Cheryl, I am right there with you. For my undergrad degree I used nothing but cassette tapes and live readers. I was always at the mercy of the schedule of whatever reader I had hired. I love that I can go on the Bookshare website and browse books just like if I was at the bookstore. Although I know it's not perfect, the new technology has given me so much freedom! Nancy
Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. On Nov 7, 2012, at 11:51 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: > I do know what you mean, but actually, remembering the days when I couldn't > read unless it was taped or put in braille or I could get somebody to read > for me, I'm thrilled that now I can pretty much read anything i want as long > as I'm willing to take the time to scan it, barring maybe things with a lot > of graphics. Plus once scanned, I'm not limited to my computer. There's > putting it in audio on a little mp3 player or Stream or leaving it in text > and putting it on Stream or phone. Yes, I'd love to be able to just carry > around a book, or a stack of books and read them, to go to the library and > walk around and pull books off the shelves and read, to buy and read > immediately. But if I look back as little as ten to fifteen years, I realize > how much is open to me now that wasn't before. College would be way different > for me now,, and no, i'm not saying how long ago that was but my life > revolved around readers and cassette recordings and even reel-to-reel tapes > way back there somewhere! I'll take what we have now any day! > > > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > On Nov 7, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Cheryl LeFurgey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sigh, kind of annoying, that. >> I mean, I've kind of always wanted to be able to have something I can >> just stick in my pocket and take wherever, the bookstore, library, >> that kind of thing. >> It kind of sucks how sighted people can just pick up a book wherever >> they want and read, while we're stuck using computers. >> >> On 11/7/12, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> There is a VueScan app that will pilot a wireless scanner, then Prizmo can >>> be used for the OCR. I haven't tried this as I haven't got such a scanner. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >>> Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
