[blindkid] Amazon Kindle and Bookshare question

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Mon Jun 22 02:04:16 UTC 2009


You can "back translate" a .brf file, but the results aren't 
perfect.  Some DAISY players, like EASEReader or GH Player also let 
you change font etc., I believe.

Dave

At 06:04 PM 6/19/2009, you wrote:
>Ok, I think I'm seeing the problem here.
>We just got our approval to use bookshare and now that I can sign on, I see
>very few titles are available as HTML or TXT files, I thought they all
>were.  The majority of books are just BRF or DAISY which isn't going to
>work.
>
>Can BRF be converted into any sort of text file?  For visual reading on the
>computer...I'm not concerned about Kindle use at this point.
>
>Our school is banking on being able to download any title from Bookshare for
>Hank to read visually at whatever font he wants.  Now that I can actually
>access bookshare, looks like that plan isn't going to work.
>
>Holly
>
>
>
>On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:56 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>
> > Well actually when you download from bookshare you can download DAISY, or
> > BRF (braille ready file.)  At least that is the way it used to be.  Then
> > when you unpacked the files, you could also save a html version.  A brf
> > file, is technically a text file, containing only ascii text, but if you
> > were uninitiated, or had the wrong software, or didn't back translate, it
> > would mostly look like gibberish.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > At 04:25 PM 6/14/2009, you wrote:
> >
> >> I know the base Kindle format is different but on Amazon it says the
> >> Kindle
> >> supports TXT and HTML.
> >> Bookshare files can be obtained in TXT and HTML.
> >>
> >> I don't know anyone locally that has a Kindle or I'd try it first hand.
> >>
> >> Holly
> >>
> >
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