[gui-talk] e-book beginner

[Sue Redding, LMT]

Thanks everyone for all the helpful info.
Sue
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] e-book beginner

Isaac Asimov Science Fiction Magazine is available as a digital talking book 
from NLS.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <lras at sprynet.com>
To: "'qubit'" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>; "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] e-book beginner

Microsoft Reader does not work with screen readers.  Neither does software
for reading Adobe Digital Editions, at present.

Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 

 Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 10:39 PM
 To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
 Subject: Re: [gui-talk] e-book beginner
 
 different book readers support different formats. I have no idea about
 microsoft's book reader. kindle, the popular player sold on amazon, has
 its
 own proprietary format, but they put out a program that runs on windows
 that
 will read kindle books. Unfortunately it is not accessible.
 Kindle has speech to read books aloud, but not talking menus, so it's not
 accessible.
 If you get a victor stream, you can read anything in daisy or brf or a
 variety of text formats--ask someone who owns one. I myself have a
 booksense.
 the stream and booksense and all the rest will also play mp3 and wav files
 and a variety of other sound formats.
 You can also download nls talking books if you apply for a BARD account.
 Oh, and a lot of people listen to books from audible.com.
 Good luck and happy listening.
 --le
 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sue Redding, LMT" <sue at sueredding.com>
> To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 5:16 PM
> Subject: [gui-talk] e-book beginner
> 
> 
> I'm new to e-books.
> 
> What sites do any of you suggest for buying e-books and magazines
> such as asimov's science fiction magazine?
> 
> Does Microsoft Reader work with Jaws?
> 
> If I get a Victor Reader Stream, what formats should I purchase from e-
> book
> sites?
> 
> Thanks so much for any help,
> 
> Sue Redding