[VABS] nova

[Naim Abu-ElHawa]

The Surface Pro works beautifully with JAWS.

Overall, I have heard that four-year universities are better equipped and the disabilities services offices are more willing to provide reasonable accommodations at four-year universities. Again, this is what I have heard, not what I have experienced. I really do seek advice/guidance from you all. Because, I really do not know.

Thank you.



Sincerely,





Naim Muawia Abu-El Hawa


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> On Jul 2, 2017, at 12:49 AM, Ashley Bramlett via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> Nova charges for printing by the page; its 12 cents I think.
> As for embossing, we could likely get away with it being free. They have  no way to collect money off the embossers where as the printers, you swipe your ID there and the ID is linked to your student money account. They will receive so little demand for embossing that it would not be worth the charge.
> 
> Mark, that is terrible  news that they did not update jaws at the Manassas campus. I know the annandale campus has an updated license.
> You are fortunate to have a surface Pro. That is expensive. Can you even load a screen reader on that tablet, I wonder?
> You were fortunate to have enough vision for the handouts. You could definitely use that! My vision does not let me read magnification long. I used a reader but that was long after the class could read their handouts.
> I always bought my books.
> A student who can use large print will have less problems at Nova.
> For textbooks, I've used all formats: electronic texts if the school gave it to me, scanning it myself via OCR, live readers, audio texts from NLS or Learning ally, and even finding some open source texts of books or articles online. The online stuff was typically for history or english assignments where stuff is old and not copyrighted.
> Blind students rarely used readers now a days but they were necessary for me. I did not get things handed to me on a silver platter at nova or any college. So, I had to figure out things myself. A friend of mine though goes to JMU. She has few struggles. She is handed all her textbooks electronically, the DSS office even got some texts brailled for science, she got models of body parts to feel for anatomy,
> and professors are generally helpful. She was bragging to me the first semester that professors were understanding and how she used their office hours for help. She said it was easier than high school!
> JMU btw is james madison university.
> So, she is fortunate. IF you go to JMU, it probably is better. Nova, sorry to say, you will struggle. Speak up and advocate for your needs. And if it does not work out with a professor and you have to have that class to graduate, my advice is to drop the class and take it later with a better professor.
> 
> Have a good week all, and happy 4th of july!
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- From: Marc Canamaso via VABS
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 12:09 AM
> To: Virginia Association of Blind Students list
> Cc: Marc Canamaso
> Subject: Re: [VABS] nova
> 
> Michael:
> 
> Yes in fact they do charge you to use their printers. That would be an interesting thing to find out if they charge for embossing documents.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Marc A. Canamaso
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