[nabs-l] Questions About Accessing Books

Tue Apr 2 21:42:18 UTC 2013

I believe that bug has been fixed as of the latest version of blio, but I'm not sure.

Sophie Trist
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 2, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do any of you know if blio has solved the problem where lots of books
> couldn't be accessed with the higher quality TTS voices because it
> allegedly infringed on copyright?
> 
> On 4/2/13, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Voice Dream sounds awesome!  I'll have to check it out too.
>> 
>> Blio is really good.  I'd definitely recommend that one too.
>> 
>> Also, if you have a notetaker like a BrailleNote or BrailleSense with
>> a refreshable display you can use bluetooth to connect to your IPhone
>> and read that way with a make-shift braille display.
>> 
>> On 4/2/13, Ashlee g <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> cool i will look that up
>>> 
>>> NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US. AUTISTICS RULE
>>> 
>>> On Apr 2, 2013, at 11:47, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Just a quick note, if you have aniDevice, another app is Voice Dream.
>>>> You can download books and many other documents (including
>>>> powerpoints) from Bookshare, Gutenberg, iTunes, DropBox, or the web
>>>> browser. It will read it using your preferred voice, each of which
>>>> costs $1.99 (and a very few cost $2.99). This is especially helpful if
>>>> you have foreign language documents because Voice Dream has a
>>>> plentitude of foreign voices from Spanish and French to Chinese and
>>>> Japanese. The voices are wonderful, and have made listening to school
>>>> documents much nicer for me, as well, of course, for books.
>>>> 
>>>> I don't know much about reading e-books on the PC, but that's my
>>>> little spill about a great app for the iDevices.
>>>> 
>>>> Good luck,
>>>> Jewel
>>>> 
>>>> On 4/2/13, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Kerri, Justin is right. I don't know about Blio on the PC, but I
>>>>> have the app on my iiPhone. If you download the app for
>>>>> iPhone/iPad, you don't have to have VO read the book to you. The
>>>>> app comes with a set of voices you can choose from. Each one is
>>>>> $9.99, so it's a bit of a cost at the outset, but the voices are
>>>>> really good.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com
>>>>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>> Date sent: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 01:38:39 -0400
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Accessing Books
>>>>> 
>>>>> I saw the blio at the convention two years ago.  it is
>>>>> accessible.  They did
>>>>> a bunch of workshops on it.  From what I saw then, and mind you
>>>>> this was two
>>>>> years ago, you could download it for free, but you had to pay for
>>>>> amazon
>>>>> books and anything else you bought.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Kerri Kosten
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 1:33 AM
>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Questions About Accessing Books
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi All:
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, I love to read.
>>>>> What is the current access we have to mainstream Ebooks?
>>>>> Is the Nook for PC accessible yet or is it only the Iphone/Ipad
>>>>> app?
>>>>> I love reading but I can't stand reading on the Iphone/Ipad. I
>>>>> don't mind
>>>>> voiceover for short things but I hate reading with it.
>>>>> I prefer to either read in braille, on the computer using Jaws,
>>>>> or listen to
>>>>> an audiobook.
>>>>> Does anyone use the Blio EReader? Is it accessible? If I were to
>>>>> purchase a
>>>>> book on it can you read it using Jaws?
>>>>> There is a book I want to read that I can't find on either
>>>>> Bookshare or BARD
>>>>> and I looked on the Blio reader store and it is available for
>>>>> only $2.99.
>>>>> What sources do you use to get books for pleasure reading?
>>>>> At this time, are there any other sources to read Ebooks on the
>>>>> PC using
>>>>> Jaws besides Blio and Bookshare?
>>>>> I know books can be read in braille on the Iphone/Ipad using a
>>>>> braille
>>>>> display but I currently don't have one.
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Kerri
>>>>> 
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>> Kaiti
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