[nabs-l] Finding accessible and relevant research articles to complete assignments

[Miso Kwak]

Hi Amanda,
I have been able to access most of articles I needed on GOogle Scholar
throughout my undergraduate career.
Some pdfs were accessible enough for me to open it on the Adobe
Acrobat reader and read it with JAWS or transfer them to my
BrailleNote Apex and read the text.
If the article was not as accessible, I used either KNFB Reader to
scan the article or asked my university's Center for Accessible
Education to make the articles accessible.
Whether I used KNFB Reader or asked my university depended on how much
time I had in  my hand and how critical it was for me to access
certain elements of the articles.
For instance, if I needed to access a chart or graph that was a part
of a scientific research paper, I asked my university to make them
accessible for me or had a reader to describe those elements to me.
Best,
Miso

On 11/6/17, Amanda Cape via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi fellow students,
> I have been finding myself getting increasingly frustrated as I try to
> progress through school and am required to find research articles that
> are accessible with Jaws and that are relevant to my assignment
> topics. How does everyone deal with this? For example, when I am able
> to find an article that could be helpful with support from a sighted
> individual who can sskim the articles, they are not always readable.
> One opened and all it says is blank. This makes doing work even more
> anxiety provoking and time-consuming than it would be without all of
> these hurdles.
> I am feeling frustrated and wondering how everyone finds useful articles.
> Thanks,
> Amanda
> Amanda
>
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Miso Kwak
University of California, Los Angeles | 2017
Psychology B.A. | Education Studies Minor | Disability Studies Minor
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