Here is 1 publisher's request form for accessible books. I needed a book
for C++ in 2004 or so and got it here.
Unsure what subject matter you need but most likely each publisher has
something like this.
https://order.superlibrary.com/Comergent/en/US/adirect/pearson?cmd=DisabilityRequestForm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Annette Carr" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] audio text books
Hi,
It sounds like you have already gone the route of BookShare, NLS and
RFB&D,
so now it is time to check out public sources such as Audible, Amazon,
Borders, and others by doing a Google search for audio books. Of course
there is a very good chance that none of these public sources have what
you
need either.
Have you talked to your university to see if they have services to either
obtain the books from the publisher or scan them into a file for you.
Yes,
it needs to be the university to contact the publisher, and not the
student.
If you have a sheet scanner and something like OpenBook or Kurzweil, you
can
scan them in yourself. Places like Kinko's or office supply stores can
cut
the binding off so that you can use the sheet feeder. When you are done
scanning the book they can put a comb binding on the book to keep the
printed pages together in case you need to refer back to the printed book
for pictures, tables, charts, etc. I think that some of these places also
scan documents into an electronic file, but I do not know what file
options
you would have.
If you do not own OCR software you might want to check out the reasonably
priced products by Premier Software at URL readingmadeeasy.com (That is
reading made easy, without spaces between the words) or Abby Fine
available
at most local computer supply stores.
There are service providers around the country who scan books in for a fee
which some rehabilitation agencies will pay for.
You can always resort back to how we did it last century, have a person
read
the book into a recording. I'm sure you do not even own a cassette
recorder, but digital recorders can do the same job. Some digital
recorders
have the ability to put an index marker in the recording for easy
navigation. These marks can be used to indicate the start of chapters or
sections. The reading assignments can be read into separate files in the
order of their due date. These files can be downloaded to a computer and
e-mailed to you or burned to a CD. Retired school teachers and professors
are often willing to volunteer their time to read textbooks. Churches are
another good source for finding volunteer readers.
Due to the amount of time and effort that goes into obtaining accessible
textbooks, you have to start working on it the semester before.
Hope you find this info helpful.
Annette
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of scott
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 5:07 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
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