[nabs-l] books recommendations

[Valerie Gibson]

wow, didn't know the brailenote could read pubs…awesome.
thanks
On Apr 26, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Chris Nusbaum wrote:

> Valerie,
> 
> You're correct; unfortunately, neither the Kindle nor the Nook is
> accessible. I'm not sure of any accessible eBook device that would recommend
> books to you; I didn't even know that was a feature of the Kindle. Blio
> might do it, but I don't know. There also might be Web sites that do this.
> Try Googling something like "book recommender" or something like that, and
> see what you come up with.
> 
> As to your question about books in EPUB format, you can read them using
> iBooks on an iOS device, a Victor Reader Stream from Humanware, or a
> BrailleNote Apex. These are just the devices that I can think of that
> support EPUB and are accessible. As far as converting EPUB books, you can do
> this free and online using www.online-convert.com.
> 
> One more thing: for more information about the accessibility of many eBook
> reading platforms, I would strongly recommend reading 2 articles which
> recently appeared in the Braille Monitor. The first is eBooks: What Works,
> What Doesn't, and What is Still Unclear written by Amy Mason, which appeared
> in the January 2012 Monitor. The second is Mainstream Access to eBooks: My
> Perspective, by James Gashel, which appeared in the February 2012 issue. If
> you haven't read these articles, they are a great source of information for
> the blind eBook reader! You can read these articles on the NFB Web site,
> www.nfb.org. Click on Publications from the home page, then on Braille
> Monitor, then on 2000-Present, then under the 2012 heading, January and
> February respectively. Once on the contents page for the magazine, you can
> click on the link with the article's title to read it and the Listen Now
> (MP3) link under each article to listen to it in MP3 format.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> So one of the features of the kendle from what i hear is that it will
> recommend books to you based on what you've read on kendle.
> I gather the Kendle is not accessible. True?
> if so, does anyone know of a mac ap or IOS ap that will recommend books to
> you based on .i don't know, something you've read?
> 
> also, does anyone know of anything that will read or translate epub or mobi
> format books?
> 
> thanks
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