[nabs] obtaining electronic texts

[Zack Olson]

Adobe Acrobat has a function that allows you to save PDFs as text files that can be opened in MS Word or any other word processing program. It's located in the file menu. Very easy to find. This may make it easier to read with JAWS. It works pretty well for me.


From: Ashley Bramlett 
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 5:59 PM
To: National Alliance of Blind Students. Discussion list for NABS 
Subject: [nabs] obtaining electronic texts


Hi all,

I like using the human recorded books if I can get them. But when I cannot, I try and get electronic texts via my disability support services, DSS,  counselor.

What is your experience with that? Is it in a timely manner. I have to give them a copy of the receit to prove I got the books, which seems reasonable. But what is frustrating me is that I requested Word or another text format. This way jaws can read it well. My counselor says she cannot gaurantee it. She said that sometimes publishers only have one format and she will give me what they send her. She further said “they are  not required to have multiple formats, just an electronic copy.” Well maybe they as publishers do not have to provide that, but shouldn’t schools then convert it to a format like Word or .rtf that you can use? My concern is I get a pdf file that says graphic this and that on every page; in that case, its very hard to study from with pictures in the way.

I guess I’m on my own for reading if she does not get me an electronic text I can read well. And if I get word, I can put it on a USB drive and read it on my braille note. Its  a more accepted format.

Ashley


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