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
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[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Mike Moore
Sent: 15 September 2010 5:37 PM
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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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