[Faith-Talk] accessible Christian books and study materials

Sat Oct 26 04:23:57 UTC 2024

Yes to all of that.  And it downloads right from bookshare and mine's  full
of bookshare content.  I love it.  U  have a Bible from there too.  Not my
primary one,  but there wen i want  to read it in braille.

On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 7:18 PM 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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