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Honey, I don't disagree with you at all, but this is exactly what I mean about Braille becoming a second-class medium for study. I think that there is one thing that sighted people so easily overlook: Braille is reading--real reading--using a screen reader is not. Okay, so it's a very useful substitute, but just imagine you wer forbidden as from now ever to pick up a paperback and actually read? Imagine always taking your laptop to the beach? If anyone's first medium is Braille, we should always be encouraging this. Screen-readers are a solution, but far from being an answer. Paul. Paul Jarman, Disability Support Officer, 2.39 Francis Bancroft Building, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, LONDON. E1 4NS Tel.: +44 (0)20 7882-2757, Fax: +44 (0)20 7882-5223, E-Mail: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Honey Lucas Sent: 06 February 2007 11:43 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Books in Braille Hi Emma, can the student access the books in a format other than braille, eg using a screenreader? It would be quicker to scan the books (if you have the publisher's permission to do this) and put them into Word than to get them brailled. best wishes, Honey. On 06/02/2007 10:36, Uden, Emma L wrote: > I am trying to locate several books in Braille: > > The Two Executioners-Fernando Arrabal (London: John Calder 1962) > The Bald Prima Donna, trans.-Antonio Ionesco (Donald Watson (London: > Calder, 1977.) > > I have checked on reveal web and although it says they are available > via RNIB or NLB the student has contacted them and they are not > available. We have tried the publisher but they do not have them in > electronic as they are very old texts. What do I do now? Do I need to > get the books transferred into electronic, then into Braille can > anyone suggest a company, how expensive is this likely to be? > > Any answers/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > Emma Uden > Disability Adviser > Student Enabling Centre > University of Wolverhampton > www.wlv.ac.uk/sec > Tel: 01902 321353 > Fax:01902 321021 > > -- Honey Lucas Disabled Students' Adviser Student Services Oxford Brookes University Headington Campus Headington Hill Oxford OX3 0BP Tel: 01865 484689 Fax: 01865 484656 Please visit our website for information about the Student Disability Service: www.brookes.ac.uk/student/services/disability/