Overdrive Question, was Re: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

2017-05-23 Thread Robin Christopherson 
Dierdre

It is frustrating but very useable once you’ve got to grips with it so I’d hate 
for you to not take advantage of the books it will offer for the sake of some 
frustration. Happy to provide more details if you need it once you’ve 
downloaded it.

Thanks, Robin

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RE: Overdrive Question, was Re: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

2017-05-22 Thread M. Taylor 
Deidre,

As the app is free, as is the service, there is no risk in giving it a try.  

Just my opinion.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Deidre Muccio
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 2:21 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Overdrive Question, was Re: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on 
IPhone

I was thinking of downloading overdrive until the reference librarian who also 
deals with the sump accessibility issues of said it was very frustrating. What 
sorts of problems are any of you having, if any.

Deidre


> On May 21, 2017, at 9:55 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello Arnold,
> 
> Yes, iOS overdrive audio books can be sped up to twice the normal playback 
> rate.  And, may I add, the UI to change the playback rate is much better than 
> iOS iBook or BARD as one selects the playback rate from a menu instead of 
> having to repeatedly tapping the rate button in order to make a change.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Arnold Schmidt
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 1:26 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Overdrive Question, was Re: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on 
> IPhone
> 
> An overdrive question: Can books be speeded up? As of a few years ago, they 
> could not be. Although I don't listen to books as fast as some do, listening 
> at regular speed, unless it is extremely well read, is, well, a drag to me. 
> Thanks for any information. 
> 
> Arnold Schmidt 
> 
> Sent from  Arnold's  iPhone
> 
> On May 20, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. 
> <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I love Bookshare. But I have also found that, in Overdrive, some ebooks are 
> offered as either Kindle or Epub books. I have successfully downloaded and 
> read severl Overdrive Kindle books. If I recall, when clicking on an ebook 
> version of the book, I don't recall if this is before or after it is 
> borrowed, but I think it is before, an option appears asking if you want the 
> Kindle or Epub version. A librarian has told me that not all ebooks are 
> offered in a Kindle version, though, so if you try and can't find it, don't 
> give up that other ebooks may be offered in Kindle format. How much of this 
> may be Library specific, I don't know.
> 
> Keith
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Richard Turner
> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:42 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone
> 
> Yu can read non DRM ePub files with Voice Dream Reader.  Or, join Bookshare 
> and access their books with Voice Dream Reader.
> But, as Mark said, if you are wanting eBooks from a library, they are not 
> accessible.
> Bookshare, for $50 per year has more eBooks than you will ever read and many 
> are the same ones that you could buy through Kindle, Nook, iBooks, since they 
> get much of their material directly from the publishers.
> As of today, their web site says they have "550,000 titles s  and counting!"
> 
> www.bookshare.org
> 
> Richard
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> M. Taylor
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 9:58 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone
> 
> Hello Husna,
> 
> While I enjoy audio books, every day on my iPhone via the Over Drive app, 
> currently, it is not possible to read eBooks via Over Drive when VoiceOver is 
> enabled.
> 
> Be that as it may, I strongly recommend the iOS Over Drive app to anyone who 
> enjoys Audible audiobook content, as they use the exact same files, though 
> the cover art may differ.  
> 
> For example, I have downloaded over 30  audiobooks via Over Drive since the 
> start of the year, absolutely free.  Of course, these titles are made 
> available via the public library system and, as such, one can listen to them 
> for the allotted checkout time.  In my case, that is 21 days.  Still, it 
> beats paying 20+ dollars or more for an audio book that I will most likely 
> only listen to, once.  And of course, I can check out the books anytime they 
> are available or be placed on an automatic waist list.
> 
> Should you decide to use Over Drive for audio books, be sure to join as many 
> of your local libraries as possible so that you will have the widest 
> selection of titles.  For example, sometimes, I will search for a title that 
> is not available in one library but is available at another.  
>

Re: Overdrive Question, was Re: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

2017-05-22 Thread Deidre Muccio 
I was thinking of downloading overdrive until the reference librarian who also 
deals with the sump accessibility issues of said it was very frustrating. What 
sorts of problems are any of you having, if any.

Deidre


> On May 21, 2017, at 9:55 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello Arnold,
> 
> Yes, iOS overdrive audio books can be sped up to twice the normal playback 
> rate.  And, may I add, the UI to change the playback rate is much better than 
> iOS iBook or BARD as one selects the playback rate from a menu instead of 
> having to repeatedly tapping the rate button in order to make a change.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Arnold Schmidt
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 1:26 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Overdrive Question, was Re: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on 
> IPhone
> 
> An overdrive question: Can books be speeded up? As of a few years ago, they 
> could not be. Although I don't listen to books as fast as some do, listening 
> at regular speed, unless it is extremely well read, is, well, a drag to me. 
> Thanks for any information. 
> 
> Arnold Schmidt 
> 
> Sent from  Arnold's  iPhone
> 
> On May 20, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. 
> <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I love Bookshare. But I have also found that, in Overdrive, some ebooks are 
> offered as either Kindle or Epub books. I have successfully downloaded and 
> read severl Overdrive Kindle books. If I recall, when clicking on an ebook 
> version of the book, I don't recall if this is before or after it is 
> borrowed, but I think it is before, an option appears asking if you want the 
> Kindle or Epub version. A librarian has told me that not all ebooks are 
> offered in a Kindle version, though, so if you try and can't find it, don't 
> give up that other ebooks may be offered in Kindle format. How much of this 
> may be Library specific, I don't know.
> 
> Keith
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Richard Turner
> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:42 AM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone
> 
> Yu can read non DRM ePub files with Voice Dream Reader.  Or, join Bookshare 
> and access their books with Voice Dream Reader.
> But, as Mark said, if you are wanting eBooks from a library, they are not 
> accessible.
> Bookshare, for $50 per year has more eBooks than you will ever read and many 
> are the same ones that you could buy through Kindle, Nook, iBooks, since they 
> get much of their material directly from the publishers.
> As of today, their web site says they have "550,000 titles s  and counting!"
> 
> www.bookshare.org
> 
> Richard
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> M. Taylor
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 9:58 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone
> 
> Hello Husna,
> 
> While I enjoy audio books, every day on my iPhone via the Over Drive app, 
> currently, it is not possible to read eBooks via Over Drive when VoiceOver is 
> enabled.
> 
> Be that as it may, I strongly recommend the iOS Over Drive app to anyone who 
> enjoys Audible audiobook content, as they use the exact same files, though 
> the cover art may differ.  
> 
> For example, I have downloaded over 30  audiobooks via Over Drive since the 
> start of the year, absolutely free.  Of course, these titles are made 
> available via the public library system and, as such, one can listen to them 
> for the allotted checkout time.  In my case, that is 21 days.  Still, it 
> beats paying 20+ dollars or more for an audio book that I will most likely 
> only listen to, once.  And of course, I can check out the books anytime they 
> are available or be placed on an automatic waist list.
> 
> Should you decide to use Over Drive for audio books, be sure to join as many 
> of your local libraries as possible so that you will have the widest 
> selection of titles.  For example, sometimes, I will search for a title that 
> is not available in one library but is available at another.  
> 
> Good luck and enjoy,
> 
> Mark
> 
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Husna Begum
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 6:30 PM
> To: idevices; viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone
> 
> Hi,
> 
> How can you read epub eBooks on the overdrive app on the IPhone?
> 
&

RE: Overdrive Question, was Re: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

2017-05-21 Thread M. Taylor 
Hello Arnold,

Yes, iOS overdrive audio books can be sped up to twice the normal playback 
rate.  And, may I add, the UI to change the playback rate is much better than 
iOS iBook or BARD as one selects the playback rate from a menu instead of 
having to repeatedly tapping the rate button in order to make a change.

Mark


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Arnold Schmidt
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 1:26 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Overdrive Question, was Re: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

An overdrive question: Can books be speeded up? As of a few years ago, they 
could not be. Although I don't listen to books as fast as some do, listening at 
regular speed, unless it is extremely well read, is, well, a drag to me. Thanks 
for any information. 

Arnold Schmidt 

Sent from  Arnold's  iPhone

On May 20, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. 
<kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote:

Hi,

I love Bookshare. But I have also found that, in Overdrive, some ebooks are 
offered as either Kindle or Epub books. I have successfully downloaded and read 
severl Overdrive Kindle books. If I recall, when clicking on an ebook version 
of the book, I don't recall if this is before or after it is borrowed, but I 
think it is before, an option appears asking if you want the Kindle or Epub 
version. A librarian has told me that not all ebooks are offered in a Kindle 
version, though, so if you try and can't find it, don't give up that other 
ebooks may be offered in Kindle format. How much of this may be Library 
specific, I don't know.

Keith
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:42 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

Yu can read non DRM ePub files with Voice Dream Reader.  Or, join Bookshare and 
access their books with Voice Dream Reader.
But, as Mark said, if you are wanting eBooks from a library, they are not 
accessible.
Bookshare, for $50 per year has more eBooks than you will ever read and many 
are the same ones that you could buy through Kindle, Nook, iBooks, since they 
get much of their material directly from the publishers.
As of today, their web site says they have "550,000 titles s  and counting!"

www.bookshare.org

Richard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 9:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

Hello Husna,

While I enjoy audio books, every day on my iPhone via the Over Drive app, 
currently, it is not possible to read eBooks via Over Drive when VoiceOver is 
enabled.

Be that as it may, I strongly recommend the iOS Over Drive app to anyone who 
enjoys Audible audiobook content, as they use the exact same files, though the 
cover art may differ.  

For example, I have downloaded over 30  audiobooks via Over Drive since the 
start of the year, absolutely free.  Of course, these titles are made available 
via the public library system and, as such, one can listen to them for the 
allotted checkout time.  In my case, that is 21 days.  Still, it beats paying 
20+ dollars or more for an audio book that I will most likely only listen to, 
once.  And of course, I can check out the books anytime they are available or 
be placed on an automatic waist list.

Should you decide to use Over Drive for audio books, be sure to join as many of 
your local libraries as possible so that you will have the widest selection of 
titles.  For example, sometimes, I will search for a title that is not 
available in one library but is available at another.  

Good luck and enjoy,

Mark

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Husna Begum
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 6:30 PM
To: idevices; viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

Hi,

How can you read epub eBooks on the overdrive app on the IPhone?

Thanks, Husna

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Overdrive Question, was Re: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

2017-05-21 Thread Arnold Schmidt 
An overdrive question: Can books be speeded up? As of a few years ago, they 
could not be. Although I don't listen to books as fast as some do, listening at 
regular speed, unless it is extremely well read, is, well, a drag to me. Thanks 
for any information. 

Arnold Schmidt 

Sent from  Arnold's  iPhone

On May 20, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. 
 wrote:

Hi,

I love Bookshare. But I have also found that, in Overdrive, some ebooks are 
offered as either Kindle or Epub books. I have successfully downloaded and read 
severl Overdrive Kindle books. If I recall, when clicking on an ebook version 
of the book, I don't recall if this is before or after it is borrowed, but I 
think it is before, an option appears asking if you want the Kindle or Epub 
version. A librarian has told me that not all ebooks are offered in a Kindle 
version, though, so if you try and can't find it, don't give up that other 
ebooks may be offered in Kindle format. How much of this may be Library 
specific, I don't know.

Keith
-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Richard Turner
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:42 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

Yu can read non DRM ePub files with Voice Dream Reader.  Or, join Bookshare and 
access their books with Voice Dream Reader.
But, as Mark said, if you are wanting eBooks from a library, they are not 
accessible.
Bookshare, for $50 per year has more eBooks than you will ever read and many 
are the same ones that you could buy through Kindle, Nook, iBooks, since they 
get much of their material directly from the publishers.
As of today, their web site says they have "550,000 titles s 
 and counting!"

www.bookshare.org

Richard

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 9:58 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

Hello Husna,

While I enjoy audio books, every day on my iPhone via the Over Drive app, 
currently, it is not possible to read eBooks via Over Drive when VoiceOver is 
enabled.

Be that as it may, I strongly recommend the iOS Over Drive app to anyone who 
enjoys Audible audiobook content, as they use the exact same files, though the 
cover art may differ.  

For example, I have downloaded over 30  audiobooks via Over Drive since the 
start of the year, absolutely free.  Of course, these titles are made available 
via the public library system and, as such, one can listen to them for the 
allotted checkout time.  In my case, that is 21 days.  Still, it beats paying 
20+ dollars or more for an audio book that I will most likely only listen to, 
once.  And of course, I can check out the books anytime they are available or 
be placed on an automatic waist list.

Should you decide to use Over Drive for audio books, be sure to join as many of 
your local libraries as possible so that you will have the widest selection of 
titles.  For example, sometimes, I will search for a title that is not 
available in one library but is available at another.  

Good luck and enjoy,

Mark

From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Husna Begum
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 6:30 PM
To: idevices; viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Reading epub eBooks on overdrive on IPhone

Hi,

How can you read epub eBooks on the overdrive app on the IPhone?

Thanks, Husna

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