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I was wondering if anyone could give me any websight that has a good supply of text books that are used in college.
I am going to use a pacmate in classes so it would have to work with that. Is Daisy text as well as audio on a pacmate? I am not familiar with this stuff. Thanks
Here are a few I already have.
American Printing House for the Blind
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic:
Books for the blind
Believe it or not, I used to get many of my books from major sellers like amazon and barnes and Noble. then, I'd just scan them in with ocr software, usually Kurzweil 1000. I'd need to have the text well in advance, unless the professor told me exactly what needed to be scanned or had a paper outlining what would be done in the course. It's also worth noting that some books don't scan that well, particularly those with pictures, shiny pages or extremely stylized print. However, some publishers are starting to release their books in electronic format, so it's always worth a shot to just call the publisher of the book and explain that you're a college student who needs to access the text in an alternative format.
www.bookshare.org ($50 membership but tons of books, all in html form which can be saved as a text file).
If you have bought the book online you canoftensend the receipt to the publisher and they'll get you the book, mind you it is usually .pdf file which is not great.
I second Tiff's suggestion, scanning it yourself is a good option often. Kurzweil is way too expensive, unless you can have it financed for you, upwards of $1000 I think, but Omnipage is one option and there is another software that was on sale for $49 I think a few weeks ago, I can dig up tis name. You often get Omnipage free with a scanner anyway.
depends on the copyright regulations,
most college library have access to the textbooks that you require, and depends on publisher, they usually can get you an e-copy without any charge. usually, under circumstances, the publisher will send out a cd/dvd for your needs, however, in most case, it will be in pdf format. if you can grap hold of a pdf converter, that might help you to ease some of the converting issue.
if not, you can do the hard work, by scanning books from hard copy to soft copy. in this case, you might want to check either ebay or amazon for second hand copy, as they are commonly cheeper than buying first hand. but, however, if you buying first hand text book, you can always check with the publisher, or ask your disability officer help you to check with the publisher. they usually will send you the e-copy with no extra cost, provided that you show evident where you have buy the book, etc etc.
if you are not gonna get any scanning software like k1000 or Omnipage, i highly recommend you at least get some sort of pdf converter. as it will be very useful for you on the future.
good luck
how do you get textbooks? there's no braille anymore. Do you ask the professor what book they are going to use? It might say it on the sillibus any tips?
Hi all,
I don't know if this is any help, but in my college, there is a Disability Support Service, and part of the work they do is taking print books and formatting them (usually as word documents). They also convert any PDF files I get from lecturers.
What I do is I ask my professors well in advance to prioritise their booklists, or give me topic lists in order of when we're going to be looking at them. You could always can them yourself of course, but honestly that seems to put you at an unfair disadvantage, that's just my opinion, as it's extremely time-consuming. I also have a library assistant (again provided by the disability service) who helps me when I'm writing essays and need escondary sources. Hope this helps!
OK so after being in college for three semesters now I will explain a few things. I get some of my books from RFB&D. If I can't get them from that site I get them from school and then contact the publisher and get them for free in a PDF file. I am inroling in hadyly school for the blind to take a few courses I would like to take and I believe I will be able to get a free account on book share. Hope this helps.
hello has anyone try smartcourse.com-etext? I heared about this site but haven't tryed it if any has please tell me about it do you have to pay before using it? can't find any of my books tryed rfb and a bookshare but not found if not I still have to talk with disability still. thanks
Has anyone had any experience with textbooks rellavant to massage therapy? this may sound like a really simple question, but I know it's a little different from your average university program, in some ways at least. I'm sure you can still contact publishers, but would these books be available on Bookshare or other such sites? Are they common enough?
well, what seems to be working and this is my first run through is my disabilities office at the school got my book list from the course sites when I registered and then told me the books I had rehab buy them from amazon for me, and they scanned it and stuff. but I just looked on bookshare and sure enough they have a few of the books I need. too....