[nabs-l] Bookshare

Tue Nov 25 15:46:31 UTC 2014

The=20new=20site=20worked=20with=20the=20BrailleNote=20from=20day=20one.=20=
=20Someone=20
working=20at=20Bookshare=20erroneously=20sent=20out=20an=20e-mail=20a=20few=
=20days=20
before=20the=20new=20site=20came=20on=20line=20saying=20that=20it=20wouldn'=
t=20work=20
with=20the=20BrailleNote,=20but=20Humanware=20sent=20out=20an=20e-mail=20ri=
ght=20
after=20that=20saying=20Bookshare=20was=20wrong=20and=20that=20you=20just=20=
have=20to=20
turn=20scripting=20off=20in=20the=20BrailleNote=20web=20browser=20to=20make=
=20
Bookshare=20work.=20=20My=20guess=20is=20that=20the=20BrailleSense=20doesn'=
t=20have=20
the=20ability=20to=20disable=20scripting=20and=20that's=20the=20problem.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20Kaiti=20Shelton=20<crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>,National=20
Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=2025=20Nov=202014=2010:19:27=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Bookshare

Interesting.=20One=20would=20think=20that,=20given=20that=20the=20BrailleSe=
nse=20
runs=20more=20reliable=20and=20up-to-date=20software,=20it=20would=20be=20e=
asier=20
for=20Bookshare=20to=20fix=20the=20bugs=20associated=20with=20this=20noteta=
ker.=20I=20
could=20see=20the=20reasoning=20behind=20Bookshare's=20making=20the=20Brail=
leNote=20
bugs=20a=20priority=E2=80=94that=20is,=20that=20K-12=20students,=20who=20ar=
e=20among=20the=20
most=20dedicated=20users=20of=20Bookshare,=20overwhelmingly=20use=20the=20
BrailleNote
more=20than=20other=20notetakers.=20When=20customers=20started=20noticing=20=
that=20
Bookshare=20wasn't=20working=20with=20the=20BrailleNote,=20Bookshare=20prob=
ably=20
received=20a=20lot=20of=20feedback=20from=20students=20and=20TVI's=20who=20=
said=20they=20
could=20only=20access=20the=20Web=20site=20on=20their=20BrailleNote=20and=20=
need=20that=20
access=20for=20their=20classwork.=20BrailleSense=20users=20might=20also=20h=
ave=20
more=20access=20to=20a=20computer=20with=20which=20they=20can=20download=20=
the=20book,=20
so=20they=20might=20not=20have=20heard=20as=20many=20bug=20reports=20from=20=
these=20
users.=20I=20don't=20think=20there's=20any=20money=20involved,=20but=20we=20=
can't=20be=20
certain.

Chris=20Nusbaum,=20Vice=20President
Maryland=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students
Coordinator=20of=20Social=20Media,=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=20Bli=
nd=20of=20
Maryland
Twitter:=20 at Chrisn98,=20 at MDMDABS=20and=20 at NFBMD

"Together,=20with=20love,=20hope=20and=20determination,=20we=20transform=20=
dreams=20
into=20reality."

=20On=20Nov=2025,=202014,=20at=209:13=20AM,=20Kaiti=20Shelton=20via=20nabs-=
l=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wrote:

=20Oddly=20enough,=20it=20also=20wasn't=20compatible=20with=20the=20Braille=
Note=20
line=20of
=20notetakers,=20but=20they=20fixed=20that,=20unless=20the=20reason=20for=20=
it=20not=20
working
=20was=20different...=20call=20me=20a=20cynic,=20but=20it=20seems=20like=20=
we=20know=20
which
=20company=20is=20paying=20Bookshare=20more=20money.=20=20:)

=20I've=20been=20working=20around=20this=20by=20just=20downloading=20the=20=
books=20to=20
my=20SD
=20card=20from=20my=20laptop=20and=20putting=20the=20SD=20card=20back=20int=
o=20the
=20BrailleSense.=20=20It's=20slightly=20less=20convenient,=20but=20it=20isn=
't=20a=20
terrible
=20hassle;=20I=20have=20had=20Bookshare=20since=20before=20the=20BrailleSen=
se=20was=20
around,
=20so=20I=20really=20don't=20mind=20taking=20the=20extra=20time.

=20What=20I=20do=20mind=20is=20that=20the=20new=20site=20had=20problems=20w=
ith=20both=20major=20
lines
=20of=20notetakers,=20and=20Bookshare=20saw=20fit=20to=20only=20remedy=20th=
e=20problems=20
for
=20one=20line=20of=20product.=20=20I=20know=20that=20the=20BrailleSense=20l=
ine=20has=20
become
=20more=20popular=20in=20the=20past=20several=20years,=20so=20why=20they=20=
wouldn't=20
make=20the
=20site=20work=20for=20both=20so=20all=20can=20have=20notetaker=20access=20=
to=20downloads=20
just
=20doesn't=20make=20sense=20to=20me.

=20On=2011/25/14,=20Karl=20Martin=20Adam=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.or=
g>=20
wrote:
=20Hi=20Cherry,

=20Bookshare=20is=20no=20longer=20compatible=20with=20the=20BrailleSense=20=
as=20of=20
the
=20update=20to=20there=20website=20a=20few=20weeks=20ago,=20or=20at=20least=
=20that's=20what
=20it=20says=20on=20their=20page=20about=20what's=20new=20with=20the=20new=
=20website.

=20Best,
=20Karl

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Cherry=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20To:=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2024=20Nov=202014=2022:01:57=20-0600
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Bookshare

=20Dear=20members,
=20I'm=20using=20the=20Braille=20Sense=20U2=20and=20recently=20I=20cannot=20=
access
=20Bookshare=20download=20on=20the=20Braille=20Sense=20anymore.=20Are=20any=
=20of=20you
=20here=20having=20the=20same=20problem?
=20Thanks.

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