How about contacting the folks at the ADA or HHS--whoever is in charge of Americans With Disabilities Act enforcement? marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa " <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] audio text books
: That I can attest to. It is also frustrating, when you ask them for an : electronic file of a book, something they already have, and it takes them 2 : months to send it. Completely befuddling. : 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 8:08 PM : To: [email protected] : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] audio text books : : 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/ : : : 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/
