Glad to hear this-in the past it was an image file from what I recall.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dezman Jackson Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:45 PM To: Alex Hall; Jasmine Kotsay Cc: BrailleNote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Re: RFB&D Books in Full DAISY 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 > > ___ 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 ___ 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
