[NABS-L] In search of textbooks

[Mausam Mehta]

Hi Emily,
I have taken Latin for several years, and the struggle is real to find the books already in hardcopy, probably because different professors use different books to teach the same subject matter. I'm sure this is probably the case with other languages, but Latin is definitely one of the hardest to find.
What I've been doing in college is having my disability office purchase a print hardcopy, rip it apart and scan it into braille. Are you able to leverage this option?
Otherwise, if you have a braille display, and you can get an accessible PDF from the publisher, could you maybe go through the book that way? I know from experience that that is a very time-consuming and not entirely effective option, but it can tide you over until you can get the book in hardcopy braille.

Mausam Mehta
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> On Jan 28, 2020, at 1:43 PM, Seyoon Choi via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Emily,
> 
> I’m happy to do some searching through various sources that I know of. What edition are you specifically looking for? Are you able to provide an ISBN for the book? It’ll help with narrowing down exactly the copy that you’re looking for. I know you have mentioned braille, I’m assuming BRF?
> 
> Regards
> Seyoon
> 
> Seyoon Choi
> Undergraduate Research Assistant - Parks College of Engineering, Aviation & Technology
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>> On Jan 28, 2020, at 10:07 AM, Emily Schlenker via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi. I am in search of the following textbook preferably in braille, but we are possibly flexible:
>> Oxford Latin course two 
>> 
>> 
>> If there is a more appropriate Mailing list  where I can pose this question, I am happy to do so.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Emily Schlenker
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