[Ct-nfb] Ct-nfb Digest, Vol 22, Issue 16
vishal
vishal14 at snet.net
Sat Jan 26 18:19:42 UTC 2013
The i phone app for book share is called read to go.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 26, 2013, at 1:00 PM, ct-nfb-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
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> 1. Re: E-books (Trevor Attenberg)
> 2. Re: E-books (Suzanne Westhaver)
> 3. Re: E-books (Janet Wallans)
> 4. Re: E-books (Justin Salisbury)
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> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:12:44 -0800
> From: "Trevor Attenberg" <tattenberg at gmail.com>
> To: "'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'" <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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> Bookshare is an online site that allows blind members and institutions like
> schools to download accessible textbooks from a fairly decent catalogue. I
> believe they use the daisy book format-which means a blind person doesn't
> need JAWS or a similar program just to read the books; but there are of
> course portable devices that will play and store such files. I think there's
> an IPhone ap for it. A blind person should be able to get free membership
> through BESB, or should be able to access the catalogue through a school or
> University with good disability resources. The NFB encourages members to
> join Bookshare.
>
> Best,
>
> Trevor A
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> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Wallans
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:10 AM
> To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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> What's Bookshare?
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> Janet
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> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gary Allen
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:32 AM
> To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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> I don't think they are. If I need a book I usually use bard, learning ally
> or bookshare.
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> On Friday, January 25, 2013, Suzanne Westhaver wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me if E-books are accessible to the blind?
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> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:39:47 -0500
> From: "Suzanne Westhaver" <swesthaver at comcast.net>
> To: "NFB of Connecticut Mailing List" <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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> I think perhaps if you are a student, BESB might pay for membership, but when I was a member, it was $50 annually for membership and access to the collection. I wasn?t a student at the time.
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> From: Trevor Attenberg
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 4:12 PM
> To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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> Bookshare is an online site that allows blind members and institutions like schools to download accessible textbooks from a fairly decent catalogue. I believe they use the daisy book format?which means a blind person doesn?t need JAWS or a similar program just to read the books; but there are of course portable devices that will play and store such files. I think there?s an IPhone ap for it. A blind person should be able to get free membership through BESB, or should be able to access the catalogue through a school or University with good disability resources. The NFB encourages members to join Bookshare.
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> Best,
>
> Trevor A
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> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Wallans
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:10 AM
> To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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> What?s Bookshare?
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> Janet
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> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gary Allen
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:32 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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> I don't think they are. If I need a book I usually use bard, learning ally or bookshare.
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> On Friday, January 25, 2013, Suzanne Westhaver wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me if E-books are accessible to the blind?
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> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:40:13 -0500
> From: "Janet Wallans" <janetcw at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'" <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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> Thank you, Trevor.
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> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Trevor
> Attenberg
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 4:13 PM
> To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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>
>
> Bookshare is an online site that allows blind members and institutions like
> schools to download accessible textbooks from a fairly decent catalogue. I
> believe they use the daisy book format-which means a blind person doesn't
> need JAWS or a similar program just to read the books; but there are of
> course portable devices that will play and store such files. I think there's
> an IPhone ap for it. A blind person should be able to get free membership
> through BESB, or should be able to access the catalogue through a school or
> University with good disability resources. The NFB encourages members to
> join Bookshare.
>
> Best,
>
> Trevor A
>
>
>
> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Wallans
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:10 AM
> To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
>
>
>
> What's Bookshare?
>
>
>
> Janet
>
>
>
> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gary Allen
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:32 AM
> To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
>
>
>
> I don't think they are. If I need a book I usually use bard, learning ally
> or bookshare.
>
> On Friday, January 25, 2013, Suzanne Westhaver wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me if E-books are accessible to the blind?
>
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> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:20:23 +0000
> From: Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>
> To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
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> Suzanne:
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> BESB doesn't have to pay for students' Bookshare memberships because all students are given free membership to Bookshare. Bookshare operates with grant money and is provided free to students. I would not be surprised if BESB would pay for non-student VR clients' Bookshare memberships. It's worth taking 60 seconds to call your BESB case manager to ask.
>
> Many books are available for free through the National Library Service (NLS). The only role BESB has in the process of using NLS is giving you the Certificate of Legal Blindness that you use to register with the NLS. For more info, visit this link:
> http://www.cslib.org/lbph.htm
>
> Some e-books are indeed accessible to the blind. Others are not. In the January 2012 edition of the Braille Monitor, there is a beautiful article discussing e-book accessibility. You may read it here:
> https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm12/bm1201/bm120105.htm
>
> I encourage everyone to read the Braille Monitor on a regular basis. There is a lot of valuable information in the Monitor, and it can help us in so many areas of life. Navigating the Braille Monitor online is quite simple. Links to text and audio versions of the articles are provided in the table of contents.
>
> Yours,
>
> Justin Salisbury
>
> Justin M. Salisbury
> B.A. in Mathematics
> Class of 2012
> East Carolina University
> president at alumni.ecu.edu
>
> ?Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it?s the only thing that ever has.? ?MARGARET MEAD
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> ________________________________________
> From: Ct-nfb [ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Suzanne Westhaver [swesthaver at comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 5:39 PM
> To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
>
> I think perhaps if you are a student, BESB might pay for membership, but when I was a member, it was $50 annually for membership and access to the collection. I wasn?t a student at the time.
>
>
>
>
> From: Trevor Attenberg<mailto:tattenberg at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 4:12 PM
> To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<mailto:ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
>
> Bookshare is an online site that allows blind members and institutions like schools to download accessible textbooks from a fairly decent catalogue. I believe they use the daisy book format?which means a blind person doesn?t need JAWS or a similar program just to read the books; but there are of course portable devices that will play and store such files. I think there?s an IPhone ap for it. A blind person should be able to get free membership through BESB, or should be able to access the catalogue through a school or University with good disability resources. The NFB encourages members to join Bookshare.
> Best,
> Trevor A
>
> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Janet Wallans
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:10 AM
> To: 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
>
> What?s Bookshare?
>
> Janet
>
> From: Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gary Allen
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:32 AM
> To: NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Ct-nfb] E-books
>
> I don't think they are. If I need a book I usually use bard, learning ally or bookshare.
>
> On Friday, January 25, 2013, Suzanne Westhaver wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if E-books are accessible to the blind?
>
>
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