[Faith-Talk] accessible Christian books and study materials

[Judy Jones]

Hi,

You might try The Gutenberg Project.

I also get materials off Amazon Kindle and read mostly with my phone, but also can access it with my BS6 notetaker, since it also is Android, like my Motorola phone. Kindle works very well on both devices, and you also have the option of Audible.

I happen to prefer reading with either braille or the Eloquence voice, probably because I've gotten so comfortable with it over the years.

Bookshare comes in second for me, as far as availability of materials.

You can also download LibriVox on your phone.




Judy
sent from the Selvas braille Android tablet

----- Original Message -----
From: Ashley Bramlett via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 10:52 PM
To: "Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and religion" <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
CC: bookwormahb at earthlink.net
Subject: [Faith-Talk] accessible Christian books and study materials

Hi all,
I wish there were more Christian materials out there. 
I use the NLS service a lot and also what is now Learning Ally. The human
read professional books from NLS have been a blessing filling much of my
reading needs in many genres except for religious studies.
 
I prefer to read by braille or human read audio books. 
While I can access electronic books on my pc, its harder for me to process
and understand the synthesized speech of it although I do use a screen
reader. I do much better with audio books by humans.
 
I know Lutheran Braille Workers has two versions of the bible in hard copy
braille as well as some study materials and devotionals.
 
Are there any other large sources of materials? I'm Methodist but any source
for the Protestant Christian faith would work. 
 
There have been some bible studies at church that I wanted to go to but did
not have the book.
Accessible materials are hard to find.
 
Maybe once I get bookshare started, someone can give me pointers on
downloading the books and how to read them online.
I have done research to find what I need searching mainstream sources such
as several public library catalogs as well as checking if they are in the
library's audio book app called Libby which was Overdrive.
I also searched Amazon and bookstore sites to see if an audio format was
available since sighted people like listening more and more now a days. 
With the availability of audio for the general public, this helps us access
more and more books.
 
Still several books are not available despite checking around.
Fortunately, I found an audio copy of some of them at the public library. I
also found one on Amazon which I bought. It was in old fashioned cd format!
So it was nice and easy to use. No need to download and unzip files or
navigate a complex website!
 
I just finished a bible study with the book Context by Josh Scott. It was a
thoughtful book about putting verses in their context.
 
Thanks for any advice.
 
Ashley
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