Melissa, no offense taken at all. It is just a little bit of information that few students realize; the professors are an easy target of fiscal ire as if we ever had a bit of influence on publishers or anyone else. Go ahead and contact the publishers to see how they can explain their behavior in any positive way. They can't. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa " <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] audio text books
: Yes ma'am, I know that too. It's frustrating, as usually the only change is : a minor paragraph or two. It is frustrating from all aspects. I'm sorry if : I offended, it was not my intention. : Warmly, : Melissa : Melissa Riley : [email protected] : [email protected] : : : -----Original Message----- : From: [email protected] : [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marilyn Walker : Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 7:55 PM : To: [email protected] : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] audio text books : : Melissa, as a little aside and in defense of professors who seem to have the : choice to use the latest textbook edition, here is some information. : Publishers put out frequent updates in order to make more money. How is : that? Bookstores will not buy back even a year old edition if it will not : be chosen again and most aren't because the flimsy paperbacck texts fall : apart so readily thus being unfit to buy back. If the bookstore can't : supply enough copies used and can't buy more new beccause there's a new : edition available, the students are stuck. The professor really has no : choice but to order the newest edition so as to have enough copies to go : around. I was a college professor so I know how this little racket works. : marilyn : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Melissa " <[email protected]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 5:32 PM : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] audio text books : : :: Unfortunately, there aren't many. I have had a difficult time in that :: department. The best solution, honestly, is to either have the college : scan :: the book into a file that would be compatible with either Open Book or :: Kurzweil. If you do not have either one of those programs, it can be put :: into an RTF file which you can read using JAWS. These are the methods I :: use. I have also scanned the books myself, when the school was too slow. :: RFBD seems to be hopelessly out-of-date, and expensive. With college : texts, :: and professors who typically use the newest edition, it's really tough. :: I'm sorry I couldn't give you more. As an afterthought, have you tried :: searching BookShare.org? :: Warmly, :: Melissa :: :: Melissa Riley :: [email protected] :: [email protected] :: :: :: -----Original Message----- :: From: [email protected] :: [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of scott :: Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:07 PM :: To: [email protected] :: Subject: [Blind-Computing] audio text books :: :: Does anyone know a resource for audio text books? I am going for my :: graduate degree and need audio text books I do know of RFBD.org they don't :: have the books I am looking for :: :: Looking for some other resources :: :: :: :: For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: :: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ :: :: :: For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: :: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : : : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : : : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
