Yes, I definitely know what you mean. Ever tried to have a foreign language textbook as audio only? You have no clue how to spell anything, where accents go, or any of that... This is why I go with Bookshare; if I want braille, it is there, but if I want speech, I just tell the bn to start reading aloud.
On a side note, it should be possible for you to get textbooks from the publisher as MS Word or pdf files which you can then translate into readable files for the bn. My college is able to do this for most of my textbooks; excepting math, I have not had a braille textbook since my junior year of high school. On 9/10/10, Jasmine Kotsay <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow! I've never thought of having Braille and audio, but that would be > awesome! I prefer Braille as well, so a recorded book leaves me with > nothing to actually see in braille. If that were the case, I could > pass my college classes a whole lot better! > > On 9/10/10, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> You and me both, especially for textbooks. However, I doubt this will >> happen. RFB is into audio books, mainly because someone just has to >> read the book into a microphone; there is no scanning, correcting, and >> everything else that goes into a book's text being digitized. While I >> would love to see it happen, I do not think it will because of the >> extra work and overhead. That said, I could be completely wrong; the >> above are just my opinions and assumptions. >> >> On 9/10/10, Tom Lange <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I have a question about RFB&D books. I obtained a UAK for my BN MPower >>> so >>> I >>> could play RFBD books on the BrailleNote. I've downloaded several and >>> played >>> them on my Victor Stream, then used that same SD card in my BN MPower and >>> listened to them using the Book Reader function. While doing so I >>> couldn't >>> help but notice that there wasn't any useful text appearing in Braille, >>> which didn't surprise me, but I have to admit to being somewhat >>> disappointed. This may be a silly question, but has RFB&D given any >>> thought >>> to making their books full DAISY, with textual content as well as audio? >>> Braille's my preferred reading medium and I would love to be able to read >>> those books in Braille on my Apex. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> ___ >> Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >> If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >> copy to the list as well. >> >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [email protected] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
