The ones I have downloaded do not, and I have opened them with both FS Reader and the book reader on the Apex. I hope I am wrong, but I have not yet encountered text in an rfb book.
On 9/10/10, Dezman Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, I do believe the RFB&D audio+ books contain both audio and > corresponding text. > > Dezman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]> > To: "Jasmine Kotsay" <[email protected]> > Cc: "BrailleNote List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:56 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Re: RFB&D Books in Full DAISY > > >> 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 >> >> > > -- 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
