[nabs-l] Question for Anyone Who Gets Their Books Scanned by DSS

[Rock Chick17]

I haven't had that problem, but I don't think it is unreasonable to ask them to proofread it. You should be able to get a book and be 100% confident that you will be able to read everything, so I think asking them should not be an issue.
 Good luck!
Best,
Vee Gaspa 


Vee Gaspa
New Jersey Association of Blind Students, President 
National Association of Blind Students, board member
Intern, National Federation of the Blind
Phone, 410-659-9314 ext-2525  

> On Jun 1, 2017, at 8:56 PM, Justin Williams via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I just deduced what the text was saying when the words were too jumbled by
> what was around them.
> I didn't have time to go back for a second scan.  Not that you shouldn't, I
> just didn't. 
> Justin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question for Anyone Who Gets Their Books Scanned by
> DSS
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> Hi Vejas,
> I work in accessibility services and make some of the accommodated textbooks
> for students. I will say, we aren't perfect. We try our best but sometimes
> things slide. If the book isn't readable, I'd definitely recommend taking it
> back in and asking for it to be cleaned a bit more (again, things slide),
> but to proofread every textbook we receive to make sure it's "perfect" is
> virtually impossible if a student wants books at a reasonable time!
> Hope this helps.
> Chelsea Peahl
> 
>> On Jun 1, 2017, at 5:20 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> I just finished my freshman year of college.  Thinking ahead to next year,
> I would like to avoid an issue that happened my first semester (not an issue
> second semester) regarding textbooks not available on Bookshare or Ibooks.
> For the books that were unavailable on these sites, I brought them and my
> DSS scanned them in PDF's.  While I could read most of the text, there were
> some parts with too many mistakes to be able to deduce the words.  I don't
> expect a "perfect" copy, but was wondering how these of you who have been
> successful have gotten the most accurate copy.  I'm also wondering if you
> think it is appropriate that I ask my DSS to "proofread" the books to
> compare to the print-I do know that it would take lots of time, but at least
> a quick spell-check.
>> Thanks,
>> Vejas
>> 
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