Hi Srinivasu, Bookshare has books in Tamil as well as in Hindi, (as working tts available only for these two Indian languages at present) though the number is quite less, about 250-300 in each, but the collection in English is huge, about 160,000. Bookshare is trying to add more books in these Indian languages based on the members request and with tie-ups with publishers. Once the tts is available for other Indian languages, they will try to add books in those languages also.
N. Venkataraman, Outreach & Training Consultant-South, Bookshare India. Phone 9443309001. Email [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 15 July 2014 08:42 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] New books on Bookshare Pardon my ignorance. But a quick question that does book share only has books in English or Indian languages too? Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | PayPal | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C > On 14-Jul-2014, at 23:00, Kristina Pappas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > Thank you for supporting Bookshare and for asking good questions about how to get ths most out of it. Bookshare is trying to find a good way to highlight new books of interest for Indian readers. We are adding so many books so quickly that sending messages about all new books would fill up your inboxes. > > For example, at the time of the AI convention in February, there were just over 1 lakh books available to Bookshare members in India. In the last few months, we signed agreements with Penguin and Wiley, among other publishers, and we now have over 160,000 books available to Bookshare members in India! > > Among Indian publishers, we have signed agreements this year with Dreamtech, Tulika, Navayana, and Cre-A, and we expect more to come soon. > > As I mentioned, we're planning to highlight books of particular interest to Indian readers on this list and elsewhere. In the meantime, the best way to find new books coming into the collection is to browse for books that are newly added: > https://www.bookshare.org/browse/latest > > Best wishes, > Kristina > > Kristina Pappas > International Program Manager > www.bookshare.org > Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc > essindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org > .in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking > of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its > veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
