Hi all,
Oh, now, Frank, you shouldn't have told us about your weather. I
dunnow as I'm going to help you or not. It's freezing here in
Rochester, NY, and although it is not snowing today, it's still winter
here.
Well, maybe I'll see if I can warm up my fingers and give you some
help.
>>>>> "Frank" == Frank M Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Frank> Dear BN Folks, I would like to use WEB BRAILLE from NLS. I
Frank> received my pass word but what would be most helpful is
Frank> some direction?
Frank> 1 Where do I go, what sight?
If you look in your message from NLS, it will give you the URL. It
is:
http://www.loc.gov/nls/braille/
Frank> 2 How do I find the books?
Now, old Frank, I do admit that curiosity killed the cat, but a small
amount of healthy curiosity is good for the soul, so I'm not going to
tell you how to find the books.
Frank> 3 How do I downlode books?
You find the book you want, activate its link; when you're in the
book, save it by using the ctrl-s command and the BN will prompt you.
Warning, warning, warning, this can become addictive!
Frank> 4 Is there a catalog of Web Braille books?
Again, a mite of curiosity about the Web Braille page is in order
here.
Frank> 5 Is NLS the only place to get WEB BRAILLE Books?
If you mean books in BRF format, no. Try Bookshare, try The Braille
Bookstore. Try something like braille.org, I think. If you are
lookin' for etexts in txt or html try the online library at Upenn.
Try the Gutenberg project. Again, this can become addictive, if you
aren't careful, you'll be downloading etexts and putting them on CD
and starting your own library. If you want somebody else to download
your books and you can pay for that privilege, try
http://store.yahoo.com/samizdat
I don't quite think that the sightlings knew what they did when they
invented etexts. It allows us to do what they've been doing for
centuries, browsing in libraries. It is a wonderful, wonderful, and
very addictive thing! If I allowed myself, I could cheerfully spend
every day just reading!
Ann P.
P.S., There are three words in English that are pronounced site. They
all mean different things.
cite: means to recite or to say or to quote.
sight: means to see or something which is seen by the eye.
site: is a place like a web site or the site of a house, or a crime
site.
A.P.
--
Ann K. Parsons
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"All that is gold does not glitter.
Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
