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

[Bryan Schulz]

Hi,

Here's a thought, how about everyone not have a panic attack when you can't
get a book and see what you're missing outside around the block?
Yes, you can listen or read braille on your back portch, the point is you
all sound like digital addicts.
I don't think a young child waiting for a transplant in a hospital is
freaking out because bard is down for a few days.
Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Freeman via Electronics-talk
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 5:18 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Cc: Mike Freeman
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for
Bookshare

Everyone here is correct. However, I believe I'm on safe ground when I aver
that each site has material that the others do not so that the best
stratagem to gain the greatest diversity is to use all the sites.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Barbour via Electronics-talk
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 2:47 PM
To: Serena Nickell via Electronics-talk
Cc: Jim Barbour
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for
Bookshare

Yep, many text books which BARD mostly does not have, and more than Learning
Ally has.

Jim

On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 04:39:57PM -0500, Serena Nickell via
Electronics-talk wrote:
> More books, many many more books.    However, a lot of people don't like
it because a computer voice reads them instead of a human reader.  I believe
you can get some textbooks also but don't quote me on that.  
> Serena
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Sep 1, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Star Gazer via Electronics-talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> 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'
> > <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > 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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