Hey Jane, I thought Bookshare was something completely different than NLS. Can you apply for a Bookshare account once you are with NLS? Thanks On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Jane <[email protected]> wrote:
> They don't accept your registration with NLS? > > Jane > > > > > On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Jane. I had looked into Bookshare, but would first need to get a >> letter from my doc, and I think it was more costly than the amount of books >> I read in a year, but it might be something I want to look into again. >> On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Jane <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You can subscribe to Bookshare, too, and maybe the series will be there. If >>> so you can download as MP3 audio to play on your player, though the quality >>> will be that of synthesized speech. Still, better than nothing. >>> >>> Jane >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Jane, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so >>>> excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I am >>>> not an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, and >>>> they offer more than enough content for me. Of course, the one series of >>>> books I did want to read, they didn't have. Go figure. >>>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Jane <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough >>>>> to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to >>>>> read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which you >>>>> can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the kindle >>>>> app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is Google's >>>>> reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen to a book >>>>> at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice Dream only >>>>> works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my iBooks >>>>> collection! >>>>> >>>>> Jane >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey all, >>>>>> >>>>>> After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was >>>>>> kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks >>>>>> coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do >>>>>> people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something >>>>>> here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so maybe >>>>>> that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to hear what >>>>>> I might be missing out on here. 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