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<DIV>Hello:</DIV>
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<DIV> I would suggest that if a book is available from
BookShare, that the DAISY XML file be used as input to Duxbury. You then have a
file to start from that should only need editing.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Robert</DIV>
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<A title=ksims@opsb.net href="mailto:ksims@opsb.net">Kristen J Sims</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 09, 2009 11:44
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pibe-division] Dumb
Question</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Carlton, <BR>One reason a teacher may do this is if she is
modifying the braille. For instance, if a student knows a few contractions. We
want to encourage reading and reinforce the contractions learned. For a short
book instead of downloading the brf file or scanning it we will simply have
our paraprofessional type the book or in our case the weekly decodable readers
and we will only braille the contractions he/she knows and maybe one or two
that are coming up. This is a time saver for us although it may seem like it
takes longer. If I can find the book on TSBVI in a dxb file I will usually
skip step one.<BR><BR>Kristen J. Sims, MEd NCLB<BR>Teacher of Blind
Students<BR><BR>
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Carlton Anne Cook Walker <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Date:</B> Friday, March 6 2009 03:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Pibe-division] Dumb
Question</DIV>Hi all,<BR><BR>I have a dumb question, but here goes . .
.<BR><BR>How difficult is it to get a good braille hard copy from a
Bookshare BRF file?<BR><BR>I'm asking because we have waited almost an
entire week to get a braille hard copy of a Cam Jansen book from the school.
an aide was typing in the print (don't know why they can't scan, but there
you go) and the TVI was translating using Duxbury and printing to a Juliet
on-site. I just looked up the book and found that the BRF (and the Daisy)
files are available from Bookshare. Is there a good reason to type the whole
thing in instead of using a Bookshare file? should I assume that the teacher
didn't look for the Bookshare file? (She has her own account, as does my
daughter).<BR><BR>If possible, I'd really like to know before I speak to her
this afternoon when I pick Anna Catherine up from school.<BR><BR>Please feel
free to email or call me directly.<BR><BR><BR>I truly appreciate your wisdom
on this matter (and others, of course).<BR><BR><BR><BR>Take
care,<BR><BR><BR>Carlton<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Carlton Anne Cook
Walker<BR>213 North First Street<BR>McConnellsburg, PA 17233<BR>Voice:
717-485-4529<BR>Cell:
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