[Trainer-talk] what computer books would you buy if they existed?

Nancy Coffman nancylc at sprynet.com
Fri Dec 31 03:18:35 UTC 2010


Something on using the MAC with Voiceover would be helpful.  I know there is 
a lot of audio available for it but I have not seen much in Braille yet.  I 
must admit that I have not looked like I should.

Nancy Coffman


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From: "Dean Martineau" <dean at topdotenterprises.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:33 AM
To: <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [Trainer-talk] what computer books would you buy if they existed?

> good morning. Most of you are probably familiar with National Braille 
> Press.
> They produce affordable braille books, both paper and electronic. The book
> on the iPhone which I co-authored with Anna Dresner will be coming out
> sometime in the next month, for instance. The electronic versions are
> increasingly available as DAISY, and are also available as plain text, so
> braille knowledge isn't necessary to benefit from them.
>
> As I write their books nowadays, I am unofficially asking what kinds of
> computer books you would like to see, and        would buy. We are working
> on Office 2010 Reference cards now. What else would you like to see? What
> would most help the people you work with?
>
> Let me stress that this is my own information-gathering initiative. Any
> information i get will be looked at, but I am asking, not NBP. NBP charges
> as little as they can for books, but they have to have some notion that a
> book will sell "so copies, enough to make it not too much of a losing
> proposition, before they write it.
>
> It is probably best that you reply to me individually about this as it 
> isn't
> really a matter of discussion. I can send a summary of responses if I get
> some.
>
> Thanks for thinking about it.
>
> Dean
>
>
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