[Dtb-talk] scanning and editing textbooks

[Randy Ingman]

Hi Tasha:

Your accommodations Specialist, must go to the publishers website. Once 
there, he or she must click on the permissions link. This will take them to 
a form that needs to be filled out and submitted. Usually, the files are 
sent via email to the requesters computer, but, can sometimes be sent 
through snail mail on a cd. Once the form has been filled out and submitted, 
it takes about 4 to 6 weeks to receive the electronic files. Be sure to tell 
your Accommodation Specialist which format you prefer. For people using a 
screen reader, MS Word seems to be the format of choice. But, if you are in 
need of diagrams or such, make sure to get PDF Files as well.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tasha Chemel" <tashiegirl at rcn.com>
To: <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:15 AM
Subject: [Dtb-talk] scanning and editing textbooks


Hi, My name is Tasha Chemel, and I am a social work student at Boston 
College. Unfortunately, the woman  who runs the DSS office is very 
unfamiliar with the process  of scanning and editing books. Because Boston 
College has no dedicated scanning facilities, she's sent all of my books to 
the print shop, even though no one at the print shop has had any experience 
with creating scans of sufficient  quality to undergo OCR. When I told her 
the files would need to be edited, she said she'd look into a student to do 
this but that it really wasn't her priority. I was told that someone on this 
list might be able to help me with the following questions. First, does 
anyone know of a service that would scan and edit my books? Second, does 
anyone have some good strategies   (or is familiar with the  rellevent laws) 
for getting the textbook publishers to release the files? I know that most 
publishers will only speak to people from DSS, and the woman from DSS has 
left them messages and emails, but she's not getting a lot of responses and 
I want to see how i can help the process along.
Any advice on these matters would be much appreciated.
Tasha


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