[Faith-talk] bookshare and VR streams

Wed Nov 2 19:17:06 UTC 2011

I have had an bookshare account and need to update my email address and 
personal address.  Can someone help me on where to do this or do they have a 
phone nujmber?
Thanks,
Felicia

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From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 3:13 PM
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] bookshare and VR streams

> I  think I understand; thanks.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Barbara Hammel
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 2:39 PM
> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] bookshare and VR streams
>
>
>    How you would do it is on bookshare's site, click on the format you 
> want
> and save it to your computer in the folder you want it to be.
> After you've put it on the computer, go find it and enter on it--or 
> however
> you look inside your folders.  You can either use the USB cable or put the
> SD card in your computer to load it.  You have to open up the menus on
> whichever you want to use and get into the folder you want to put the book
> into.
> Then copy and paste and it will ask for your password to be able to paste
> it.
> Does this make any sense?  It's really easy once you've done it a time or
> two.
> Barbara
>
>
>
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> F. Kennedy
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Greg Aikens
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 1:00 PM
> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] bookshare
>
> Hi Ashley,
> Books from bookshare are all digital, which means synthesized speech
> unfortunately.  I answered your other questions below.
>
>> Some questions.
>> 1. What Christian resources have you seen? Books? Devotionals?
> I have found a wide range of stuff on bookshare.  They have lots of books 
> by
> C.S. Lewis, fiction and nonfiction.  I have also found classic devotional
> books like Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster.
>> 2. How do you search for books? I know you can do this without being a 
>> member. The site looked complex when I attempted to use it.
> There is a search box on pretty much every page.  Just type in the author 
> or
> title or even subject and click go.  There is an advanced search feature 
> you
> can use, but I generally find what I'm looking for quickly with the 
> regular
> search.  After you click go, the site pulls up a page of results.  I find 
> it
> easiest to navigate by heading on this page because each book has its own
> heading.  From there you have the option of clicking on daisy or brf 
> format.
> This probably does not appear if you are not a member.
>> 3. Is the cost $75? And do you have to prove you’re blind? I already get 
>> NLS and learning ally books.
> I'm not sure about the cost.  Because I am a student it is free for me. 
> If
> you are taking classes, which I think you are, you are eligible for a free
> membership too.  If you are already set up with learning ally you can give
> them your ID number and they will confirm you are legally blind through
> learning ally.
>> 4. How do you play/read the books? I guess they have to be unzipped once 
>> you download them. I have a vr stream so might use that if I can figure 
>> out how to transfer a book.
> You can play them on the stream or there are several free daisy players 
> for
> your computer.  The bookshare site has more info on these.
>> 5. Books are written everyday and published. The thing with NLS and 
>> learning Ally is by the time they record a book it’s a year late or more. 
>> That is why often the editions of books are one behind your print 
>> classmates.
>> So, does bookshare have recent books? I mean like in the past six months?
>> I have looked for and found books that were published within the last 4 
>> months or so.  Its hit or miss.  They don't have everything, but they do 
>> have a lot, especially popular stuff.
>
> For the most part, finding, downloading, and opening a book takes less 
> than
> 5 minutes.
>
> HTH,
> Greg
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