[nabs-l] Question about Readers

[Ashley Bramlett]

I've had the same issue reading pdfs and that's one reason   why I hate 
them.
Try to get Word files next time.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Vejas via NABS-L
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2016 9:54 PM
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Cc: Vejas
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about Readers

Thanks, both of you.  I think I will ask for DSS to spell-check, I did not 
know that that they could do this.
Another issue I am having with these PDF's, which may be a separate issue, 
is that there are occasionally blocks of text which are interrupted by 
another completely unrelated block of text, then will jump back to the 
original block of text if that makes any sense. I don't know if this is 
because it is  a table, or why this happens, I wonder if this issue can be 
avoided by saving it in a word format?
Thanks,
Vejas

> On Oct 6, 2016, at 18:44, Hope Paulos via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> 
> wrote:
>
> They should be checking for spelling/accuracy. As far as having a reader
> read chapters in the book, I'd try and set up some time each week to have
> them read the chapters. You can ask them to stop at a particular point so
> you can take notes but you can also record the reading. This way, you can 
> go
> back and re-read the chapters for tests and more in-depth note-taking.
> I hope this is helpful.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jameyanne
> Fuller via NABS-L
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2016 9:33 PM
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> Cc: Jameyanne Fuller
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about Readers
>
> I've never used a reader so can't answer your first questions, but I feel
> like you could say to Your disabilities service office that you're having 
> a
> problem because there are lots of errors in the scanned book and is there
> anything they can do to reduce those errors. Honestly they should have
> someone proofreading.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> NABS-L
> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 9:25 PM
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> Cc: Vejas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
> Subject: [nabs-l] Question about Readers
>
> Hi All,
> I was wondering if any of you have used readers to read a chapter from a
> textbook, and how exactly you would go about this process.
> Although I have the textbook I need, it has been scanned by Disability
> Services and there are tons of errors, making some parts confusing to 
> read.
> Do you just tell the reader when to stop so that you can take notes on a
> particular topic?
> Would it be appropriate to ask my disability services office to check for
> spelling/accuracy, or is that not really their place?
> Thanks,
> Vejas
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