[nabs-l] accessible ebooks

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Menno,

Firstly, welcome to the list! As I tell any new member, feel free 
to ask any questions you'd like.  We're here to help! Now, to 
your question, if you want a DTB (digital talking book) player, 
I'd suggest the Victor Reader Stream (the Stream for short) from 
HumanWare.  This can read DAISY, EPUB, and other formats.  It's 
also very portable, which is great for on-the-go reading.  You 
could also buy the BookPort from American Printing House for the 
Blind or the BookSense from HIMS.  If you have a notetaker, such 
as a BrailleNote, BrailleSense, or PacMate, you can also read a 
lot of types of digital books.  To read eBooks with a computer 
and a screen reader, I highly recommend KNFB Reading Technology's 
Blio program.  It has over 3 million free books and thousands of 
what they call bookstore books, or books you have to pay for.  
Are you a US citizen studying in the Netherlands? If not, this 
wouldn't apply to you, as you wouldn't be eligible for the 
program.  But if you are, you can get the National Library 
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) digital 
talking book (DTB) player for free from your local Library for 
the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH,) or the one you are 
registered as a patron of in the US.  As you can see, you have a 
lot of options for eBooks.  Again, welcome to the list!

Chris

 Chris Nusbaum

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Sent from my BrailleNote

----- Original Message -----
From: "Menno Schaap" <menno.schaap at gmail.com
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:30:12 +0200
Subject: [nabs-l] accessible ebooks

Hi all,



A short introduction of myself, I'm  a law and economics student 
at the
university of Maastricht in the Netherlands.  I am practically 
blind, I use
Window- Eyes in combination with NVDa with speech and braille 
output to
study.



I have a question concerning the use of ebooks.  In the 
Netherlands, the
study books are normally digitalized by a foundation.  
Unfortunately this
process takes around 4to 6 months.

However, some study books are available in ebook (epub) format.I 
tried to
figure out the accessibility of these ebooks, the content seems 
accessible,
but is secured with drm I did not find any useful eBook reader.  
Do You have
experience in reading ebooks? And also with help of a screen 
reader?





Met vriendelijke groet,





Menno Schaap







Victorieplein 22-I

1078 PE amsterdam

The Netherlands



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