[nabs-l] Some Questions About Attending College

[Ashley Bramlett]

Helga,
Then scan them yourself or pay someone to do it.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Helga Schreiber
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 7:23 PM
To: louvins at gmail.com ; National Association of BlindStudents mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Some Questions About Attending College

Hey Joshua, this is Helga. What would happen if my DSS office don't have a

Senta machine to scan my books? But I would like to have them scan! What 
should do about it? I really hate my books in PDF format. I'll really 
appreciate it, if you could give me some suggestions. Thanks and God bless!! 
:-) from my iPhone

> On Dec 21, 2013, at 2:58 PM, "Joshua Hendrickson" <louvins at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> Hi Lizzy.  What I used to do, was purchase my textbook from the
> college bookstore, and give the book and receipt to my disability
> support office.  The receipt was to show proof of purchase.  Then my
> disability support office would scan the book or books I needed using
> kurzweil.  Then I would get the book on cd in mp3 format.  I know now
> my DS office uses dolphin reader and can put the books in daisy
> format.  I wouldn't be charged anything to have my DS office scan the
> books I needed.  At least for me, my textbooks were scanned and
> proofed very well.  Good luck.  I would also agree that if you're
> looking for a notetaker for college the braille-sense u2 would be your
> best bet.  I'm going to see if my REHAB office will get me one.
>
>> On 12/21/13, lizzy <lizzym0827 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I just have a few more questions about text books to add to the
>> discussion.  I know some of you said that your office of
>> disabilities will scan them for you, but what have others done?
>> Do you (personally) have to pay the person in disabilities scan
>> for you or did they hire someone specifically to do this? Does
>> anyone scan the books themselves using Kurzwhile? Is there a
>> machine that can get the job done on its own? Is it usually a
>> hassle to get the PDF versions of textbooks from publishers?
>> Thanks,
>> Lizzy
>>
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