From: Marina.Eastham@Mail.Trincoll.Edu
Subject: Questions about Braille at the College or University Level (fwd)
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 14:17:10 -0700
From: M. THOMPSON 
To: BLIND-ISSUES@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Questions about Braille at the College or University Level
Hi everyone,
I serve on a task force to look into making Braille more readily available
at New Mexico State University.  I am interested in hearing from students
who have had to deal with Braille issues in a University setting.
Were or are you able to get assignments, textbooks, class handouts, and
other University related materials in Braille?
Who provides the Braille service?
Do you receive the same materials in Braille at the same time sighted
students in your classes receive printed copies of these same materials?
If so, was the Braille of the same quality as the printed materials?
Was the Braille transcribed by a Certified transcriber or simply pumped
out on some Braille printer?
If you had a say in how Braille should be provided to college students,
what would you consider to be important?
I have an opportunity to have a say in how NMSU goes about producing
Braille and I care what Blind people want and need in this regard.  Please
tell me what is important to consider.  What is "Good Braille"  What is
"Bad Braille"?
What kinds of things other than the ones I mentioned earlier would you
like to see available in Braille?  (Cafeteria Menues?  College handbooks?
Class Schedules? Math? Music? Foreign Language Materials ...)
How would you rank the following with regards to Braille Production:
Cost
Quality
Speed
I would like to get a discussion going on this list in order to gain a
fuller understanding of what is needed; what works; and what is broken?
Thanks
-Mike Thompaon
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Mike Thompson (Systems Programming)  (505) 646-1364
New Mexico State University Computer Center - Room 133
Corner Stewart & Sweet
Las Cruces, New Mexico  88003
Fax (505) 646-5278
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