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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a form on the Bookshare site to report
errors in text. I I've found it helpful to submit issues.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lori</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=dblair2525@msn.com href="mailto:dblair2525@msn.com">Patricia
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 10, 2009 3:17
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pibe-division] Rewriting
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Carlton, I can understand your frustration. And your
TVI should know about Bookshare and how to use it (as well as how to look for
books from NLS etc). However, you should know that Bookshare is not
perfect by any means. When I use it to produce a well-formatted, embossed copy
of a book, I often have to spend hours going through the text, even today
(MacBeth)! It can be tedious. With an easy book, it might even be faster to
start from scratch rather than using the file (depends on the book, of
course). Especially for young children, I think the quality issue is a very
important one. <BR>Pat<BR>--<BR>dblair2525@msn.com<BR>801-582-2293
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<B>From: </B>Carlton Anne Cook Walker
<carltonwalker@gmail.com><BR><B>Reply-To: </B>Professionals in Blindness
Education Division List <pibe-division@nfbnet.org><BR><B>Date: </B>Tue,
10 Mar 2009 10:43:37 -0400<BR><B>To: </B><ksims@opsb.net>,
<Pibe-division@nfbnet.org><BR><B>Subject: </B>[Pibe-division] Rewriting
the book<BR><BR>Kristin,<BR><BR>I wish this were the case. Currently,
even though she doesn't know every contraction, all of Anna Catherine's books
are fully contracted. (I support and actually pushed for this last
year. As a result, she has really advanced in her contraction knowledge
-- using about 80% of them with proficiency now.)<BR><BR>Thus, even though
there might have been a reason to do this for a child using uncontracted or
"partially contracted" braille, that is not the case here.<BR><BR><BR>So, can
I assume that the teacher simply did not bother looking for the book in
BookShare. Thus, it appears that she spent one week of her time, spent
one week of the aide's time, and kept Anna Catherine from having the entire
book for 6 days longer than her classmates (for an assignment that needed to
be completed in 7 days) for no good reason.<BR><BR><BR>We have an IEP meeting
on Friday, and I want to know if I will have egg on my face by bringing up
this matter? I don't want to embarrass the TVI, but she has the
administration wrapped around her little finger regarding "all the time" she
spends on preparing materials for Anna Catherine. While I don't doubt
that she's spending this time, it appears that the time is being spent
foolishly. It seems she is working hard rather than working
intelligently. <BR><BR>If there was no good reason for all of these
extra hours to be spent -- and for withholding the entire text from my
daughter until the assignment was almost over -- I want to say so at the IEP
meeting. It appears to me that Anna Catherine is suffering as a result
of the TVI's lack of skills/knowledge. Something has to
give.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Carlton<BR><BR>-- <BR>Carlton Anne Cook Walker<BR>213
North First Street<BR>McConnellsburg, PA 17233<BR>Voice:
717-485-3383<BR><BR>
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