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

Wed Sep 2 21:29:47 UTC 2015

Hi,

I never said the two points were related.
Just basically saying there are more important things than b....n about bard
being down and exactly how much are you paying for the service?
A big fat zero so it's true some people will complain about a free lunch!
Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Star Gazer via Electronics-talk
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 3:20 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Cc: Star Gazer
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for
Bookshare

				BARD is a service and people are right to be
annoyed. Just because some child somewhere needs a transplant doesn't lessen
BARD users desire to complain. 
My husband pointed this out to me, and he doesn't use BARD. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Bryan Schulz via Electronics-talk
Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 7:08 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
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Cc: Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] FYI: BARD IS STILL Down; Thank God for
Bookshare

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
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Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 5:18 PM
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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-----
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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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