[NABS-L] come on someone

[Steve Jacobson]

Brian,

This is not an uncommon problem, but I'm not saying it is right.  One reason I didn't respond is that it would be useful to have a better understanding of the situation and the subject matter.  Certainly raising this issue with BookShare again as well as with the original publisher providing the EPUB file is a good idea for the long term, but that won't help right now.

If this particular book is required for a course, one would assume that the course is part of a program of some sort, and seeing what kind of resources are available there would certainly be one way to proceed.  If this course is part of a Vocational Rehabilitation plan, there might be funding to hire someone to read, except in this case they would not be reading but rather assisting with the elements of the book that are not accessible.  There are a couple of ways one could approach that even if not ideal.

If this specific book is not required, looking for another book covering the same subject that is more accessible would be worth investigating.  Make sure to check to see if it might be available from RFBD which might have described some of the inaccessible elements if they have produced this book.

Sometimes inaccessible pictures and figures are not all essential.  It is possible that the job of dealing with this can be reduced by concentrating on those elements that seem to be particularly important.  It is surprising sometimes how much of a picture is reinforced by the text.  Again, not knowing the subject matter puts me and anybody else at a disadvantage.  A text on programming where none of the examples are accessible would be a different matter as might be the case with other STEM subjects.  There are probably no magic answers, though.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

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Subject: [NABS-L] come on someone

Hi,

 

I got zero response a few days ago!

Some student has to have a suggestion of how to get the text from bookshare
epub audio books when all the audio says is image or in example 1.4 and no,
the dss office won't help when you are no longer a student.

Bryan

 



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