[nabs-l] Ebook Accessibility/The Future of NLS And Bookshare

[David Andrews]

I believe that Access Text is a cooperative project between some book 
publishers and universities.  So, its requirements are a series of 
compromises.  The publishers don't want their stuff running loose 
outside the disabled community, hence DSS and certification requirements.

While not ideal, at this point it may be a necessary evil.

Dave

At 05:27 PM 5/25/2011, you wrote:
>I think that defeats the purpose of availability and accessible. Why 
>would I want to go to a DS organization if I didn't have to?
>
>It is bad enough that I need to go to them if I can't find another 
>way to get the material but if it is already prepared I shouldn't 
>have to go to them at all.
>SO what ever source catalogs the titles and content should be available to us.
>
>That is why BookShare which is already setup could do that very quickly.
>-Kevin
>:)
>
>On May 25, 2011, at 5:07 PM, <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > No, you have to go through DSS.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Fjelsted
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:01 PM
> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Ebook Accessibility/The Future of NLS And Bookshare
> >
> > Does Access text store the content as well?
> > Can we access it as individuals and search and download the content?
> >
> > -Kevin
> > On May 25, 2011, at 4:24 PM, <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Access text.
> >