I hope that you enjoy this list. -----Original Message----- From: jim taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:38 PM To: braille note Subject: [Braillenote] electronic woe!!!
Greetings, everyone. I thought nothing else could happen with regard to my misfortunes with BrailleNote, but it has. On 22nd October, I sent it away to have its multilinguals installed, plus a non-corrupted version of KeySoft 5.0. When it was returned on Monday last, the 27th, I found that I had over nine hundred e-mail(s) to deal with. I tried downloading the first three hundred, reading them, and again downloading three hundred, only to find that it was the same three hundred. I then contacted PulseData UK who told me to try to download all of them, which I did, resulting in a locked, frozen BrailleNote when it got to e-mail number 813. My service provider suggested deleting the lot, which I felt I daren't do, so I contacted the ever-faithful Dean Jackson for help. He said that all I could do was to delete a cdb folder in KeyList, go into the BrailleNote archive, and ask my service provider to delete all current e-mail. One e-mail I would like to have again is Allison's list of electronic books. Please do not e-mail me until the 1st of November, at the earliest, when I hope to have got things sorted out. Warm regards, Jim Taylor. ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
From: Allison Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 7:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Braillenote] Free Book sites and Not so Free > > > > > >Selected Sources for Electronic Texts > > > > > >Issued 2003 > > > > > >This factsheet presents a selected list of sources for electronic > > >texts. The online files are in a variety of formats ranging from > > >plain text to digital audio and digital braille. Most can be > > >downloaded and read offline. Electronic braille materials can also > > >be embossed. Sites vary with >regards > > >to accessibility > > >and questions should be directed to the sites' webmasters. The web > > >site address is given for each entry and telephone numbers and > > >e-mail >addresses are > > >provided, when known, for further information. > > > > > >Accessible Book Collection > > >(703) 631-1585 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.accessiblebookcollection.org/default.htm > > >Provides high-interest low-reading level digital text in HTML to > > >individuals with a documented disability that prevents reading standard > > >print. Also serves > > >government and nonprofit schools and rehabilitation centers. Has $49.95 > > >annual subscription fee. > > > > > >Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts > > >(574) 246-0639 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.infomotions.com/alex/ > > >Has a collection of free public domain documents from American >literature, > > >English literature, and Western philosophy. Books are in PDF and > > >text >formats. > > > > > >Audible.com > > >888-283-5051 or 888-429-5575 www.audible.com/adbl/store/welcome.jsp > > >Includes forty-five hundred audiobooks and fourteen thousand other audio > > >programs in a broad range of subjects that can be downloaded to a >computer. > > >Readers > > >can listen immediately, transfer files to an audio player, or burn > > >them onto a CD. Items are spoken-word audio in a proprietary > > >audible.com >format. > > >Cost: > > >$14.95-$19.95 per month. > > > > > >Bartleby.com > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.bartleby.com > > >Publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference > > >books >free > > >of charge. Includes books of quotations, the 1914 Oxford edition of > > >the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, the Columbia Gazetteer, > > >Gray's Anatomy, and Strunk's Elements of Style. Books are offered > > >in various proprietary >e-book > > >formats. > > > > > >Bibliomania.com Ltd > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.bibliomania.com/ > > >Offers free online literature of classic fiction, drama, poetry, > > >and >short > > >stories and contemporary articles and interviews. Most books are in > > >HTML format. > > > > > >Bookshare.org > > >(650) 475-5440 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html > > >Provides digital books in a broad range of subjects to United > > >States residents who have a visual or other print disability. > > >Requires >completion > > >of an online > > >form, proof of disability, and payment of $25 sign-up fee and $50 > > >annual subscription. Books are in text format and contracted > > >braille. Most text >files > > >are presented with XML markup and the site includes tools for > > >reading >these > > >files. > > > > > >Braille Book Files > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.tsbvi.edu/braille/braillebooks.htm > > >Has books at all grade levels that are submitted by teachers and > > >transcribers; the site is maintained by the Texas School for the > > >Blind >and > > >Visually Impaired. > > >Access is password-protected and limited to individuals who have a > > >visual or other print disability and to members of a nonprofit > > >organization or governmental agency that provides specialized > > >services to such individuals. Books are >in > > >MegaDots, Duxbury, and ASCII format. > > > > > >ClassicReader.com > > >www.classicreader.com/ > > >Contains free literature for which copyright protection has > > >expired. Presents these works in eight categories: fiction, > > >nonfiction, drama, children, poetry, Shakespeare, short stories, > > >and classical. All books are in HTML; >includes > > >a plain-text format that eliminates most graphics. > > > > > >Electronic Text Center > > >(434) 924-3230 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >etext.lib.virginia.edu/ > > >Combines a free online archive of tens of thousands of SGML- and > > >XML-encoded electronic texts and images in the humanities with a > > >service >at > > >the University > > >of Virginia Library that offers hardware and software suitable for > > >the creation and analysis of text. Most material is in SGML or XML; > > >site includes tools for reading these file types. > > > > > >Fictionwise > > >(973) 701-6771 > > >www.fictionwise.com/ > > >Publishes (i.e., owns the electronic rights to certain eBooks) and > > >distributes (sells eBooks from other ePublishers) fiction and > > >nonfiction >in > > >various eBook > > >formats. Costs range from 49 cents for short stories to $4.99 and > > >up for lengthy works. Books are in a variety of proprietary e-book > > >formats. > > > > > >4Literature > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.4literature.net/ > > >Has more than two thousand books, stories, poems, plays, and > > >religious >and > > >historical documents in HTML format. Readers can read online at no > > >charge >or > > >can purchase the entire collection on CD-ROM for $19.99. > > > > > >International Electronic Braille Book Library > > >(410) 659-9314 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.braille.org/braille_books/ > > >Contains over one thousand titles of electronic braille books, > > >including classics and publications of the National Federation of > > >the Blind. Files, which are in contracted braille ASCII format, may > > >be read online or downloaded for viewing offline or embossing. > > > > > >Internet Public Library (IPL) Books Collection > > >(734) 764-4386 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >ipl.si.umich.edu/div/books/ > > >Includes over twenty thousand online books, stories, essays, poems, > > >articles, dramas, letters, and speeches that are freely available > > >online. Material is in text and HTML format. > > > > > >netLibrary, a division of Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) > > >800-413-4557 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.netlibrary.com/ > > >Offers more than thirty-seven thousand eBook titles in subjects such as > > >arts, business, history, literature, religion, science, and technology to > > >academic, > > >public, and corporate libraries that purchase a collection of titles. > > >Patrons must create an account with an affiliated library in order to > > >access the > > >collection. Books are in a proprietary e-book format. > > > > > >The Online Books Page > > >(215) 573-0758 or (215) 898-7091 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ > > >Includes more than nineteen thousand English works that are available > > >online at no charge. Has a listing of foreign language and literature > > >resources and > > >an archive of serials. Books are in HTML. > > > > > >Page by Page Books > > >www.pagebypagebooks.com/ > > >Has hundreds of free classic books that are in the public domain, >including > > >United States historical documents and presidential inaugural > > >addresses. >Books > > >can be read online one page at a time. > > > > > >Project Gutenberg > > >www.promo.net/pg/ or <www.gutenberg.net/> >Has three types of free > texts: light literature such as Peter Pan, >serious > > >literature such as the Bible and works of Shakespeare, and > > >reference >works > > >such > > >as Roget's Thesaurus and almanacs. Most books are in text or HTML > > >format; >a > > >few require proprietary e-book reading software. > > > > > >Questia > > >(713) 358-2600 > > >www.questia.com/ > > >Has a collection of books and journal articles in the humanities > > >and >social > > >sciences selected by professional collection development > > >librarians. Uses dynamic HTML and Javascript. Offers monthly > > >($24.95), quarterly ($49.95), and annual ($129.95) subscription > > >plans. > > > > > >Tiflolibros: E-Books for the Blind > > >www.tiflolibros.com.ar > > >Has more than five thousand digital books in Spanish that > > >registered members can download using their personal password. > > >Includes a small but growing number of books in English, German, > > >French, Italian, and Portuguese. > > > > > >Web-Braille > > >800-424-8567 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >www.loc.gov/nls/braille > > >Provides braille magazines produced by the National Library Service > > >for >the > > >Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), press-braille books > > >produced by >NLS > > >since 1992, and braille music scores. Access is password-protected > > >and limited to NLS patrons (residents of the United States or > > >American >citizens > > >living > > >abroad who have a visual or other print disability) and eligible > > >institutions. Files, which are in contracted braille ASCII format, > > >may be read online or downloaded for viewing offline or embossing. > > > > > >Selected List of Additional Resources > > > > > >Digital Librarian: A Librarian's Choice of the Best of the Web > > >www.digital-librarian.com/electronic.html > > >Maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New > > >York. > > > > > >Directory of Electronic Text Centers, Rutgers University > > >harvest.rutgers.edu/ceth/etext_directory/ > > >Has links to electronic text centers in the United States, Canada, > > >and Australia. > > > > > >E-Digital Books, LLC > > >www.edigitalbooks.com/ > > >Provides a clearinghouse for writers to place their electronic > > >literature online. Readers can download a book to a computer hard > > >drive or obtain on CD-ROM; price varies by size of the file. > > > > > >Electronic Text Collections history.hanover.edu/etexts.html > > >Has links to historical and literary sources from different time periods >in > > >Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. > > > > > >Electronic Text Collections in Western European Literature > > >www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/etexts.html > > >Lists Internet sources for literary texts in western European > > >languages other than English. > > > > > >Electronic Texts > > >www.usg.edu/galileo/internet/electronic/electext.html > > >Has links to general collections; classics and history; > > >constitutions, laws, and treaties; economics; literature, drama, > > >and poetry; mythology >and > > >folklore; > > >philosophy; and religion. > > > > > >Electronic Texts and Documents, University of Washington > > >www.lib.washington.edu/subject/humanities/dr/eltxt.html > > >Has links to a variety of topics, such as country studies, the > > >Irish famine, Mark Twain, the Vatican files, and World War I. > > > > > >Humanities Text Initiative, University of Michigan > > >www.hti.umich.edu/ Includes the American Verse Project, different > > >versions of the Bible, and The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln > > >(hosted for the Abraham Lincoln Association). > > > > > >LETRS: Library Electronic Text Resource Service > > >www.letrs.indiana.edu/ Provides humanities-related electronic texts > > >via the Internet and in the LETRS Humanities Computing Lab, Indiana > > >University. > > > > > >Library of Congress Full-Text Resources > > >www.loc.gov/rr/tools.html#fulltext > > >Includes American Memory: Historical Collections that consists of > > >primary source materials relating to American culture and history; > > >Country >Studies > > >with > > >the full text of handbooks on ninety-one countries; and Meeting of > > >Frontiers, presented in both English and Russian, that tells the > > >story of the exploration and settlement of the American West and of > > >the Russian Far East and >Siberia. > > > > > >Refdesk.com > > >www.refdesk.com/ > > >Includes links to electronic texts, virtual encyclopedias, virtual > > >newspapers, and fast facts such as almanacs, quotations, and > > >thesauri. > > > > > >Selected Bibliography > > > > > >Dresner, Anna. > > >Finding e-books on the Internet. > > >Boston, MA: National Braille Press, 2002. $14. > > >Available in large print and braille. (88 St. Stephen Street, > > >02115). > > > > > >Facts: Web-Braille. > > >Washington: Library of Congress, National Library Service for the > > >Blind >and > > >Physically Handicapped, 2003. 2p. Free. > > ><www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/webbraille.html>. Allison ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
