[Faith-Talk] accessible Christian books and study materials

Sun Oct 27 01:25:28 UTC 2024

Yes!!!!
Ericka Nelson
KD9VBX

> On Oct 25, 2024, at 9:18 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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