[Nfbc-info] Books I'm looking for

Jim Barbour jbar at barcore.com
Wed Aug 5 16:03:03 UTC 2009


Why do you need to go through the DSS office for this?

Why not just get a scanner, knfb reader, human reader, etc. and do it
yourself?

Jim

On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 08:16:22AM -0700, Eileen Misrahi  wrote:
> When I was enrolled in my grad program, I needed to go through my DSS office
> to get an electronic version of a book. I did the grunt work by getting the
> contact information of who they needed to contact and the forms that needed
> to be filled out. This also included an electronic version of the APA 5th
> edition of the manual. Sometimes,  I just needed to purchased a print copy
> and used Kurzweil 1000 and my Optibook scanner. I know this is not what you
> wanted to hear, but there were times that using Kurzweil was more time
> efficient and I didn't need to make myself crazy in the process. Also, I was
> able to keep up with the reading that was required. I hope this helps. 
> 
> Eileen 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael Groat
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 5:40 AM
> To: 'NFB of California List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Books I'm looking for
> 
> Michael,
> Try www.bookshare.org
> This site is different that bookshare.com.
> If they do not have the eBooks listed, talk to them.  They give students a
> lot of assistance (Disability qualified) in obtaining eBooks for school
> classes.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael Peterson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:25 AM
> To: NFB of California List
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Books I'm looking for
> 
> Hi all.  One of my classes is using the latest additions of some books I 
> believe I saw one or two on Kendell 2 but none of them on RFBD or bookshare.
> If anyone knows of accessible copies of the following books please let me 
> know.
> 1. Psychological and Social impact of illness and disability. (5th addition)
> By Springer From Dell orto /Springer publishing company 8/07
> 2. Journey across the lifespan (3rd addition) Daavis Polanch F. publisher A.
> 
> Davis company 07
> 3. Minding the body Mending the mind
> updated red. by Borysenko /Perseus/p/07
> I am using these books for class 740 so if anyone knows of accessible 
> versions let me know.
> Thanks
> Michael Peterson
> 
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