Hey guys, So I'm guessing their app is pretty accessible? I've never used book share, so curious how it works. Are these audio books, in the sense they are narrated or no.
On 8/11/21, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > The higher quality voices from Ivona give the closest to human like speech > in my opinion. > I like British accents, so I use Amy from iVona. > > > > > Richard > Software means never having to say you're finished > > Web site: www.turner42.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Gerardo Corripio > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 8:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Bookshare experience > > Yes if it were $50 pesos yes that’d be alright, but imagine if it would have > been almost a thousand dollars? Now I’ve got a year’s membership thank God, > but I’m always stressing out what am I going to do when it expires? Speaking > of which yes I love Bookshare for the availability of books that sometimes > don’t make it to BARD (FYI I’m a dual citizen thus part of the NLS Overseas > program), but smetimes strugle with trying to get used to reading via > synthetic speech! I’m so used to human-read content that… and plus the Voice > Dream Reader app, and its integration with Bookshare, definitely give it a > go! Good luck! > > Gera > Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel > >> El 11 ago 2021, a la(s) 10:02 a.m., CHELA Robles <[email protected]> >> escribió: >> >> Hello I am a volunteer for the Bookshare site that you mentioned and as a >> user myself I prefer the VRF format so that way I can read it on my >> braille display I save it to dropbox and then I open it up with my braille >> display or alternatively I download it to my computer and open it up with >> my braille display by saving it directly to my braille display which has a >> SD card. I also like reading via the MP3 as well which is an option >> there’s also a daisy option and I think $50 is worth it in the US. It is a >> shame that NLS and Bookshare can’t collaborate in Mexico but hopefully >> they will someday. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 11, 2021, at 7:50 AM, Gerardo Corripio <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> How I wish the NLS Overseas program could offer Bookshare! Here in >>> Mexico, almost $1000 pesos a year is sort of expensive!Gera Enviado >>> desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel >>> >>>> El 11 ago 2021, a la(s) 9:18 a.m., Dean Martineau <[email protected]> >>>> escribió: >>>> >>>> NlsOverseasIf you like to read and can read either with braille or with >>>> synthesized speech, Bookshare is revolutionary. A lot of us read with >>>> Voice Dream Reader using synthesized speech. Libraries in A few States >>>> in the US give free BookShare memberships to their patrons, Canada does >>>> also. You keep your books. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >>>> Of Traci Duncan >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 10:13 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Bookshare experience >>>> >>>> Hi all, I know very little about Bookshare. Could you let me know your >>>> experience with it? >>>> >>>> How do you read books on your iOs or Braille Display? >>>> Which formats do you use? >>>> >>>> It looks like the service is $50 a year. Do we keep the books we >>>> download? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> Traci >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>>> list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>> >>>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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