[nabs-l] scanning books with Kurzweil

[Precious Perez]

I am going to talk with disability services today. These are specific music-related books, so Bookshare and Learning Ally don't have them.

Precious
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> On Sep 21, 2016, at 12:13 AM, Joshua Hendrickson via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
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