[Nfbc-info] Books I'm looking for

[Eileen Misrahi]

At times, when I was taking my grad degree, the amount of pages the books
were made this task laborious and it was worth having the DSS Office attempt
to get the electronic version. My entire grad degree was distance learning
and of course there is 10 times more work than in a regular classroom. That
was my experience and I am not trying to spark a different discussion and
become off topic. 

Eileen -----Original Message-----
From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Barbour
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 9:03 AM
To: NFB of California List
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Books I'm looking for

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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