[BlindMath] Accessible version of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach

Tue Sep 7 14:06:54 UTC 2021

I also got the Bookshare version of this book about 5 years ago, and still have it on my computer. Bookshare is unfortunately still not a good resource for accessible materials that range beyond simple texts, especially educational resources in math, coding, and the hard sciences. I understand why this is, but the issue doesn't seem to be getting resolved.
I'd love to get a more accessible version of GEB if anyone can conjure one.  
 -  Trevor

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Subject: Re: [BlindMath] Accessible version of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach

allso heard it nicely collate sort of worth wile material Looking forword for accessible version download

Thanks alot.

Yours Sincerely,

Sanchit.

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Created: 2021-09-07 Tue 00:33

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On 9/6/2021 10:33 PM, Lucas Radaelli via BlindMath wrote:
> I decided to go after this book after hearing many , many times people 
> recommending it. It seems to be really worth it.
>
>
>
> Em seg., 6 de set. de 2021 às 12:47, John G. Heim <jheim at wisc.edu> escreveu:
>
>> Bookshare gets it's materials mostly from volunteers. I wonder if it 
>> would  be worth wile to try to put together a better version of this 
>> book.  Its more than 40 years old but i know it still has a lot of fans.
>> We might be able to find some sighted volunteers to describe the 
>> images for us. I'd be willing to coordinate the project but I wonder 
>> if anybody else thinks it is worth the bother.
>>
>> On 9/5/21 9:00 PM, blindmath at nfbnet.org wrote:
>>> Checking the bookshare version, the first 30 pages had one or two 
>>> images with a basic description, all the rest did not. In this book, 
>>> unfortunately, having the images described is a must...
>>>
>>>
>>> Em dom., 5 de set. de 2021 às 22:29, Bhavya shah via BlindMath < 
>>> blindmath at nfbnet.org> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Dear John,
>>>>
>>>> Does this book's Bookshare copy have the mathematical content in 
>>>> Math ML and/or image-based illustrations described? Bookshare, in 
>>>> my past experience, has tended to do a poor job with the 
>>>> accessibility of mathematical and scientific texts so wanted to 
>>>> make sure. A professor once recommended this but I never got around 
>>>> to looking for it and reading it; thanks for bringing it up Lucas!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/4/21, John G. Heim via BlindMath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> Bookshare has it. Bard (library of Congress talking book program) 
>>>>> does not. That's a shock to me. It won a Pulitzer. It's got a 
>>>>> wikipedia
>> page.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/4/21 10:02 AM, Lucas Radaelli via BlindMath wrote:
>>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know a place where I can find an accessible version 
>>>>>> of the book Gödel, Escher, Bach?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
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