[BlindTlk] getting books Brailed

[Cindy Ray]

> On Nov 16, 2020, at 10:26 AM, Ringlein, Ellen via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:When you have a book scanned by BookShare, there is a braille copy available. Maybe you have to pay for it if you don’t have a subscription, but if you are a student, you don’t have to pay for your subscription.

> 
> Madison,
> 
> I am under the impression that if BookShare has an electronic copy of the book, you can pay to get it Brailled. It probably wouldn't be proofread and it may have formatting issues.
> 
> But you should check on BookShare.org to find out if the Brailling service is still available.
> 
> Cordially,
> 
> Ellen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Madison Martin via BlindTlk
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 3:15 PM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: maddymartin at mymts.net
> Subject: [BlindTlk] getting books Brailed
> 
> Hi all,
> I hope this is appropriate for this list, sorry if it's not. I have some print
> books that I'd really like to read, but I can't find anywhere that has them in
> hardcopy Braille. I know people are going to say look for them as audio books,
> but Braille is my preference, so I don't want to hear any such comments. I've
> tried reading electronic Braille, but I don't care for it. Does anyone know of
> anywhere where I could send books to get Brailled? Now that I'm no longer in
> school the place that used to produce all of my schoolwork and did a couple of
> pleasure books for me can't help us anymore. If no one knows of anywhere then
> that's okay, I just thought I'd ask on hear. Thanks for any help/suggestions
> anyone can provide me!!!!
> Madison
> 
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