thank you, Kasondra! What disturbs me is that although the publishers of textbooks are required to provide eligible students with electronic formats, they quibble and argue and delay providing the files.
I wrote the head of the publishers group that is supposed to be spearheading the movement to better provide such services to no avail. It took me an entire semester to convince a publisher that the website was inaccessible (it lacks alt tabs plue did not allow end user preferences). I ended up dropping the class becase the professor refused to provide quizzes other than off the website (since the website said it was accessible, she took their word over mine and I was tired of playing the game.
I am looking so forward to just reading books instead of climbing the access mountain!
Debra----- Original Message ----- From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:28 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Html book?
Hi Debra, I am in a similar situation. After many years of being out of school, I have gone back. I am working on my Bachelor's degree in English at Utah State University. I got Kurzweil as the semester started, and my computer was in the shop for upgrading. I have been scanning, reading, and getting our disability resource center to scan stuff for me. I have three young children, and my scanning was taking time away from them. They have also been converting my professors' PDF documents on library reserve for me.There are over 60 articles form my Political Science professor alone. Someof the personnel in the disability resource center are new, and they have little experience with blindness technology. I have been hired to trainthem with regard go JAWS, Braille production, and other matters. I have had my set of access issues, and the office hasn't been perfect. My professorshave been understanding, and we are taking care of the problems. That isgreat that you are working on an advanced degree! I don't have the patiencefor tat. Just so you know, you have another friend who understands. Good luck! Kasondra Payne -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.14/727 - Release Date: 3/19/2007 11:49 AM To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxPut the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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