Re: Computer science textbooks
- From: Dave <davidct1209@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 17:02:13 -0700
Yep. They got ai by Russell and norvig. But i need more than that. The dragon
book would be great for brushing up on compilers and a reference.
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On May 21, 2011, at 4:30 PM, "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well RFBD does have some good AI books but nothing really up to date. I had
> to scan the dragon book back in the day and wish they had it recorded. I do
> wish sometimes they had less language books and more theory.
>
> Ken
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> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Tseng
> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 7:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: Computer science textbooks
>
> Yeah; with you on that. I did my data structures class that way as
> well (with a box fulla RFBD tapes). I actually did my algorithms
> class slightly differently; I had a peer cleanup OCR'ed output and
> just correct for notation and write text descriptions of
> figures/diagrams. I think that worked out the best out of all the
> ways I tried. However, as kind of a hobby / limited time kind of a
> deal, I should just hit up someone for their personal stash :).
>
>
>
> On 5/21/11, Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I agree when I took my data structure classes my teachers and I came up
> with
>> some good ways to do stuff in text files but visualization is something
> not
>> even accessibility to graphs can actually substitute. So you're looking
>> for more theory based stuff. The best I can suggest is rfbd books and
>> having books recorded.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Tseng
>> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:34 PM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: Computer science textbooks
>>
>> Yeah...I love the e-text route (amazing what 24x7 offers as they have
>> books from quite a few publishers like MIT Press, Rocks, Microsoft
>> Press, etc.). Bookshare's one that also has some offerings.
>>
>> However, with all that said, the diagram issue is still what I'm
>> finding lacking without either going the human paid reader/translater
>> strategy or getting something from RFB&D.
>>
>> When you're talking about highly technical algorithms or processes,
>> the visual aid's are worth trying to understand rather than piecing
>> things together from the main textual narrative of the text. Also, if
>> you start getting into any sophisticated mathematical notation, you
>> lose all of that in translation.
>>
>> I guess I could run everything through infty reader, but hoped that
>> there would be some other creative ways people have tackled this
>> issue.
>>
>> On 5/21/11, Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Another one that I learned all my linux stuff from back in the 90's is
>> still
>>> around. It is books written for computer programmers by computer
>>> programmers.
>>>
>>> http://www.wrox.com
>>>
>>> There is a lot of other places but that is the one off the top of my
> head.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Florian
>> Beijers
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:56 AM
>>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: Computer science textbooks
>>>
>>> Well,
>>>
>>> THere is
>>> www.bookshare.org
>>> which has books on a variety of subjects. There's some computer science
>>> books but not many, sadly.
>>> Usually when I need a book i try to hunt it down somewhere on the web. I
>>> know i should be crediting the author and apreciating his work and all
>> that
>>> but especially here in Holland it's a royal pain to get digitized English
>>> books or even dutch ones on that subject, apart from audio which in my
>>> opinion just isn't cutting it for this kind of material.
>>> There is IRC channels devoted to sharing these texts as well.
>>> If you want to go the more legal and conventional route, you could try
>>> obtaining a scanning package that does the job well for books. For
> example
>>> the iRead Now package by handyTech comes with a camera that scans a page
>> and
>>> does OCr in aproximately five seconds. Now doing this for 700 pages is a
>> bit
>>> outrageous still but you can do it in chunks.
>>>
>>> I guess thats the only ways I can think of so far.
>>>
>>> Florian
>>> On May 21, 2011, at 3:07 PM, David Tseng wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> Curious to know what people do for obtaining accessible texts
>>>> especially *after* finishing a degree. Out of personal interest, I'd
>>>> like to get a few key books on my bookshelf as reference or just to
>>>> deepen my own knowledge of a specific area. Without access to a
>>>> school's lab/resources, I've kind of turned to sources like 24x7,
>>>> Safari, and other technical e-book sites, but have found them very
>>>> lacking wrt selection, and when they do have a book, varying levels of
>>>> access to diagrams. RFB&D's/Learning Alley's also quite lacking and
>>>> listening to CS books can be somewhat mind numbing.
>>>>
>>>> Short of calling up every university out there or employing my own
>>>> diagram to text human translater, what have people done here? I know
>>>> some of us are in industry, so am curious to know.
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