[Nfbc-info] Books I'm looking for

[Eileen Misrahi]

Hi Mike, 

I used to have Open Book 7.0 and after taking my Technology class for my
degree, I was sold on Kurzweil. I took the book "Blindness: What it is; What
it does, and how to live with it by Thomas Carrolle. I had a terrible scan
with Open Book and needed to correct errors manually after I converted it to
a Word document. For the class, we needed to learn and assess Kurzweil. So,
I took the same book and scanned it with Kurzweil and received a clean scan.
I thought I would weigh in on this, as I was shock to see what a difference
it made. I did talk to Freedom Scientific about 2-3 weeks ago and they
stated to upgrade to Open Book 8.0 the cost would be $150. I don't know if
it is work your while to download a trial of Open Book 8.0 before purchasing
the product to see if it has improved. The cost would be less than buying a
competitor's copy of Kurzweil, which I vaguely remembered as being $600.
These are just my thoughts. 

Eileen 


-----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 10:03 AM
To: NFB of California List
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Books I'm looking for

        Hi Eileen.  I use openbook which isn't as good as Kurzweil but I 
agree that might be what has to happen.
Maybe someone will know of electronic versions of these books but if not 
what will be will be.I had to scan and read a couple books for some other 
classes.
SDSU is looking for electronic versions too so we will see.
I'm thinking about buying at least the Kurzweil computer program I can use 
with my scanner not the stand alone.
Thanks
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Misrahi " <eileenmis at dslextreme.com>
To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Books I'm looking for


> 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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