Yes, I remember that, and then if you had more than one book and you had
cassettes out and got them mixed up, you didn't know which cassette belonged
to which book.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeff Kenyon
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 7:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] well folks, time for a trip down memory lane!
Looking a little further into the future, does anyone remember getting a
hole big box of tapes from RFB & D, and the only thing labeled on the tape
was "RFB & D?" Not even the title of the book or anything, but these flimsy
little Braille Cards that said what pages were covered on what tape? That
card was almost useless, and then there were the pages with the charts on
them that took forever to read!
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From: "Rebecca DeGeorge" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] well folks, time for a trip down memory lane!
> Well, kudos for saying all of this. I remember when:
> * Human readers and flexible discs from RFB (scratched, unfortunately),
> and
> reel to reel tapes were the only options for studying in college;
> *Research took hours and hours, and if you were lucky, you got a reader
> now
> and then who knew how to use the card catalog!
> *You stayed in your dorm room or the library or inside somewhere to read
> while all your friends sat in the grass on warm days and studied;
> * Your reader called to cancel his/her reading session at the last minute!
> * Very few services were provided for blind or other disabled students;
> The positive aspects of all of this was that we learned to manage, adapt,
> create and grow, and use tact, and not expect the world to cater to us.
>
>
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