[access-uk] Re: Accessible books
- From: Mark Faben <mark.faben@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:30:54 +0100
Hi,
Was a while ago now I guess when I was a student, and EBooks were not
really an option.
1995 to 1997 I studied my A- levels; all the books were on the RNIB
standard four track audio cassette format. Some extracts from other
books they didn't carry where I only needed a small bit I either
scanned myself, student support at the colege scanned, or in a couple
of cases I had someone read onto cassette.
1997 to 2000, my BSc cell and molecular biology; A lot of audio (RNIB
four track style), cassettes; some from the RNIB, some through the
RNIB from the American printing house for the Blind. A lot of scanning
especially towards the beginning of the course, though towards the end
all the acccademic papers I was able to get off of the Universitys web
subscriptions to EJournals (don't think they all had online versions
of the Journals when I started).
In every case where I, or the university contacted the publisher, they
refused to provide me with electronic copies of any books. On doing my
Dissertation I needed one book in particular; the only copy in the UK
was in the national library, so we got it on loan and the university
scanned it in for me. Still used a few text books from RNIB and the
APHB on casette for bits of the course though.
The support from the University was good though, so at least
everything from the lecturers was provided in an accessible format
(mainly electronic documents suited me as I could Braille it out as
and when I wanted on my embosser).
2001 My Masters degree (immunology and genetics).
I only used a couple of Text books for this, which were on Cassette
from RNIB and the american printing house for the blind, most of the
matterial I used was from scientific journals and by this point they
were all* online; the university had subscriptions and I was able to
access them from the intranet.
Do any of the publishers in your field your studying produce
commercial EBooks of any of the text books you need?
Mark Faben.
On 15/09/2010, Barry Hill <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mike
>
> I studied psychology/sociology from 2001 to 2005. When I did my degree, I
> had to scan every book I needed. Now, I know that student support at the
> university I went to do the scanning for visually impaired students.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Barry
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Mike Moore
> Sent: 15 September 2010 5:37 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Accessible books
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Can I ask all those whom attend/completed degree courses where they found a
> good source of text books in an accessible format?
>
> I am studying Psychology, as I am teaching/mentoring, and would appreciate
> where these sorts of publications can be found. I know that the publishers
> sometimes send the PDF of the book, but not all do.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
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