[nabs-l] Fwd: [blindkid] Important Info for Bookshare Users with Braille Notes!

[Chris Nusbaum]

Interesting. I have pretty much given up on the BrailleNote's Web browser, but downloading Bookshare books is one of the few things I still do with it on occasion. Gives me another excuse to use the good old PC, which I like anyway. Thanks for sharing this info.

Chris

> On Oct 24, 2014, at 5:40 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Allison Hilliker via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:56:20 +0000
> Subject: [blindkid] Important Info for Bookshare Users with Braille Notes!
> To: "Blind Kid Mailing List,    (for parents of blind children)
> (blindkid at nfbnet.org)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> 
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> The updated Bookshare website is set to launch next week. While there
> are many improvements that will help our members, we are aware of
> potential bugs with select partner technologies.
> 
> The BrailleNote will not be able to download books directly from
> Bookshare. We recommend that you download books from Bookshare prior
> to our planned website downtime on Monday, October 27 at 5PM Pacific
> Time. Afterwards, you can continue to read Bookshare books by
> downloading from a separate device like a computer and transfer them
> to your BrailleNote.
> 
> HumanWare has been notified about this issue, and we are working with
> them to find a solution to use our updated website. Thank you for your
> patience.
> 
> Best,
> Allison Hilliker
> Bookshare Operations Associate
> 
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