Hi Richard, I appreciate everything that you said here. I'll try to provide some instructions but I do think that this is complicated especially on the phone and I appreciate that you want to try it. And if you want to suggest Bookshare the share option in their app you deserve a big thank you from my side.
Just wanted to say that if people are interested and this is the only way to provide the content to them I will rebuild the Bookshare support. I built app from scratch for this new version and at the launch point this was a clear and reasonable decision as it would require quite a work and it doesn't appear that at least on the start many people would use it. But it doesn't mean that this can't be reevaluated. I am grateful that you made me think some more regarding that. I do highly respect your opinion, as the times go by I have learnt that it is good to do that. On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 10:28:55 PM UTC+1 Richard Turner wrote: > OK Ivan, could you give me your recommended steps for downloading the > DAISY file from Bookshare and importing it? Am I downloading to the Files > app, or exactly where? > I sometimes download more than 10 titles a month, but I'm willing to give > your approach a try. As well as ask Bookshare to use the share feature. > > > Richard, USA > > “Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God > stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to > get it.” > > -- Cedrick Bridgeforth > > > > My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ > > > > > On Jan 31, 2024, at 1:12 PM, Ivan Icin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi to everyone, > > > I am the developer and I can confirm Greg's answer to be correct. > > I also appreciate that Richard wanted to take another look in the app. > Some improvements were based on his comments, and while we may have not > agreed on some things and possibly our conversation regarding them went > further than it should those suggestions were really helpful and I am > thankful for them. > > The sad reality is that after 7 years of supporting Bookshare I had to > conclude that it is a less of a work for users to download those 10 books > (that is literal statistics for the December 2023) each month than for me > to rebuild the support for the new app. > > I sent suggestion to Bookshare that they should implement the share > function within their reader app. That would make every app to support > Bookshare, and considering that they allow downloads on the webiste there > is no reason on why not to do this. I am not sure if that is going to > happen as I got no answer on that, but if more people suggest that the > chances for that to happen may be bigger. And I think that it is fairly > simple for them and would be of great value for all Bookshare users. > > On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 9:34:58 PM UTC+1 Greg Wocher wrote: > >> Hello, >> The only way to get bookshare books in the app is to download the daisy >> file from the bookshare site and import that file into Speech Central. You >> download the file into the files app on your phone. >> >> Greg Wocher >> . >> >> >> >> On Jan 31, 2024, at 1:59 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> OK, I want to explore Speech Central now that it has been updated. >> >> I downloaded it. >> How do you add content from Bookshare.org <http://bookshare.org/>? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Richard, USA >> “Grandma always told us, “Be careful when you pray for patience. God >> stores it on the other side of Hell and you will have to go through Hell to >> get it.” >> -- Cedrick Bridgeforth >> >> My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ >> >> Microsoft Windows 11 Core Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2715), >> JAWS version 2024.2310.70.400 >> >> >> *From:* [email protected]<[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ivan >> Icin >> *Sent:* Friday, January 19, 2024 1:42 AM >> *To:* VIPhone <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: Reading PDF files >> >> >> It's always the best to try and decide yourself. One good option is >> mentioned above. It has been a gold standard for years. One thing that >> hasn't been mentioned is that it now costs 80$/year (comparing to >> 30$/lifetime that it has cost last year or 15$/lifetime that it has cost >> for the largest part of its history). >> My app Speech Central is completely free when used with VoiceOver. It has >> been developed for 10 years and current official version should be more >> than competitive with any other app. However for 10 years celebration in >> several days there will be a new version that has over 1000 improvements, >> many of them bringing improvements not available in any other app. I still >> haven't announced the feature set so you will have to wait for the official >> announcement for few more days, but you can try that new feature set even >> now through the beta channel as described here: >> https://speechcentral.net/2023/11/17/beta-testing-of-the-next-gen-of-speech-central/ >> On Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 3:57:48 PM UTC+1 Jody ianuzzi wrote: >> >> Good morning everyone, >> >> What app do you recommend is the best for reading PDF files? >> >> Thank you, >> JODY >> >> To Boldly Go 🖖🏻 >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> "What's within you is stronger than what's in your way." 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