[nabs-l] College degrees/programs and textbooks for visuallyimpaired in eletronic braille

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hi Jessica,

As others have said, Bookshare is a great resource.  Your 
school's Disabled Student Services should also be able to get you 
publisher files or scan your books for you (some schools really 
do not have scanning capability, but publishers are required to 
provide a PDF of the book on request).  You may also be able to 
use an e-book reading app like IBooks or Kindal on your phone and 
pair your phone with a refreshable braille display or notetaker.  
None of us will really be able to tell you anything about what 
degree to get without knowing what your interests are.  Most 
people change their major several times though, so don't feel 
like you have to have your whole life planned out ahead of you to 
start college.  One good thing to do is to start with a 
generalized major like liberal arts and take courses from 
different subjects to see what interests you.  If you're not 
really sure what you want to do, it might also make sense for you 
to get an Associate's degree from a community college (if there's 
a good one near you) before transfering to a four year 
school--this is much cheeper and arguably gets you a better 
education since you'll be taking smaller classes with actual 
professors instead of sitting in a huge lecture hall or having a 
class with a grad student as you would for intro level classes at 
most large universities.

HTH,
Karl

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Jessica Dail via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:53:04 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] College degrees/programs and textbooks for 
visuallyimpaired in eletronic braille

Hi,
I'm thinking about going to college.
I'd like to know how I can obtain textbooks in electronic 
braille, as well as what degrees/programs you recommend.
I've never been in college before.
Thanks,
Jessica
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