[nabs-l] Questions About Accessing Books

Tue Apr 2 23:32:43 UTC 2013

Hi Guys:

Okay, this may sound dumb, but I guess I am so used to the
Jaws/elloquence voice that if I am going to use a voice to read I
prefer the Jaws/elloquence voice.
With either Dreamreader are elloquence voices one of the options to choose from?
What about with Blio?
As of right now, the only notetaker I have is the Pacmate lol. So,
unfortunately I can't connect a braille display. I want to get hte
Braille Sense U2.
I'm glad to know others use Blio. I wasn't sure if people still used it lol.
It looks good, and it seems to have books at good prices.
Thanks,
Kerri

On 4/2/13, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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