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- From: patth@panix.com (Patt Bromberger)
- Newsgroups: misc.handicap
- Subject: Re: Talking Books, Electronic Text Books, etc.
- Keywords: Study Aids
- Message-ID: <26924@handicap.news>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 15:29:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec27.215124.20616@nmsu.edu> nmcb@dante.nmsu.edu
- (Yolanda Thompson) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec27.160129.8905@panix.com> patth@panix.com
- (Patt Bromberger) writes:
- >>Just wondering, for those who are attending classes, which textbooks
- >>you are using, how do you get them translated into braille or
- >>electronic text (scanner?) or do you use a human reader instead.
- >>
- >>Is anyone using a closed circuit television set to magnify text in
- >>regular text books?
- >>
- >>Does anyone have any experience ordering textbooks from Recording For
- >>The Blind in Princeton, New Jersey or any of their other offices?
- >>
- >> [deleted]
- >
- > Well, being a rehabilitation counselor, I can answer yes to all of
- >the questions...I have students using CCTV's, students using RFB, and
- >students using readers...Here's a little we've discovered about each..
- >
- [remainder of quote deleted]
- > Hope this helps...
-
- Yolanda, thanks for answering almost all of my questions. I wonder
- what the general reaction would be to electronic text books - books
- you can actually read online or have a voice synthesizer read for
- your, as a blind student, or even a physically challenged student who
- can't turn pages very well, etc.
-
- Publishers would already have the books in electronic text form,
- wouldn't they - they have to be transmitted to the printer, after all,
- so why not make the e-text versions available for those who need them?
-
- Especially with the funding cut backs for libraries, it seems to me
- that computerized books and their availability might be another source
- for delivery of study material so necessary for students who need
- alternate means of accessing information.
-
- Any thoughts and opinions appreciated.
-
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