[NABS-L] come on someone

[Selvin Linder]

Hi Bryan:

You could also down load the book from Bookshare if you are using a windows
PC. A screen reader will read it to you. I use ZoomText and it does a good
job reading the book to me. Sorry for the delays.

On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 11:36 PM Bryan Schulz via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Yes, it was about python programming and no it's not exactly required.
> Some things are found out the hard way.
> Thanks for the tips.
> Bryan
>
>
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> From: NABS-L <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson via
> NABS-L
> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 9:40 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> >
> Cc: Steve Jacobson <steve.jacobson at outlook.com>
> Subject: Re: [NABS-L] come on someone
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NABS-L <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Bryan Schulz via
> NABS-L
> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 5:03 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
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> Cc: Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
> 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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