Liz
Although I can't claim direct experience of this situation my memory of my
(rather brief) experience of law books was that they contain straightforward
text (ie no nasty diagrams or pictures). Therefore I would expect the use of
a dedicated reading machine or a PC with (say) Kurzweil software to be
fairly effective. I'm not suggesting that this would be a complete solution
and the student will be disadvantaged because of the time required to browse
material but it would be a powerful supplement to NMH funded human support.
Just my 4p worth.
Phil
Phil Satchell - Technical Project Officer
Office for Students with Disabilities, The Open University
+44 (0)1908-858214
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liz Collins [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:42 PM
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> Subject: Access to reading materials for blind law student
>
>
> I should be interested to hear from anyone who has successfully overcome
> the
> problem of access to the voluminous reading materials required by law
> students for a student who is blind. Most material is in book form, some
> of
> which are 500 pages. The time taken to read this on to tape, even though
> using RNIB reading service and student support workers (who are expensive)
> means that most of it will not be available in time for the student's
> needs.
> The RNIB tape library may have some material on tape, I realise. Are
> there
> any other speedy and not too expensive solutions that anyone has come
> across? My e mail address is below if you wish to contact me off-list.
> I look forward to hearing from you,
>
> Liz Collins
> Project Manager
> Student Services
> 0121 331 7757
> e mail: [log in to unmask]
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