[Faith-Talk] accessible Christian books and study materials

Sat Oct 26 02:58:21 UTC 2024

Yes, Justin, but you will either have to download files directly from BARD or Bookshare or put them on an SD card using your computer's card reader.

On Oct 25, 2024 9:44 AM, Justin Williams via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> So I can get an e reader for free?
>
> From my nls library?
>
> And, it will read braille,
> So I can read my bible in braille?
>
> Or, I can read text books on the pc in braille?
>
> Justin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faith-Talk <faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tina Sohl via Faith-Talk
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2024 12:30 AM
> To: Faith-talk, for the discussion of Blindness in faith and religion <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Tina Sohl <tinabir80 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Faith-Talk] accessible Christian books and study materials
>
> I love    my eReader and am looking forward to bluetoothing it to my phone
> when android 15 comes to my Galaxy  or whatever probably Galaxy  I may have
> by then   but I'm always downloading to it from bookshare.
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM Ericka via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
> > And one of the things that’s great is that if you have the NLSE 
> > reader, you can hook that up to your phone tablet or whatever and read 
> > Braille that way. I have one and I’m not real text savvy and 
> > Assistance, I am able to do this! It’s fabulous! I don’t have the 
> > greatest burial skills either let me point out. I’m very very slow.
> >
> >
> > Ericka Nelson
> > KD9VBX
> >
> > > On Oct 24, 2024, at 8:37 AM, Charlene Ota via Faith-Talk <
> > faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, Ashley,  Bookshare will be a great source for you.  You can 
> > > download books and read them several ways.  I don't know what 
> > > assistive tech you have, but there's a  Bookshare app for the phone, 
> > > you can read them on devices like the BrailleSense.  I suppose you 
> > > can read them on your PC,
> > too,
> > > just don't like to do that personally so have never done that.  
> > > There are tons of Christian books on Bookshare.  If you are a Hadley 
> > > student, you
> > can
> > > get a free subscription, also, state of the NLS state libraries 
> > > provide
> > free
> > > subscriptions as well, and, of course, you can purchase your own 
> > > subscription, too, they'll just ask you proof of your disability and 
> > > your regional library will provide that to Bookshare for you.
> > >
> > > God bless,
> > > Charlene
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Faith-Talk <faith-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ashley 
> > > Bramlett via Faith-Talk
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2024 12:51 AM
> > > 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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