[nagdu] Audio Books

Gloria G gloria.graves at gmail.com
Thu Jul 28 20:11:10 UTC 2011 

Hi Abigail,
I wanted to thank you and others for your feed back with audio book 
surching. I will take a look at the cites and other info I was given. Thanks 
again to everyone who responded to my post.
Gloria
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Abigail Lanier" <lanieraf at email.appstate.edu>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Audio Books


> Have you tried contacting the publisher of your text book(s) directly, or
> having your office of disability services contacting them for you? I've 
> had
> much success with receiving a PDF copy from the publishers of my text 
> books
> and using a screen reader to navigate the material. Granted, you'll still
> have to purchase a copy of the book to prove to the publisher you aren't
> "steeling" from them. You can find heaps of text books on Amazon for super
> cheap, by the way.
>
> Abigail
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:44 PM, cheryl echevarria <
> cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> you are welcome. it is BLIO, it is wonderful, and it was demonstrated on
>> the Presidential release by James Gashel.
>>
>> The presidential releases are here.
>> http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Presidential_Releases.asp<
>> http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Presidential_Releases.asp> I think it was either
>> March or April 2011
>>
>> It was also demonstrated at the National Convention.
>>
>> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>>
>> Cheryl Echevarria
>> http://www.echevarriatravel.com<http://www.echevarriatravel.com/>
>> 631-456-5394
>> reservations at echevarriatravel.com<mailto:reservations at echevarriatravel.com
>> >
>>
>> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel 
>> CST-1018299-10
>>
>> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise & Travel, 
>> Inc.
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Gloria G<mailto:gloria.graves at gmail.com>
>>  To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
>> Users<mailto:
>> nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>  Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:46 AM
>>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Audio Books
>>
>>
>>   Hi Sharel,
>>  I don't have programs for the DLIO I believe you called it. You said you
>>  could help me with these programs. I am not femilure with it but will 
>> look
>>  at the cite you gave me.
>>  Thank you very very much,
>>  Gooria
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com<mailto:
>> cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>>
>>  To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>   <nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>>
>>   Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:19 AM
>>  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Audio Books
>>
>>
>>  > Yes Gloria:
>>  > NLS has many college text books as well as bookshare and also no on 
>> the
>>  > BLIO which is from KNFB-Reader Technology, that reads new books and 
>> text
>>  > books that are out there on the market the same time as other books 
>> are.
>>  >
>>  >
>>   > if you go to www.blio.com<http://www.blio.com/<http://www.blio.com
>> %3chttp//www.blio.com/>> you can find out more
>>   > about it.
>>  >
>>  > The Braille Monitor from the Convention will also show that the former
>>  > head of the NLS Program was at the Convention, he recently retired and
>> has
>>  > become a member of the NFB
>>  >
>>  > If you need any of these programs, please let me know.
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>>  >
>>  > Cheryl Echevarria
>>   > http://www.echevarriatravel.com<http://www.echevarriatravel.com/<
>> http://www.echevarriatravel.com%3chttp//www.echevarriatravel.com/>>
>>  > 631-456-5394
>>  > reservations at echevarriatravel.com<mailto:
>> reservations at echevarriatravel.com<mailto:reservations at echevarriatravel.com
>> %3Cmailto:reservations at echevarriatravel.com>>
>>   >
>>  > Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Montrose Travel
>>  > CST-1018299-10
>>  >
>>  > Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise & Travel,
>>  > Inc.
>>  >  ----- Original Message -----
>>   >  From: Albert J Rizzi<mailto:albert at myblindspot.org<mailto:
>> albert at myblindspot.org>>
>>  >  To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
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>>   >  Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:00 AM
>>  >  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Audio Books
>>  >
>>  >
>>  >  Have you tried the NLS web site at the library of congress? I just
>>  > learned
>>  >  about that one and am thinking it could turn out to be a wealth of
>>  > options
>>  >  for accessible texts.
>>  >
>>  >  Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
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>>  >  -----Original Message-----
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>>  > [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>>  >  Of Gloria G
>>  >  Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:52 AM
>>  >  To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>  >  Subject: [nagdu] Audio Books
>>  >
>>  >  Hi,
>>  >  I am a college student and am in the process of finding books for the
>>  >  upcoming semester. I was wondering if anyone knew of any other cites 
>> to
>>  > find
>>  >  textbooks in an adaptive format? I am femilure with RFBD, bard, and
>>  >  bookshare. Does anyone know of any others?
>>  >  Thanks,
>>  >  Gloria
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