BARD app is not functioning correctly. The speed control no longer appears on the player and does not respond in the settings page of the app. I can sometimes change the speed while books are playing if I drag my finger across the area where the speech intros should be, however I can not tell what speed the speech is at, even with VoiceOver on. I've tried deleting and re-downloading the app, but the problem is still there. Does anyone else have this issue? I hope this is not a bug that requires an update to fix. Thanks! Meaghan Roper Earl Center for Learning And Innovation ECA Associate Admissions Ambassador for Wheelock College President of Wheelock Student Theater Vice President of the Nerd & Gaming Association of Wheelock College Wheelock College Class of 2018 ropermeaghan at gmail.com 781-315-2720 From kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com Wed May 27 14:51:12 2015 From: kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com (Kathryn Webster) Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 10:51:12 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] In need of roommates for national Convention Message-ID: Good morning fellow Federation students!! With just over a month before Convention, students are still in need of roommates. Both females and males are searching. If you need a roommate, or know of someone who does, please email or text me asap. Email: kathrynwebster.nfb at gmail.com Phone: 203-273-8463 Thank you so much in advance! Best, Kathryn Webster Sent from my iPhone From weberrebecca232 at gmail.com Wed May 27 18:48:32 2015 From: weberrebecca232 at gmail.com (Rebecca Weber) Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 14:48:32 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] BARD iPhome Mobile App issues In-Reply-To: <2C265B0E-422B-4E5F-AD50-C988DDABD027@gmail.com> References: <2C265B0E-422B-4E5F-AD50-C988DDABD027@gmail.com> Message-ID: <0EAD9460-9D56-4D30-ACDF-BB491A41A01B@gmail.com> Hi. Ice not had this issue but hope to help. Maybe try shutting down the phone. Hope that helps. Becca Sent from my iPhone > On May 27, 2015, at 9:36 AM, Roper, Meaghan via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi everyone, > Recently I've been experiencing issues with the NLS BARD app for iPhone. My iOS software is up to date and so are all my apps; but my BARD app is not functioning correctly. The speed control no longer appears on the player and does not respond in the settings page of the app. I can sometimes change the speed while books are playing if I drag my finger across the area where the speech intros should be, however I can not tell what speed the speech is at, even with VoiceOver on. I've tried deleting and re-downloading the app, but the problem is still there. Does anyone else have this issue? I hope this is not a bug that requires an update to fix. Thanks! > > Meaghan Roper > Earl Center for Learning > And Innovation > ECA Associate > Admissions Ambassador for Wheelock College > President of Wheelock Student Theater > Vice President of the Nerd & Gaming Association of Wheelock College > Wheelock College Class of 2018 > ropermeaghan at gmail.com > 781-315-2720 > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/weberrebecca232%40gmail.com From mikgephart at icloud.com Thu May 28 00:59:10 2015 From: mikgephart at icloud.com (Mikayla Gephart) Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 20:59:10 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: NFB: IMPORTANT! URGENT!: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Hotel alternatives for NFB National Convention References: <043c01d098e1$0587e500$1097af00$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <31221002-E07A-4FEF-8B99-2E899E036099@icloud.com> Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Brian Mackey > Date: May 27, 2015 at 8:55:37 PM EDT > To: Brian Mackey > Subject: NFB: IMPORTANT! URGENT!: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Hotel alternatives for NFB National Convention > Reply-To: bmackey88 at gmail.com > > From the desk of NFBNJ President Joe Ruffalo. > Received from Mark Riccobono, NFB President. > > Greetings to all! > > For those still in need of hotel rooms for the 2015 national Convention, see below. > > *** > > Hotel alternatives for NFB National Convention > > Dear Colleagues, > > We have some information with regards to some non-Rosen properties in Orlando. Please share this with your affiliates. > > We’ve arranged for an NFB hotel block at the Doubletree by Hilton Orlando at Seaworld! The Doubletree is less than a mile from the Rosen Centre and has amenities such as flat-screen televisions and microwaves in the rooms, a swimming pool, and several on-property restaurants. To make a reservation, call 800-327-0363 and ask for group code NFB. Depending on your schedule, room rates will be more expensive on certain days. Rates are $89 for the nights of July 7-9. Rates are $159/night for July 3-6 and $179/night for July 10-11. > > Additional rooms may be found at a less expensive rate at the Clarion or the Red Roof Inn, although the details won’t be finalized in their reservation system until late on Thursday, May 28. You may call to book a room at the Clarion (800-826-4847) with a king or two queen beds for $110/night. We also have a block of rooms at the Red Roof Inn (407-352-1507 option 4) with a king or two full beds at the rate of $99/night. Both the Clarion and the Red Roof Inn offer a swimming pool, free Wi-Fi, and a microwave. (Some rooms may have a refrigerator.) Both properties are a short walk from the Rosen Centre entrance. > > See you in Florida! > > Mark A. Riccobono, President > National Federation of the Blind > 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place > Baltimore, Maryland 21230 > Phone: (410) 659-9314 > Fax: (410) 659-5129 > Email: officeofthepresident at nfb.org > Twitter: @Riccobono and @NFB_Voice > Web: www.nfb.org > > The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back. > > > Forwarded by: > > Brian A. Mackey > > Brian A. Mackey > Mackey Enterprises LLC > Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey > 609-953-6988 > Bmackey88 at gmail.com > > “Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make those dreams come true” > -Vince Papale > From jordystringer83 at gmail.com Thu May 28 02:38:44 2015 From: jordystringer83 at gmail.com (Jordy Stringer) Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 22:38:44 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Performing arts division newsletter References: Message-ID: <2C3D1CAF-8BB6-4FD2-A380-5F6E405B6D93@gmail.com> Please reference the below message for an important performing arts division announcement. Best, Jordy D. Stringer, president, performing arts division, national Federation of the blind Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Lizzy Muhammad via Perform-talk > Date: May 27, 2015 at 9:47:24 PM EDT > To: perform-talk at nfbnet.org > Cc: Lizzy Muhammad > Subject: [Perform-talk] (no subject) > Reply-To: Performing Arts Division list > > Hi All, > The board knows that many people are interested in hearing about the > accomplishments of others, and so has decided to issue the first edition > of our newsletter entitled "Spotlight." We encourage you to send an article > to be featured in the "Around the Division" section of the newsletter. This > section will contain updates from members, stories that may help other > blind performers, or division reports from state chapters. Please write > between 300 and 600 words. > If writing is not for you, consider asking the board a question. There will > be an anonymous Q and A section for the board to give tips and answer > questions from members. > Please email all submissions (articles and questions) to nfbpad at gmail.com > by Monday, June 15. > If you have any additional questions about the newsletter, please send me > (Lizzy) an email lizzym0827 at gmail.com > Best, > Lizzy > > -- Elizabeth Muhammad > Performing Arts Division Board member 2014-2016 > _______________________________________________ > Perform-talk mailing list > Perform-talk at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/perform-talk_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Perform-talk: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/perform-talk_nfbnet.org/jordystringer83%40gmail.com From dandrews at visi.com Thu May 28 06:32:54 2015 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 01:32:54 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: Female seeking NFB Convention Roommate Message-ID: > >Hi Dave, >Can you post this broadly. > >Traci Jones is a first time convention attendee seeking an >opportunity to room with other women at convention. She is arriving >July 4 and departing July 11. She does not have a room reservation. > >Traci can be reached at >Home: 804-368-0468 >Cell: 804-572-8133 >Or via email at >moonryn at gmail.com > > > David Andrews and long white cane Harry. E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org From chapman.candicel at gmail.com Thu May 28 23:54:53 2015 From: chapman.candicel at gmail.com (Candice Chapman) Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 18:54:53 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] May Membership Call: All About Convention Part 1 Message-ID: Howdy NABS, With the National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind swiftly approaching, the NABS Membership committee decided it would be a good idea to have a call about that very thing. So, this Sunday we'll be having the first of a two part membership call series. We will have the second part of the Convention call series in June. This month we'll be talking about what NABS is doing at Convention, activities of particular to interest, and anything else you want to cover that pertains to Convention. When: Sunday, May 31st at 8 p.m eastern, 7 p.m. central, 6 p.m mountain, 5 p.m. pacific Where: Call: 605-475-6700 code: 7869673 Hope to see you all there! Cndice From ligne14 at verizon.net Fri May 29 22:51:51 2015 From: ligne14 at verizon.net (Sami Osborne) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 14:51:51 -0800 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! Message-ID: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> Hi all, I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. I really look forward to attending college next year! Have a great end of May weekend, Sami. From gloria.graves at gmail.com Fri May 29 22:57:36 2015 From: gloria.graves at gmail.com (Gloria Graves) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 17:57:36 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! In-Reply-To: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: <0E535525-963E-47C7-8193-8C7ACCADBFE8@gmail.com> Congratulations :-) have you decided what you will be majoring in? Happy end of May weekend to you as well :-) Sent from my iPhone > On May 29, 2015, at 5:51 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. > > By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. > > I really look forward to attending college next year! > > Have a great end of May weekend, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/gloria.graves%40gmail.com From zdreicer at gmail.com Fri May 29 23:01:06 2015 From: zdreicer at gmail.com (Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 17:01:06 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! In-Reply-To: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: <97DFD6C1-9835-4919-98B4-BF1428955EAA@gmail.com> Congratulations, good work! What will you be studying, and where will you be attending college? Where will you be completing your training? Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver > On May 29, 2015, at 16:51, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. > > By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. > > I really look forward to attending college next year! > > Have a great end of May weekend, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gmail.com From helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Fri May 29 23:08:21 2015 From: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com (helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 19:08:21 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! In-Reply-To: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: Hey! Sami! This is Helga! Congratulation! for being accepted to your college! By the way, what is the aname of the college you have been accepted to? And is it located in your state that you live in? Just wondering. And I'm also curious, where are you going in order to do blindness training? I look forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks so much and God bless! Helga Schreiber Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind Students Member of The International Networkers Team (INT) Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research Phone: (561) 706-5950 Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Skype: helga.schreiber26 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx INT Website: http://int4life.com/ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 -----Original Message----- From: Sami Osborne via nabs-l Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 6:51 PM To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org Cc: Sami Osborne Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! Hi all, I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. I really look forward to attending college next year! Have a great end of May weekend, Sami. _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/helga.schreiber26%40gmail.com From weberrebecca232 at gmail.com Fri May 29 23:53:41 2015 From: weberrebecca232 at gmail.com (Rebecca Weber) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 19:53:41 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! In-Reply-To: References: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: Hi. Congrats !!!!! Good luck and hope all goes well. Sent from my iPhone > On May 29, 2015, at 7:08 PM, Helga via nabs-l wrote: > > Hey! Sami! This is Helga! Congratulation! for being accepted to your college! By the way, what is the aname of the college you have been accepted to? And is it located in your state that you live in? Just wondering. And I'm also curious, where are you going in order to do blindness training? I look forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks so much and God bless! > > > > Helga Schreiber > > Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter > Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind Students > Member of The International Networkers Team (INT) > Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research > > Phone: (561) 706-5950 > Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com > Skype: helga.schreiber26 > 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx > INT Website: http://int4life.com/ > > "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 > -----Original Message----- From: Sami Osborne via nabs-l > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 6:51 PM > To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org > Cc: Sami Osborne > Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! > > Hi all, > > I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally > got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). > Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still > one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted > to one college. > > By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance > letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to > start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness > training. > > I really look forward to attending college next year! > > Have a great end of May weekend, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/helga.schreiber26%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/weberrebecca232%40gmail.com From weberrebecca232 at gmail.com Fri May 29 23:55:22 2015 From: weberrebecca232 at gmail.com (Rebecca Weber) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 19:55:22 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Hi Message-ID: <4A1FB3AD-2B79-46CF-B5CA-304C0325BC06@gmail.com> Hello. Sent from my iPhone From bridgetawalker13 at aol.com Sat May 30 00:18:51 2015 From: bridgetawalker13 at aol.com (Bridget Walker) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 20:18:51 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! In-Reply-To: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: <530105EB-67B8-4074-BD7A-E56804066058@aol.com> Hi Sami, Congratulations on your acceptance to college. I think your choice to receive training is commendable. You are building a foundation for yourself that will insure success. I'm sure everyone here would agree, we are all looking forward to hear about your future transitions and goals. Best, Bridget Sent from my iPad > On May 29, 27 Heisei, at 6:51 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. > > By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. > > I really look forward to attending college next year! > > Have a great end of May weekend, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.com From justin.williams2 at gmail.com Sat May 30 01:04:41 2015 From: justin.williams2 at gmail.com (justin williams) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 21:04:41 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! In-Reply-To: <530105EB-67B8-4074-BD7A-E56804066058@aol.com> References: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> <530105EB-67B8-4074-BD7A-E56804066058@aol.com> Message-ID: <02a701d09a74$9c0d3720$d427a560$@gmail.com> Congradulations on your college exceptance. -----Original Message----- From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget Walker via nabs-l Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 8:19 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Bridget Walker Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I got into college! Hi Sami, Congratulations on your acceptance to college. I think your choice to receive training is commendable. You are building a foundation for yourself that will insure success. I'm sure everyone here would agree, we are all looking forward to hear about your future transitions and goals. Best, Bridget Sent from my iPad > On May 29, 27 Heisei, at 6:51 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. > > By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. > > I really look forward to attending college next year! > > Have a great end of May weekend, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.c om _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail .com From herekittykat97 at gmail.com Sat May 30 01:21:24 2015 From: herekittykat97 at gmail.com (Jewel) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 21:21:24 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Hi In-Reply-To: <4A1FB3AD-2B79-46CF-B5CA-304C0325BC06@gmail.com> References: <4A1FB3AD-2B79-46CF-B5CA-304C0325BC06@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3C9665ED-3BD4-422A-B074-9A5B3211C7D3@gmail.com> Was there more to this post? I'll say hi anyway. Jewel Sent from my iPhone > On May 29, 2015, at 7:55 PM, Rebecca Weber via nabs-l wrote: > > Hello. > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/herekittykat97%40gmail.com From weberrebecca232 at gmail.com Sat May 30 02:10:41 2015 From: weberrebecca232 at gmail.com (Rebecca Weber) Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 22:10:41 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Hi In-Reply-To: <3C9665ED-3BD4-422A-B074-9A5B3211C7D3@gmail.com> References: <4A1FB3AD-2B79-46CF-B5CA-304C0325BC06@gmail.com> <3C9665ED-3BD4-422A-B074-9A5B3211C7D3@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi. No, actually I wanted to see how this would send if I send it to myself. Thanks. On Friday, May 29, 2015, Jewel via nabs-l wrote: > Was there more to this post? I'll say hi anyway. > Jewel > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 29, 2015, at 7:55 PM, Rebecca Weber via nabs-l > wrote: > > > > Hello. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > _______________________________________________ > > nabs-l mailing list > > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/herekittykat97%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/weberrebecca232%40gmail.com > From sandragayer7 at gmail.com Sat May 30 09:30:37 2015 From: sandragayer7 at gmail.com (Sandra Gayer) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 10:30:37 +0100 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! In-Reply-To: <02a701d09a74$9c0d3720$d427a560$@gmail.com> References: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> <530105EB-67B8-4074-BD7A-E56804066058@aol.com> <02a701d09a74$9c0d3720$d427a560$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Very very well done! On 5/30/15, justin williams via nabs-l wrote: > Congradulations on your college exceptance. > > -----Original Message----- > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridget Walker > via nabs-l > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 8:19 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Bridget Walker > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I got into college! > > Hi Sami, > Congratulations on your acceptance to college. I think your choice to > receive training is commendable. You are building a foundation for yourself > that will insure success. > I'm sure everyone here would agree, we are all looking forward to hear > about > your future transitions and goals. > Best, > Bridget > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On May 29, 27 Heisei, at 6:51 PM, Sami Osborne via nabs-l > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into > college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not > exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and > I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. >> >> By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter > at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, > since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. >> >> I really look forward to attending college next year! >> >> Have a great end of May weekend, >> >> Sami. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: >> > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bridgetawalker13%40aol.c > om > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/justin.williams2%40gmail > .com > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sandragayer7%40gmail.com > -- Soprano Singer www.sandragayer.com Broadcast Presenter www.insightradio.co.uk/music-box.html Voiceover Artist www.archangelvoices.co.uk/content/sandra-gayer From mabelin_r at hotmail.com Sat May 30 13:39:38 2015 From: mabelin_r at hotmail.com (Mabelin Ramirez) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 09:39:38 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! In-Reply-To: <97DFD6C1-9835-4919-98B4-BF1428955EAA@gmail.com> References: <0NP4007U7VI7TV40@vms173023.mailsrvcs.net> <97DFD6C1-9835-4919-98B4-BF1428955EAA@gmail.com> Message-ID: Sent from my iPhone > On May 29, 2015, at 19:01, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via nabs-l wrote: > > Congratulations, good work! What will you be studying, and where will you be attending college? Where will you be completing your training? > > Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver > >> On May 29, 2015, at 16:51, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. >> >> By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. >> >> I really look forward to attending college next year! >> >> Have a great end of May weekend, >> >> Sami. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mabelin_r%40hotmail.comThat's great news Sami! From mabelin_r at hotmail.com Sat May 30 13:43:06 2015 From: mabelin_r at hotmail.com (Mabelin Ramirez) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 09:43:06 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] hello all Message-ID: Hi everyone, just wanted to greet everyone since I haven't posted in a while. Congratulations to Sami for getting into college. I'm at some point going to try applying for college. I don't know what I want to major in yet. First I have to get a job and so forth. I also wanted to grreet Jorge. I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Talk soon everyone. God bless. Mabelin Sent from my iPhone From jordystringer83 at gmail.com Sat May 30 14:04:51 2015 From: jordystringer83 at gmail.com (Jordy Stringer) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 10:04:51 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: [musictlk] Free Two-day Music Technology/ Braille Music Workshop: Increasing Student Access [cross-posted] References: <000901d09ae0$fb2e1f00$f18a5d00$@verizon.net> Message-ID: Jordy D. Stringer, president, performing arts division, national Federation of the blind Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Bill via musictlk > Date: May 30, 2015 at 10:00:24 AM EDT > To: > Cc: Bill > Subject: [musictlk] Free Two-day Music Technology/ Braille Music Workshop: Increasing Student Access [cross-posted] > Reply-To: Music Talk Mailing List > > Note: A few places remain. Contact the organizers using the information > below. > > The Filomen M. D'agostino Greenberg Music School in partnership with > Jefferson-Lewis BOCES > Music Technology/ Braille Music Workshop > Increasing Student Access > No Cost to Participants, Limited Space > Who: > . Music Educators > . Teachers of those who are Blind and Visually Impaired > . Anyone interested in helping people with vision loss > What: > . Learn the principles of Braille music code > . Hands-on training of Braille music translator software > . Creating large print music > . New low vision device, Lime Lighter > Where: > Jefferson-Lewis BOCES > Bohlen Technical Center > 20104 NYS Route 3 > Watertown, NY 13601 > When: > Thursday and Friday, June 11-12, 2015, 9 am - 4 pm > To register, e-mail Patti Gardner at pgardner at boces.com > > All programs at The Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School are made > possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the > support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and the > New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City > Council. This workshop is made possible, in part, by the William G. and > Helen C. Hoffman Foundation. The Music School is a member of the National > Guild for Community Arts Education. > > > > _______________________________________________ > musictlk mailing list > musictlk at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/musictlk_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for musictlk: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/musictlk_nfbnet.org/jordystringer83%40gmail.com From k8tvv2 at gmail.com Sat May 30 16:17:39 2015 From: k8tvv2 at gmail.com (Jeff Crouch- k8tvv) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 12:17:39 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] preregistration problems for convention Message-ID: Hi all, I am trying to help my girlfriend register for the convention and it keeps giving her an error after semiting the credit card info. We know the info is correct because we used it to book airline tickets. Does anyone know if this is a problem with anyone else or who I can talk to. She would like to get preregisterd to save that little bit of money. You can email me off list if you would like to save cluttering up the list. thanks -- American RedCross Disaster Service Technology Volunteer President of the Genesee County chapter of the NFB of Michigan Board member of the Michigan Association of Blind Students Cell: 810-931-7763 73 k8tvv Jeff Crouch From ligne14 at verizon.net Sat May 30 23:17:46 2015 From: ligne14 at verizon.net (Sami Osborne) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 15:17:46 -0800 Subject: [nabs-l] hello all Message-ID: <0NP60048WOIRFO80@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net> Hi Mabe, Haven't spoken to you in awhile. Really soroy, but I just had a lot of things to do, you know? Anyway, hi and welcome back to the list. Thanks for congratulating me on my college acceptance. It is really great news for me. What are you going to do after high school? I heard that you're graduating this year, is that corrct? As for not knowing your major in college (which you said you'll eventually be attending) that's really not a problem; I know what mine will be, but a lot of students don't when they first enter college. Talk to you soon, Sami. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mabelin Ramirez via nabs-l Hi, To answer your questions, I will be attending St. Thomas Aquinas College, which is in New York where I live. I will also be attending the Hellen Keller Center for the Blind (for people who are both blind and hard of hearing) also in New York, to complete my blindness training before I go to college. Thanks again for all of your congratulatory emails, Sami. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mabelin Ramirez via nabs-l wrote: Congratulations, good work! What will you be studying, and where will you be attending college? Where will you be completing your training? Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver On May 29, 2015, at 16:51, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: Hi all, I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. I really look forward to attending college next year! Have a great end of May weekend, Sami. _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gm ail.com _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mabelin_r%40h otmail.comThat's great news Sami! _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/ligne14%40ver izon.net From bookwormahb at earthlink.net Sat May 30 22:55:33 2015 From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 18:55:33 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital Message-ID: <0F92AAC8ACE64E3689274F8DB899C189@OwnerPC> Hi all, I have a public library card and use it to access its databases that jaws will read without too much hastle as well as recorded lectures on cd and sometimes hard copy books. I’ve used regular books with a reader for school research. I’d like to take advantage of an audio book streaming service. It also let's you stream evideos. Is overdrive accessible to a jaws 16 user with a windows 7 pc? Overdrive is the library’s software you download to stream these e audio books and e videos. I’d really like to use it because they have so many audio books. What is cool is you can check out ten books at a time with no late fees. I still use NLS, but its my experience NLS does not have the latest books out there or many of the nonfiction books I want to read and I’ve heard overdrive has a lot of history books. Thanks for any ideas. Ashley From bookwormahb at earthlink.net Sat May 30 23:22:31 2015 From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 19:22:31 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] recording book services Message-ID: <0CEE23B8B5EB46CCB68B42DF9D60620B@OwnerPC> Hi all, I have used Learning Ally in the past to record my requested books. But given their decision to stop cds and other factors leaving blind people out, I would rather use another service. Their website is worse and worse. I don’t know about you all but now the search feature does not allow you to go to the next page of results; no links to switch pages. What services are out there similar to Learning ally to record books? Are there any recording in daisy format? I still may use learning ally, but I’m wanting to explore all options. If you can suggest something, please tell me if they charge for the service and what the fee is and what type of requests they take. I’d rather have a human narrated book because I absorb more that way. Sadly, as we go to digital formats, it seems like less and less places record books. We used to have a local nonprofit in falls church recording texts and other books by request on tape, but they disappeared; lack of demand for services coupled with the phase out of tapes drove them away. Thanks. Ashley From bookwormahb at earthlink.net Sat May 30 23:37:24 2015 From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 19:37:24 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] accessible music databases In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Kaiti, This is helpful. I wish naxos were accessible. How did you get the documents you needed? Sometimes naxos has text about the music and I'd sure like to read them! Did you ask someone to put the text in a word file, perhaps? Yes I'm looking for a book and audio clips spelling out stylistic elements of the classical music period. Is his book free and if not, where do I purchase it? Would you say this book Sound patterns is understandable to someone with little music knowledge? I know some terms but not many; I've had a music history course in college meeting a fine arts requirement or something like that but it covered popular music. I love Bach and Handel! They were the end of the baroque era, as you know. Bach greatly influenced the emergence of classical music. Is there any sources to look up music terms such as a music dictionary website? Where is the International music score library? Is that part of oxford music online? Anyone know if Classical music reference library is accessible? Its part of Alexander street press which so far does not look too promising. Alexander street press has a group of databases, one I just mentioned plus they have classical music library, popular music library contemporary world sound and more. I'm going to get a librarian's help to look over classical music library. If accessible, I'd be able to find and stream many classical songs. Classical music reference library is not available at Nova, the community college, so I'd have to go to arlington public library, sign up for a card, and then try the database to access it. But, its worth it if I think it will be accessible. Classical music reference library has the baker's biographical dictionary of musicians wich is a reference book containing biographies of musicians. Is Garland encyclopedia accessible? that's its own database. Thanks. Ashley -----Original Message----- From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 1:22 AM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Kaiti Shelton Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible music databases Hi, Ashley, As a music major I feel your pain. I am glad I am through using Oxford and Nacsos for music history research because it took so much leg work with the DS office to get accessible versions of the documents I needed, and just finding them in the first place was a pain. One thing you might try is using the International Music Score Library Page, or the Patruchi Music Library (commonly shortened to IMSLP). It mainly has scores and recordings and I don't think there are much if any documents on it, but if you're doing listening analysis on your own it is much easier to work with. Everything is organized by composer and I believe by genre, although I typically go straight to the composer/song I'm looking for. If you're looking for a textbook that perhaps spells out different aspects of music theory and stylistic elements of the classical period "Sound Patterns" by Phillip Magnuson is completely online. He's one of my music theory professors and the book is very detailed with links to wikipedia for definitions, links to youtube for sound files, etc. The only thing that isn't accessible are the pictures of musical examples but you might not need those. If you start at the beginning you should have examples by Bach and Handel, whereas later on you'll have examples by Beethoven, Mozart, and others. Stay away from chapter 29 and onward unless you want your head to explode-that's when we get into theory 3 and 4 with Schenkerian Analysis and the 20th century subgenres of music respectively, but anything till chapter 29 should be interesting if you want to read for your own studying. On 5/25/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m doing some research on composers and music history. Now I’m looking at > the baroque era and its origins and how it differs from classical and then > I > might look at classical. > > I’m doing some music appreciation activities for senior citizens at a > senior > center as a volunter and I also just enjoy music. > > So, toward that end, what music databases or websites can I use? > I live near the community college I attended called Nova for short. > Nova subscribes to Oxford music online which has the Grove biographical > encyclopedia. > It seems accessible once you manage to find your search results. > > I cannot use the others with jaws though. Naxos music library is not > accessible. > The Alexander street databases which have collections of videos and music > are giving me problems too, although I’m not sure if its accessible yet. > > Which other databases are usable? > I found out many music databases are available to me if I get a > neighboring > county’s library card. My area, Fairfax county, does not subscribe to > music > databases, but other counties have a lot. I’d be interested in using them, > but I do not want to go to the trouble of going to a library for a card > and > finding out the resources are not accessible. > I might have to do that, but if I can avoid it, that would be nice. > > Has anyone had success using these databases? > > a.. Classical music reference library > b.. Fine arts and music collection > c.. Garland Encyclopedia of World Music > d.. Pop culture collection > e.. Popular Music library > f.. Smithsonian global sound > > > Thanks! > > Ashley > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com > -- Kaiti _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/bookwormahb%40earthlink.net From mikgephart at icloud.com Sun May 31 00:12:17 2015 From: mikgephart at icloud.com (Mikayla Gephart) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 20:12:17 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] preregistration problems for convention In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You should call the national office at 410-659-9314. Sent from my iPad > On May 30, 2015, at 12:17 PM, Jeff Crouch- k8tvv via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > I am trying to help my girlfriend register for the convention and it > keeps giving her an error after semiting the credit card info. We know > the info is correct because we used it to book airline tickets. > Does anyone know if this is a problem with anyone else or who I can > talk to. She would like to get preregisterd to save that little bit of > money. You can email me off list if you would like to save cluttering > up the list. > > thanks > > > -- > American RedCross Disaster Service Technology Volunteer > President of the Genesee County chapter of the NFB of Michigan > Board member of the Michigan Association of Blind Students > Cell: 810-931-7763 > 73 > k8tvv > Jeff Crouch > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mikgephart%40icloud.com From louvins at gmail.com Sun May 31 02:14:43 2015 From: louvins at gmail.com (Joshua Hendrickson) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 21:14:43 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital In-Reply-To: <0F92AAC8ACE64E3689274F8DB899C189@OwnerPC> References: <0F92AAC8ACE64E3689274F8DB899C189@OwnerPC> Message-ID: Hi Ashley. My local library also has a limited number of audio books available from overdrive. It sounds like your library has a much bigger selection then mine. However, overdrive is useable, but it does take some time to learn. It has been quite a while since I've tried to access the service. Just to let you know, if you download any audio books from over drive in WMA format, these books are protected, and cannot be played on any devices for te blind. I don't know if an EYEPHONE can play overdrive books, but I think it can. However, if you download any mp3 books, they will be able to be layed onthe NLS player, or any other blind device like the victor stream, or the booksense. Good luck. On 5/30/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a public library card and use it to access its databases that jaws > will read without too much hastle as well as recorded lectures on cd and > sometimes hard copy books. I’ve used regular books with a reader for school > research. > > I’d like to take advantage of an audio book streaming service. It also let's > you stream evideos. > > Is overdrive accessible to a jaws 16 user with a windows 7 pc? > Overdrive is the library’s software you download to stream these e audio > books and e videos. > I’d really like to use it because they have so many audio books. What is > cool is you can check out ten books at a time with no late fees. > > I still use NLS, but its my experience NLS does not have the latest books > out there or many of the nonfiction books I want to read and I’ve heard > overdrive has a lot of history books. > > Thanks for any ideas. > > Ashley > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gmail.com > From bookwormahb at earthlink.net Sun May 31 02:20:27 2015 From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 22:20:27 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] overdrive and one click digital In-Reply-To: References: <0F92AAC8ACE64E3689274F8DB899C189@OwnerPC> Message-ID: <335C572AD95544AEAEFBA73F43CCA0AC@OwnerPC> Thanks. Right, the overdrive is in protected WMA, so I have to use a pc or laptop. I believe overdrive is usable on the I phones with their ap. I don't know if the library has mp3 audio books. I'll have to ask about that. They might be playable with One click digital. I'll ask a librarian to give me instructions as it can be confusing I heard. When you used overdrive, were all buttons and boxes labeled? To set up the account, was that a problem? I'm afraid there may be a captua involved. Thanks for telling me this info. Ashley -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Hendrickson Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 10:14 PM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Ashley Bramlett Subject: Re: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital Hi Ashley. My local library also has a limited number of audio books available from overdrive. It sounds like your library has a much bigger selection then mine. However, overdrive is useable, but it does take some time to learn. It has been quite a while since I've tried to access the service. Just to let you know, if you download any audio books from over drive in WMA format, these books are protected, and cannot be played on any devices for te blind. I don't know if an EYEPHONE can play overdrive books, but I think it can. However, if you download any mp3 books, they will be able to be layed onthe NLS player, or any other blind device like the victor stream, or the booksense. Good luck. On 5/30/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a public library card and use it to access its databases that jaws > will read without too much hastle as well as recorded lectures on cd and > sometimes hard copy books. I’ve used regular books with a reader for > school > research. > > I’d like to take advantage of an audio book streaming service. It also > let's > you stream evideos. > > Is overdrive accessible to a jaws 16 user with a windows 7 pc? > Overdrive is the library’s software you download to stream these e audio > books and e videos. > I’d really like to use it because they have so many audio books. What is > cool is you can check out ten books at a time with no late fees. > > I still use NLS, but its my experience NLS does not have the latest books > out there or many of the nonfiction books I want to read and I’ve heard > overdrive has a lot of history books. > > Thanks for any ideas. > > Ashley > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gmail.com > From louvins at gmail.com Sun May 31 02:27:24 2015 From: louvins at gmail.com (Joshua Hendrickson) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 21:27:24 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] overdrive and one click digital In-Reply-To: <335C572AD95544AEAEFBA73F43CCA0AC@OwnerPC> References: <0F92AAC8ACE64E3689274F8DB899C189@OwnerPC> <335C572AD95544AEAEFBA73F43CCA0AC@OwnerPC> Message-ID: Hi Ashley. When I signed up for overdrive, I didn't have to do any kind of catia. I just logged in using my library card number, and the last four digits of my library card number as my pin number. I did have to install the overdrive program on my pc which I'm sure you already know. That's pretty neat, you can check out 10 books at a time. I think I can only check out 4 or five. On 5/30/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: > Thanks. > > Right, the overdrive is in protected > WMA, so I have to use a pc or laptop. > I believe overdrive is usable on the I phones with their ap. > > I don't know if the library has mp3 audio books. I'll have to ask about > that. They might be playable with One click digital. > I'll ask a librarian to give me instructions as it can be confusing I > heard. > > When you used overdrive, were all buttons and boxes labeled? To set up the > account, was that a problem? I'm afraid there may be a captua involved. > > Thanks for telling me this info. > Ashley > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Hendrickson > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 10:14 PM > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list > Cc: Ashley Bramlett > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital > > Hi Ashley. My local library also has a limited number of audio books > available from overdrive. It sounds like your library has a much > bigger selection then mine. However, overdrive is useable, but it > does take some time to learn. It has been quite a while since I've > tried to access the service. Just to let you know, if you download > any audio books from over drive in WMA format, these books are > protected, and cannot be played on any devices for te blind. I don't > know if an EYEPHONE can play overdrive books, but I think it can. > However, if you download any mp3 books, they will be able to be layed > onthe NLS player, or any other blind device like the victor stream, or > the booksense. Good luck. > > On 5/30/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a public library card and use it to access its databases that jaws >> will read without too much hastle as well as recorded lectures on cd and >> sometimes hard copy books. I’ve used regular books with a reader for >> school >> research. >> >> I’d like to take advantage of an audio book streaming service. It also >> let's >> you stream evideos. >> >> Is overdrive accessible to a jaws 16 user with a windows 7 pc? >> Overdrive is the library’s software you download to stream these e audio >> books and e videos. >> I’d really like to use it because they have so many audio books. What is >> cool is you can check out ten books at a time with no late fees. >> >> I still use NLS, but its my experience NLS does not have the latest books >> out there or many of the nonfiction books I want to read and I’ve heard >> overdrive has a lot of history books. >> >> Thanks for any ideas. >> >> Ashley >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gmail.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gmail.com > From zdreicer at gmail.com Sun May 31 04:09:39 2015 From: zdreicer at gmail.com (Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer) Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 22:09:39 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] I got into college! In-Reply-To: <0NP6004FFOMLFO80@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0NP6004FFOMLFO80@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: Congrats Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver > On May 30, 2015, at 17:19, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi, > > To answer your questions, I will be attending St. Thomas Aquinas College, which is in New York where I live. > > I will also be attending the Hellen Keller Center for the Blind (for people who are both blind and hard of hearing) also in New York, to complete my blindness training before I go to college. > > Thanks again for all of your congratulatory emails, > > Sami. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mabelin Ramirez via nabs-l To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Date sent: Sat, 30 May 2015 09:39:38 -0400 > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I got into college! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 29, 2015, at 19:01, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via nabs-l wrote: > > Congratulations, good work! What will you be studying, and where will you be attending college? Where will you be completing your training? > > Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver > > On May 29, 2015, at 16:51, Sami Osborne via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm just writing a quick email to inform you guys that I finally got into college today (I just received the acceptance letter). Although it's not exactly my top college of choice, it was still one that I applied for, and I'm glad that I at least got accepted to one college. > > By the way, in case of you are wondering why I got the acceptance letter at this late date, it is because I actually applied to start in the spring, since next fall I'll be doing blindness training. > > I really look forward to attending college next year! > > Have a great end of May weekend, > > Sami. > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gm > ail.com > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/mabelin_r%40h > otmail.comThat's great news Sami! > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/ligne14%40ver > izon.net > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gmail.com From jahmallovato at me.com Sun May 31 06:15:06 2015 From: jahmallovato at me.com (Jahmal Lovato) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 00:15:06 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] Rooms at the Rosen center In-Reply-To: References: <0NP6004FFOMLFO80@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net> Message-ID: > Hello, I am wondering if there is anybody who is not going to be needing their hotel room at the Rosen center, or is looking for a roommate. I was able to book air travel, but the reservations at the Rosen center seem to be sold out. Please email me off list if you have any info. Thank you, Jahmal From zdreicer at gmail.com Sun May 31 06:23:37 2015 From: zdreicer at gmail.com (Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 00:23:37 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] Rooms at the Rosen center Message-ID: <045FD17B-C927-4C8E-88E0-87095C4B980B@gmail.com> Hey how are you? Your message did not come through… Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver > On May 31, 2015, at 00:15, Jahmal Lovato via nabs-l wrote: > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/zdreicer%40gmail.com From jahmallovato at me.com Sun May 31 06:48:13 2015 From: jahmallovato at me.com (Jahmal Lovato) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 00:48:13 -0600 Subject: [nabs-l] Rooms at the Rosen center References: Message-ID: <1F002B2E-42A0-4A69-B4B9-AD09480E6C02@me.com> I am resending this message, because I have gotten word that it didn't go through properly the first time. So if anybody got it the first time, sorry for the duplicate. Hello, > I am wondering if there is anybody who is not going to be needing their hotel room at the Rosen center, or is looking for a roommate. > I was able to book air travel, but the reservations at the Rosen center seem to be sold out. > Please email me off list if you have any info. > Thank you, > Jahmal From helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Sun May 31 12:51:19 2015 From: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com (helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 08:51:19 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Fw: Rooms at the Rosen center Message-ID: <20D6A39C0C684098A1415F16E35DEE3B@Helga> Hi guys! Good morning! I'm just sending you this message that Jahmal send to the list as a forward just in case you didn't se it guys! Let me know if you receive it ok? I look forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks so much and have a nice day. God bless! P.S. I just thought, if I could help him since he needs a room. Thanks again! Helga Schreiber Fundraiser Coordinator for Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Delta Iota chapter Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind Students Member of The International Networkers Team (INT) Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research Phone: (561) 706-5950 Email: helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com Skype: helga.schreiber26 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx INT Website: http://int4life.com/ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 -----Original Message----- From: Jahmal Lovato via nabs-l Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 2:48 AM To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list Cc: Jahmal Lovato Subject: [nabs-l] Rooms at the Rosen center I am resending this message, because I have gotten word that it didn't go through properly the first time. So if anybody got it the first time, sorry for the duplicate. Hello, > I am wondering if there is anybody who is not going to be needing their > hotel room at the Rosen center, or is looking for a roommate. > I was able to book air travel, but the reservations at the Rosen center > seem to be sold out. > Please email me off list if you have any info. > Thank you, > Jahmal _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/helga.schreiber26%40gmail.com From cape.amanda at gmail.com Sun May 31 14:14:31 2015 From: cape.amanda at gmail.com (Amanda Cape) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:14:31 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital In-Reply-To: References: <0F92AAC8ACE64E3689274F8DB899C189@OwnerPC> Message-ID: Can I use overdrive on the apex to read ebooks with my Braillenote apex from my local library? Thanks, Amanda On 5/30/15, Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l wrote: > Hi Ashley. My local library also has a limited number of audio books > available from overdrive. It sounds like your library has a much > bigger selection then mine. However, overdrive is useable, but it > does take some time to learn. It has been quite a while since I've > tried to access the service. Just to let you know, if you download > any audio books from over drive in WMA format, these books are > protected, and cannot be played on any devices for te blind. I don't > know if an EYEPHONE can play overdrive books, but I think it can. > However, if you download any mp3 books, they will be able to be layed > onthe NLS player, or any other blind device like the victor stream, or > the booksense. Good luck. > > On 5/30/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a public library card and use it to access its databases that jaws >> will read without too much hastle as well as recorded lectures on cd and >> sometimes hard copy books. I’ve used regular books with a reader for >> school >> research. >> >> I’d like to take advantage of an audio book streaming service. It also >> let's >> you stream evideos. >> >> Is overdrive accessible to a jaws 16 user with a windows 7 pc? >> Overdrive is the library’s software you download to stream these e audio >> books and e videos. >> I’d really like to use it because they have so many audio books. What is >> cool is you can check out ten books at a time with no late fees. >> >> I still use NLS, but its my experience NLS does not have the latest books >> out there or many of the nonfiction books I want to read and I’ve heard >> overdrive has a lot of history books. >> >> Thanks for any ideas. >> >> Ashley >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cape.amanda%40gmail.com > From sweetpeareader at gmail.com Sun May 31 15:09:11 2015 From: sweetpeareader at gmail.com (Sophie Trist) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:09:11 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital Message-ID: <556b2422.6c7b3c0a.694d.ffff9754@mx.google.com> To=20answer=20your=20question,=20Amanda,=20I've=20never=20tried=20Overdrive= =20on=20 the=20Apex,=20but=20I=20doubt=20it=20would=20be=20accessible.=20Ashley,=20w= hen=20I=20use=20 Overdrive,=20I=20always=20just=20use=20it=20on=20my=20iPhone,=20because=20I= =20found=20 that=20easier=20than=20a=20PC.=20It=20takes=20some=20work,=20but=20I=20foun= d=20the=20 service=20very=20accessible=20for=20playing=20MP3=20audiobooks.=20At=20my=20= library,=20I=20can=20check=20out=207=20books=20at=20a=20time,=20and=20you=20= can=20hold=20them=20 for=20either=20one=20week,=20two=20weeks,=20or=20three.=20You=20can=20also= =20place=20 books=20on=20hold.=20In=20fact,=20I'm=20enjoying=20an=20Overdrive=20audiobo= ok=20right=20 now.=20:) =20-----=20Original=20Message=20----- From:=20Amanda=20Cape=20via=20nabs-l=20=20= wrote: =20Hi=20Ashley.=20=20My=20local=20library=20also=20has=20a=20limited=20numb= er=20of=20audio=20 books =20available=20from=20overdrive.=20=20It=20sounds=20like=20your=20library=20= has=20a=20 much =20bigger=20selection=20then=20mine.=20=20However,=20overdrive=20is=20useab= le,=20but=20 it =20does=20take=20some=20time=20to=20learn.=20=20It=20has=20been=20quite=20a= =20while=20since=20 I've =20tried=20to=20access=20the=20service.=20=20Just=20to=20let=20you=20know,= =20if=20you=20 download =20any=20audio=20books=20from=20over=20drive=20in=20WMA=20format,=20these=20= books=20are =20protected,=20and=20cannot=20be=20played=20on=20any=20devices=20for=20te= =20blind.=20=20I=20 don't =20know=20if=20an=20EYEPHONE=20can=20play=20overdrive=20books,=20but=20I=20= think=20it=20 can. =20However,=20if=20you=20download=20any=20mp3=20books,=20they=20will=20be=20= able=20to=20be=20 layed =20onthe=20NLS=20player,=20or=20any=20other=20blind=20device=20like=20the=20= victor=20 stream,=20or =20the=20booksense.=20=20Good=20luck. =20On=205/30/15,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20via=20nabs-l=20=20= wrote: =20Hi=20all, =20I=20have=20a=20public=20library=20card=20and=20use=20it=20to=20access=20= its=20databases=20 that=20jaws =20will=20read=20without=20too=20much=20hastle=20as=20well=20as=20recorded= =20lectures=20 on=20cd=20and =20sometimes=20hard=20copy=20books.=20I=E2=80=99ve=20used=20regular=20books= =20with=20a=20 reader=20for =20school =20research. =20I=E2=80=99d=20like=20to=20take=20advantage=20of=20an=20audio=20book=20st= reaming=20service.=20 It=20also =20let's =20you=20stream=20evideos. =20Is=20overdrive=20accessible=20to=20a=20jaws=2016=20user=20with=20a=20win= dows=207=20pc? =20Overdrive=20is=20the=20library=E2=80=99s=20software=20you=20download=20t= o=20stream=20 these=20e=20audio =20books=20and=20e=20videos. =20I=E2=80=99d=20really=20like=20to=20use=20it=20because=20they=20have=20so= =20many=20audio=20 books.=20What=20is =20cool=20is=20you=20can=20check=20out=20ten=20books=20at=20=20a=20time=20w= ith=20no=20late=20 fees. =20I=20still=20use=20NLS,=20but=20its=20my=20experience=20NLS=20does=20not= =20have=20the=20 latest=20books =20out=20there=20or=20many=20of=20the=20nonfiction=20books=20I=20want=20to= =20read=20and=20 I=E2=80=99ve=20heard =20overdrive=20has=20a=20lot=20of=20history=20books. =20Thanks=20for=20any=20ideas. =20Ashley =20_______________________________________________ =20nabs-l=20mailing=20list =20nabs-l at nfbnet.org =20http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org =20To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get=20your=20a= ccount=20 info=20for =20nabs-l: =20 http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gma il.com =20_______________________________________________ =20nabs-l=20mailing=20list =20nabs-l at nfbnet.org =20http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org =20To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get=20your=20a= ccount=20 info=20for =20nabs-l: =20 http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cape.amanda%4 0gmail.com _______________________________________________ nabs-l=20mailing=20list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To=20unsubscribe,=20change=20your=20list=20options=20or=20get=20your=20acco= unt=20info=20 for=20nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade r%40gmail.com From louvins at gmail.com Sun May 31 15:48:06 2015 From: louvins at gmail.com (Joshua Hendrickson) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:48:06 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital In-Reply-To: <556b2422.6c7b3c0a.694d.ffff9754@mx.google.com> References: <556b2422.6c7b3c0a.694d.ffff9754@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Hi Amanda. I'd say you might be able to play ebooks from overdrive on your braille note apex, if they were unprotected. One time, I downloaded an epub file of great expectations from overdrive and did play it on my computer. It all comes down to if the file is protected or not. Breaking the DRM on files from overdrive can be done, but it is a pain. On 5/31/15, Sophie Trist via nabs-l wrote: > To answer your question, Amanda, I've never tried Overdrive on > the Apex, but I doubt it would be accessible. Ashley, when I use > Overdrive, I always just use it on my iPhone, because I found > that easier than a PC. It takes some work, but I found the > service very accessible for playing MP3 audiobooks. At my > library, I can check out 7 books at a time, and you can hold them > for either one week, two weeks, or three. You can also place > books on hold. In fact, I'm enjoying an Overdrive audiobook right > now. :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Amanda Cape via nabs-l To: louvins at gmail.com, National Association of Blind Students > mailing list Date sent: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:14:31 -0400 > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital > > Can I use overdrive on the apex to read ebooks with my > Braillenote > apex from my local library? > Thanks, > Amanda > > On 5/30/15, Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l > wrote: > Hi Ashley. My local library also has a limited number of audio > books > available from overdrive. It sounds like your library has a > much > bigger selection then mine. However, overdrive is useable, but > it > does take some time to learn. It has been quite a while since > I've > tried to access the service. Just to let you know, if you > download > any audio books from over drive in WMA format, these books are > protected, and cannot be played on any devices for te blind. I > don't > know if an EYEPHONE can play overdrive books, but I think it > can. > However, if you download any mp3 books, they will be able to be > layed > onthe NLS player, or any other blind device like the victor > stream, or > the booksense. Good luck. > > On 5/30/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l > wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a public library card and use it to access its databases > that jaws > will read without too much hastle as well as recorded lectures > on cd and > sometimes hard copy books. I’ve used regular books with a > reader for > school > research. > > I’d like to take advantage of an audio book streaming service. > It also > let's > you stream evideos. > > Is overdrive accessible to a jaws 16 user with a windows 7 pc? > Overdrive is the library’s software you download to stream > these e audio > books and e videos. > I’d really like to use it because they have so many audio > books. What is > cool is you can check out ten books at a time with no late > fees. > > I still use NLS, but its my experience NLS does not have the > latest books > out there or many of the nonfiction books I want to read and > I’ve heard > overdrive has a lot of history books. > > Thanks for any ideas. > > Ashley > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account > info for > nabs-l: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gma > il.com > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account > info for > nabs-l: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cape.amanda%4 > 0gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info > for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade > r%40gmail.com > > From cape.amanda at gmail.com Sun May 31 15:51:32 2015 From: cape.amanda at gmail.com (Amanda Cape) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 11:51:32 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital In-Reply-To: References: <556b2422.6c7b3c0a.694d.ffff9754@mx.google.com> Message-ID: How would I know if it was unprotected and how would I use overdrive on my apex? Thanks, Amanda On 5/31/15, Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l wrote: > Hi Amanda. I'd say you might be able to play ebooks from overdrive on > your braille note apex, if they were unprotected. One time, I > downloaded an epub file of great expectations from overdrive and did > play it on my computer. It all comes down to if the file is protected > or not. Breaking the DRM on files from overdrive can be done, but it > is a pain. > > On 5/31/15, Sophie Trist via nabs-l wrote: >> To answer your question, Amanda, I've never tried Overdrive on >> the Apex, but I doubt it would be accessible. Ashley, when I use >> Overdrive, I always just use it on my iPhone, because I found >> that easier than a PC. It takes some work, but I found the >> service very accessible for playing MP3 audiobooks. At my >> library, I can check out 7 books at a time, and you can hold them >> for either one week, two weeks, or three. You can also place >> books on hold. In fact, I'm enjoying an Overdrive audiobook right >> now. :) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Amanda Cape via nabs-l > To: louvins at gmail.com, National Association of Blind Students >> mailing list > Date sent: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:14:31 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital >> >> Can I use overdrive on the apex to read ebooks with my >> Braillenote >> apex from my local library? >> Thanks, >> Amanda >> >> On 5/30/15, Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l >> wrote: >> Hi Ashley. My local library also has a limited number of audio >> books >> available from overdrive. It sounds like your library has a >> much >> bigger selection then mine. However, overdrive is useable, but >> it >> does take some time to learn. It has been quite a while since >> I've >> tried to access the service. Just to let you know, if you >> download >> any audio books from over drive in WMA format, these books are >> protected, and cannot be played on any devices for te blind. I >> don't >> know if an EYEPHONE can play overdrive books, but I think it >> can. >> However, if you download any mp3 books, they will be able to be >> layed >> onthe NLS player, or any other blind device like the victor >> stream, or >> the booksense. Good luck. >> >> On 5/30/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l >> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a public library card and use it to access its databases >> that jaws >> will read without too much hastle as well as recorded lectures >> on cd and >> sometimes hard copy books. I’ve used regular books with a >> reader for >> school >> research. >> >> I’d like to take advantage of an audio book streaming service. >> It also >> let's >> you stream evideos. >> >> Is overdrive accessible to a jaws 16 user with a windows 7 pc? >> Overdrive is the library’s software you download to stream >> these e audio >> books and e videos. >> I’d really like to use it because they have so many audio >> books. What is >> cool is you can check out ten books at a time with no late >> fees. >> >> I still use NLS, but its my experience NLS does not have the >> latest books >> out there or many of the nonfiction books I want to read and >> I’ve heard >> overdrive has a lot of history books. >> >> Thanks for any ideas. >> >> Ashley >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account >> info for >> nabs-l: >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gma >> il.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account >> info for >> nabs-l: >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cape.amanda%4 >> 0gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >> for nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade >> r%40gmail.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cape.amanda%40gmail.com > From louvins at gmail.com Sun May 31 16:42:10 2015 From: louvins at gmail.com (Joshua Hendrickson) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 11:42:10 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital In-Reply-To: References: <556b2422.6c7b3c0a.694d.ffff9754@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Hi Amanda. You would know if a book as unprotected because before you downloaded from the overdrive site there would be a message before the book title letting you know if it was unprotected or not. Also, you couldn't play the overdrive books direct from your apex because some of them are in protected WMA format which cannot be played on the apex. Also, as for using the overdrive site and downloading books to your apex, I don't knowhow that would work. On 5/31/15, Amanda Cape wrote: > How would I know if it was unprotected and how would I use overdrive > on my apex? Thanks, > Amanda > > On 5/31/15, Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l wrote: >> Hi Amanda. I'd say you might be able to play ebooks from overdrive on >> your braille note apex, if they were unprotected. One time, I >> downloaded an epub file of great expectations from overdrive and did >> play it on my computer. It all comes down to if the file is protected >> or not. Breaking the DRM on files from overdrive can be done, but it >> is a pain. >> >> On 5/31/15, Sophie Trist via nabs-l wrote: >>> To answer your question, Amanda, I've never tried Overdrive on >>> the Apex, but I doubt it would be accessible. Ashley, when I use >>> Overdrive, I always just use it on my iPhone, because I found >>> that easier than a PC. It takes some work, but I found the >>> service very accessible for playing MP3 audiobooks. At my >>> library, I can check out 7 books at a time, and you can hold them >>> for either one week, two weeks, or three. You can also place >>> books on hold. In fact, I'm enjoying an Overdrive audiobook right >>> now. :) >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Amanda Cape via nabs-l >> To: louvins at gmail.com, National Association of Blind Students >>> mailing list >> Date sent: Sun, 31 May 2015 10:14:31 -0400 >>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] overdrive and oneclick digital >>> >>> Can I use overdrive on the apex to read ebooks with my >>> Braillenote >>> apex from my local library? >>> Thanks, >>> Amanda >>> >>> On 5/30/15, Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l >>> wrote: >>> Hi Ashley. My local library also has a limited number of audio >>> books >>> available from overdrive. It sounds like your library has a >>> much >>> bigger selection then mine. However, overdrive is useable, but >>> it >>> does take some time to learn. It has been quite a while since >>> I've >>> tried to access the service. Just to let you know, if you >>> download >>> any audio books from over drive in WMA format, these books are >>> protected, and cannot be played on any devices for te blind. I >>> don't >>> know if an EYEPHONE can play overdrive books, but I think it >>> can. >>> However, if you download any mp3 books, they will be able to be >>> layed >>> onthe NLS player, or any other blind device like the victor >>> stream, or >>> the booksense. Good luck. >>> >>> On 5/30/15, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l >>> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a public library card and use it to access its databases >>> that jaws >>> will read without too much hastle as well as recorded lectures >>> on cd and >>> sometimes hard copy books. I’ve used regular books with a >>> reader for >>> school >>> research. >>> >>> I’d like to take advantage of an audio book streaming service. >>> It also >>> let's >>> you stream evideos. >>> >>> Is overdrive accessible to a jaws 16 user with a windows 7 pc? >>> Overdrive is the library’s software you download to stream >>> these e audio >>> books and e videos. >>> I’d really like to use it because they have so many audio >>> books. What is >>> cool is you can check out ten books at a time with no late >>> fees. >>> >>> I still use NLS, but its my experience NLS does not have the >>> latest books >>> out there or many of the nonfiction books I want to read and >>> I’ve heard >>> overdrive has a lot of history books. >>> >>> Thanks for any ideas. >>> >>> Ashley >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account >>> info for >>> nabs-l: >>> >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/louvins%40gma >>> il.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account >>> info for >>> nabs-l: >>> >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cape.amanda%4 >>> 0gmail.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> nabs-l mailing list >>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info >>> for nabs-l: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/sweetpeareade >>> r%40gmail.com >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nabs-l mailing list >> nabs-l at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> nabs-l: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/cape.amanda%40gmail.com >> > From shawnabraham21 at gmail.com Sun May 31 19:41:58 2015 From: shawnabraham21 at gmail.com (Shawn Abraham) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 15:41:58 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Mac powerpoint Message-ID: <556b6417.cc32370a.3904.ffffbdb5@mx.google.com> Hi all, How can I make a powerpoint presentation on the mac pro? And is there a mailing list for apple accessibility anyone knows of? Thanks! From matt.dierckens at me.com Sun May 31 19:46:13 2015 From: matt.dierckens at me.com (Matthew Dierckens) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 15:46:13 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] Mac powerpoint In-Reply-To: <556b6417.cc32370a.3904.ffffbdb5@mx.google.com> References: <556b6417.cc32370a.3904.ffffbdb5@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <0AB6318D-7DFB-4232-BE20-A446EC53CB21@me.com> Hello Sean, You can do a PowerPoint presentation on keynote, and then you can export the presentation as a PowerPoint. Matt Dierckens Assistive technology specialist Macintosh trainer Sent from my iPhone > On May 31, 2015, at 15:41, Shawn Abraham via nabs-l wrote: > > Hi all, > How can I make a powerpoint presentation on the mac pro? And is there a mailing list for apple accessibility anyone knows of? > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > nabs-l mailing list > nabs-l at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/matt.dierckens%40me.com From bunnykatie6 at gmail.com Sun May 31 19:48:48 2015 From: bunnykatie6 at gmail.com (Katie Wang) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 15:48:48 -0400 Subject: [nabs-l] JAWS 16 and Focus braille display Message-ID: Hi all, I have been using a 40-cell Focus braille display with JAWS for years but am now encountering a very annoying problem after my most recent upgrade to JAWS 16. Typically, I turn on the option "active cursor follow braille display" under Braille Settings so that I can pan through a document using my braille display without wandering outside the main window and seeing messages in the status bar that I don't need. However, when I turn this option on in JAWS 16 the speech would not behave consistently when I read a Word document line by line using the arrow keys - The speech would appear to "get stuck" every few lines and repeat the same line multiple times. Has anyone encountered a similar issue and found a solution? I'm planning to call Freedom Scientific technical support but figure I would ask here first since they are not always very helpful. Thanks! Katie From dandrews at visi.com Sun May 31 19:50:14 2015 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 14:50:14 -0500 Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: Room Needed in Rosen Center Message-ID: >From: "Marion Gwizdala" >To: "'David Andrews'" >Subject: Room Needed in Rosen Center > >Dave, > > Would you circulate this through the NFBNET > subscribers' list? Thank you very much! > >Marion > > > >Dear all, > > The NFB of Florida has a member who wishes to > attend our national convention but, because of some medical issues, > needs to stay at the Rosen Center. If you have a room in the main > hotel you will not be using, please let me know as soon as possible > by writing off-list to > >Blind411 at verizon.net > >Thank you very much! > >Fraternally yours, >Marion Gwizdala > > David Andrews and long white cane Harry. E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org