[Electronics-Talk] accessible book reading apps
Tracy Carcione
carcione at access.net
Tue Feb 15 14:20:19 UTC 2022
Do you know the format of the book? Epub, maybe?
I think someone said the NLS Reader can handle ePub, but I'm not sure.
Being able to read a public library book in braille would be a dream come
true.
Tracy
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Has anybody had any luck downloading an ebook from
Libby and reading it on a Braille display? I've tried a couple but I could
not read them successfully, I knew there was a book, but I couldn't navigate
through it at all or read the text for reasons I don't quite understand.
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From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
Tina Sohl via Electronics-Talk
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The overdrive app is going away. I think by the end of the month you won't
be able to login and or download so try the libby app, you may find it a
pleasant surprise as I did.
On 2/14/22, Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I tried Libby a couple years ago when my library switched to it, but I
> didn't find it accessible at all. There's even a blurb in it that
> says they know it's not accessible, and they're "working on it", but
> I have read every update summary since then and seen nothing about
> improving accessibility. Surprise surprise.
> Tracy
>
>
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> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 8:36 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] accessible book reading apps
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> Like I said, getting this set up with my public library is still on my
> to do list, but I thought the service Overdrive wasn't going away, but
> the app you would use to access is switching over to Libby, which is a
> more accessible app.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf
> Of Tina Sohl via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2022 12:18 PM
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> Cc: Tina Sohl <tinabir80 at gmail.com>
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>
> Hi. Just FYI, that overdrive's going away later this month, they're
> wanting everyonge to switch to libby. I'm on android and after
> learning that tried libby finding it to be much improved in terms of
> accessibility, so am sure it is on iOS too. I agree, try hoopla and
> libby if your library offfers both. Ours does and they're nice book
> sources. Can't have too many books in my mind.
>
> On 2/13/22, Christopher Chaltain via Electronics-Talk
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I haven't started using it myself, but my public library uses
>> Overdrive, and there's even an option to check out Kindle and Audible
>> books through Overdrive.
>>
>> --
>> Christopher (AKA CJ)
>> Chaltain at Outlook
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On
>> Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2022 8:23 AM
>> To: 'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'
>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] accessible book reading apps
>>
>> I used Hoopla until my library stopped using it. At that time, it
>> was accessible on my iPhone. Why not try it, if your library has it
>> and it's free?
>>
>> I think my library started using it again now, so I should re-try it
>> myself.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>> On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2022 7:52 PM
>> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>> Cc: Ashley Bramlett
>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] accessible book reading apps
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> While I know about audible, I was looking for something a bit cheaper
>> with a good selection of books particulary nonfiction things like
> biographies.
>>
>> What apps do you suggest?
>>
>> Perhaps Scribd? Hoopla from the public library?
>>
>>
>> What is accessible with voice over?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ashley
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