CHAT Đ TSBVI Coffee Hour: Book Access for Students with Visual Impairment Đ 11/28/22
From Kristen Learn to Everyone: Dallas, TX

From Leslie Wagner to Everyone: Nebraska

From Lisa Garza to Everyone: Mission, TX

From Susan Kimbrough to Everyone: Ohio

From Jenilee Charley to Everyone: Gallup, NM

From Margaret Hidalgo to Everyone: New Mexico

From Beth Pieters to Everyone: Iowa

From Renee Gongora to Everyone: south Texas

From Roxanna Jones to Everyone: Washington State

From Brenda Lee to Everyone: Abilene, TX

From Laura Hilliard to Everyone: Lampasas TX

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: I love that quote!

From Deborah Green to Everyone: Please forgive me for being late...I was having technical difficulties.

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: No worries, Deborah!

From Rita Dunn to Host and Panelists: Just sad!!

From Taylor VanderHeiden to Everyone: HereŐs a list of books featuring characters who are blind or visually impaired! https://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/teen--young-adult-books.html

From Amanda Storaasli to Host and Panelists: Thank you for sharing, Taylor!

From Taylor VanderHeiden to Everyone: BARD is so great - lots of books that are on Audible are on BARD!

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: I like the chapter title. LOL

From Cynthia Bell to Host and Panelists: My district blocked the link for today's handout, can you please email me the handout.

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Cynthia Bell, Host and Panelists: Cynthia, you can send me an email: borgk@tsbvi.edu

From Kristen Learn to Everyone: for the graphic novels, does it provide a description of the images?

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: Kristen, you can reach out to Renee after the presentation and she can let you know. 🙂

From alex driver to Everyone: The link you had says it has been blocked. I am having difficulties with a book company needing to provide large print textbooks - so far I haven't found a solution. I was hoping this link would tell me how to do it through bookshare.

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: Alex, which link? The Bookshare link?

From alex driver to Everyone: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/reading-tools/member-preferred-tools

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: Try this: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/reading-tools  I think you can get to the same info this way.

From Laura Elmer to Host and Panelists: Michigan has a story box lending library for residents of Michigan. Does TX??

From alex driver to Everyone: Thank you

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: Laura, I don’t know if there is a statewide one (because we are so big!). But, individual ESCs may.

From Renee Gongora to Everyone: thank you!!!

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: All of these instructions are in the handout entitled “DownloadingBooks2022”

From Cynthia Bell to Host and Panelists: Are there books that are interlined?

From Susan Kimbrough to Everyone: do we use brf file for braille notetaker - braille note?

From Renee Gongora to Everyone: where can we get an embosser?

From Susan Kimbrough to Everyone: yes - ok

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: Renee, there are some available through Quota funds

From Renee Gongora to Everyone: I teach 3 deafblind babies from ages 1 to 7. I need all the help I can get.

From Kate Borg (she/her) to Everyone: What state are you in?

From Renee Toy to Host and Panelists: Yes, you can get an embosser on quota. The Pageblaster

From Renee Gongora to Everyone: Texas

From Renee Gongora to Everyone: ok great