[nabs] Answering Miranda's question, was College Textbooks on the web

[Miranda]

Hi,
Ok, now I'm curious if anyone can give their experiences with different publishers and how accomidating they were/weren't in regards to textbooks?
I'm not trying to start a flaming war or debate by asking this, I simply want to know what I may be up against as I work with various publishers in obtaining my textbooks in an accessible format.
Thanks, and have a great day!

In Christ, Miranda

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From: Dornetta <dornetta at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:38 PM
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Laura:
When I took my psychology class and had trouble navigating  the site, my 
professor Dr. Dan Bellack contacted the publishers and they gave me a call 
and "walked" me through it. He also provided me with other resources as far 
the textbook was concerned since he was a contributing author of the 
material.  When I spoke to the  folks at Wiley and Sons publishing, it was a 
great learning experience because they were willing to be so accomodating 
and helpful. They spent about 3 hrs for about 4 days with me going over just 
about every aspect of the site so that the learning field would be as equal 
as possible.  The person heard about JAWS and while he was interested, he 
didn't spend alot of time questioning me about the ins and outs of the 
program. When I had to use the same site the next semester, the same person 
helped me again and I was glad to hear JAWS talking on his end in the 
background. He told me that they went and purchased a copy after talking to 
me because they wanted to be prepared should they encounter another blind 
student...I was like WOW! So, when we went through the site for the class I 
was taking he was even more patient and helpful. Unfortunately, I didn't 
have a Wiley & Sons publishing textbook for Developmental PSY next semester 
but the new publishing co  was still great.
I sent both a letter of appreciation for the experience.
Netta
"Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder
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From: "Laura Glowacki" <orangebutterfly87 at gmail.com>
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>I think it depends.  In my experience, different textbooks have
> portals on their respective publishing website.  So the answer I
> think is that they generally have a variety of levels of
> accessibility because each textbook is probably run by either the
> publishing company or authors or some other sort of individual
> level.
>
> However, my experiences with such portals has been good.  I've
> used two, both with Spanish textbooks totalling four semesters.
> They were fairly accessible.  I think I ran in to difficulty a
> few times wit h using some of the exercises involving videos, but
> I explained my difficulties to the professors and they were very
> good at helping me work through the problems and either helping
> me come up with an alternative assignment, or usually just
> excusing me from it since we did multiple exercises due each
> class period so I had plenty of other oppertunities to practice
> and demonstrate my knowledge of the material.
>
> If you run in to a portal that is not accessible at all, the
> professor can either adjust the class requirements either for you
> or for the whole class.  That, or the disability services people
> can provide some one-on-one assistance to help you complete the
> online parts of the class.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Miranda" <knownoflove at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion list for NABS, National Alliance of Blind
> Students." <nabs at acb.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 6:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs] College Textbooks on the web
>
>
> Hi,
> I am new to this list, and will be attending college starting in
> 2012-2013 for my BA with a major in music.
> For those of you using the online textbook portals, do you have
> any sight at all? I ask, because I am totally Blind and curious
> if these systems would be accessible for JAWS. Also, are there
> multiple systems available to colleges and professors? Or, is
> there a main one used by most/all colleges?
> Thanks in advance, and have a great day!
>
> In Christ, Miranda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dornetta <dornetta at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:02 PM
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> Students. <nabs at acb.org>
> Subject: Re: [nabs] College Textbooks on the web
>
> BlankCan you return the book to the bookstore and just purchase
> the portal?
> "Just because you are blind, does not mean you lack
> vision"-Stevie Wonder
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Ashley
>  To: 'Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind
> Students.'
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:46 PM
>  Subject: Re: [nabs] College Textbooks on the web
>
>
>
>  Hi,
>
>  I am going to be taking a Spanish class.  I bought the book
> because I did not know that you could buy the code by it's self.
>
>
>
>
>
>  Thank you!
>
>  Have a great day!
>
>  Ashley and Landon
>
>
>
>
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