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

[Lucy Sirianni]

Can anyone explain to me why this update is necessary? Have I 
somehow missed a problem with the current site that is serious 
enough to justify rendering the site unusable for so many who 
have relied on its services up until now? I understand that new 
features may be desirable, and I understand that the 
BrailleNote's web-browser is outdated and thus difficult to make 
compatible with updates to websites such as Bookshare, but I am 
genuinely curious what is going to be offered that will outweigh 
the benefits of making Bookshare accessible to everyone, as it is 
now.


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Loren Wakefield via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: "'Arielle Silverman'" <arielle71 at gmail.com>,"'National 
Association of Blind Students mailing list'" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:51:00 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Fwd: [blindkid] Important Info for 
Bookshare Userswith	Braille Notes!

Thanks for the heads up.  I was thinking of joining bookshare; 
and, this
info is good to know ahead of time.

It would seem to me that they would have fixed this problem 
before launching
the upgrade.  But, what do I know?  Anyway, thanks.

Loren



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Arielle
Silverman via nabs-l
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 4:41 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: [blindkid] Important Info for Bookshare 
Users with
Braille Notes!

---------- 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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