[Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for Bookshare

[Jim Barbour]

Essentially, bookshare has many more books available than BARD does. However, the trade-off is that the books are text based, rather than narrated by a person.  So, you download bookshare books to your bookreader (phone, victor reader stream, braille note, etc.) and then you can read them in either electronic Braille or using text to speech.

Jim

On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 05:27:55PM -0400, Star Gazer via Electronics-talk wrote:
> 				Mary and list, 
> Can you get me smart on bookshare? Other then that it is up, and BARD isn't
> at least for now, what does Bookshare offer that Bard can't or doesn't? 
> I've got a bunch of Braille in hard copy, a bunch of BARD books in audio on
> my phone, and some more in audio. So I'm set for awhile even if BARD stays
> down for some time. 
> Still, I'm curious to know how Bookshare works and what it offers that BARD
> can't or won't.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mary Donahue via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 5:13 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
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> Cc: Mary Donahue <braille at satx.rr.com>
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for Bookshare
> 
> Good afternoon everyone,
> 
>  
> 
>                 BARD is still down. I was able to type in my email address
> and password, but the Login buttonis still not working. All I can say is I
> am glad I am a member of BOOKSHARE.org. It would be wise for some of you to
> get on BOOKSHARE. Then you would have another alternative to receive books.
> If you are a student, or taking courses from Hadley, you are entitled to a
> free subscription. That $75 for first-time members and $50 for existing
> members is well worth it.
> 
>  
> 
> Mary Donahue
> 
>  
> 
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