[nabs-l] Is It just Me: Academic Challenges

[Karl Martin Adam]

Well,=20the=20answer=20to=20this=20is=20yes=20and=20no.=20=20I=20find=20tha=
t=20I=20read=20
significantly=20faster=20than=20cited=20people=20because=20my=20text=20to=20=
speech=20
set=20to=20the=20top=20speed=20is=20faster=20than=20they=20can=20read,=20an=
d=20it's=20
significantly=20easier=20for=20me=20to=20find=20things=20in=20the=20book=20=
because=20I=20
can=20search=20while=20they=20have=20to=20flip=20through=20their=20paper=20=
copy.=20=20
Doing=20research=20on=20the=20other=20hand=20is=20much=20more=20time=20cons=
uming=20for=20
me=20because=20of=20the=20difficulty=20of=20using=20databases=20and=20becau=
se=20of=20
the=20inaccessibility=20of=20print=20books=20in=20the=20library=20that=20si=
ghted=20
students=20can=20use.=20=20I=20also=20have=20usually=20needed=20a=20sighted=
=20person's=20
help=20getting=20my=20papers=20correctly=20formatted=20so=20everything=20lo=
oks=20
right=20on=20the=20page.

HTH,
Karl

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Christina=20Moore=20via=20NABS-L=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2018=20Jul=202016=2015:21:59=20-0400
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Is=20It=20just=20Me:=20Academic=20Challenges

Hello=20Everyone,

I=20am=20wondering=20if=20it=20is=20just=20me=20or=20do=20other=20blind=20p=
eople=20have=20
challenges=20academically=20that=20are=20due=20to=20their=20blindness.
Does=20anyone=20else=20find=20it=20challenging=20to=20search=20for=20inform=
ation=20in=20
a=20textbook?=20Do=20you=20feel=20it=20takes=20longer=20for=20you=20to=20co=
mplete=20
assignments=20because=20it=20takes=20you=20longer=20to=20read=20information=
=20that=20
is=20given=20to=20you=20utilizing=20text-to-speech=20software?=20Does=20any=
one=20
else=20find=20it=20challenging=20to=20take=20online=20tests/exams=20in=20th=
e=20
allotted=20time?
I=20know=20that=20is=20quite=20a=20few=20questions=20but=20I=E2=80=99m=20wo=
ndering=20if=20it=20is=20
just=20me=20or=20if=20other=20people=20have=20these=20experiences.
What=20do=20you=20do=20to=20manage=20your=20assignments,=20papers=20and=20r=
esearch=20
articles/information?
Thanks=20for=20any=20and=20all=20responses.
Christina
P.S.=20If=20I=20am=20set=20to=20no=20mail=20will=20I=20receive=20the=20resp=
onses=20to=20this=20
question=20since=20I=20posted=20it?
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