[nabs-l] scanning books with Kurzweil

[Joshua Hendrickson]

The college I attended did scan my textbooks as long as I bought the
book I needed.  Also, Learning Ally and bookshare are also very good
sources for getting college textbooks.

On 9/20/16, Karl Martin Adam via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> This depends on the school.  Some are able to scan books, others
> only request publisher files, which takes a long time.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: chelsea peahl via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 01:47:17 +0000
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] scanning books with Kurzweil
>
> I work for a disability services office. Your school should be
> able to cut the book, scan it, and then rebind it.
>
> Chelsea Peahl
>
> On Sep 20, 2016, at 6:02 PM, Precious Perez via NABS-L
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org<mailto:nabs-l at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
> I am using Kurzweil to scan two books that I need for one of my
> courses. One of the books is small, and it fits on the scanner,
> so the process works well. The other book is both wider and
> thicker, and I'm having trouble orienting it so that the scanner
> can capture the pages fully. Does anyone have any tips for
> scanning books efficiently? I thought of using my scan stand with
> KNFB reader, but I'm not sure which scanning option would be more
> tedious or time-consuming.
> Thanks in advance for your help! :)
>
> Precious
> Sent from my iPhone
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