[nabs-l] Question about Braille Textbooks

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

Mikayla,
I'm glad my mesage made you feel better.  In some cases, however, 
your VI teacher is correct.
Many Braille textbooks can be found electronically if you have a 
notetaker or Braille display.  You can also get them in audio if 
you have a Victor stream.  In some classes, such as math, it may 
not be possible to find a copy of the textbook you need; in a 
case like that, my school's DSS, the teacher and yourself would 
discuss the best course of action.  Sometimes, another similar 
version will be available and the teacher will work with a 
similar version, but I am in a small school with small classes, 
so do not know if this is always possible.  Every individual 
situation is unique to the individual.
Vejas


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Mikayla Gephart <mikgephart at icloud.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 02 Jan 2017 13:39:31 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about Braille Textbooks

Hi,
     I do not have an answer for you.  However, this is making me 
feel better about college.  My TVI had said that I may not get 
braille textbooks in college.  Thank you for sending this 
message.
Mikayla
 On Jan 2, 2017, at 3:51 AM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Hi,
 I hope everyone is having a great 2017.  I understand that there 
is not going to be a "One-size fits all" answer to my question, 
so was just curious about what others have done.
 I have 2 classes that will have Braille textbooks.  This is 
different to last semester, when I had all electronic books.
 I am in a single room but regardount of rooming situations, when 
it comes to storing all the volumes of textbooks do you:
 - Store all textbooks in your dorm?
 - Keep the volumes you currently need in the dorm, but keep the 
rest in the DSS office?
 Or any other method?
 Also, do you email the teacher ahead of time to ask which pages 
will be used?
 Any ideas would be great.
 Thanks,
 Vejas

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