[Nfb-krafters-korner] bookshare FW: craft books

[melissa green]

hi.
bookshare now has mp3 files for their books.
You have to request the file and then they convert it into mp3 format for 
you.
It takes days to get the book, and you have to put it in the audio+ podcast 
folder on your cartradge, or in the other books folder on the stream and 
other players.
It is supposed to be set up for you to play the mp3 books in the talking 
book folder.  But they haven't worked all of the bugs out yet for that to 
happen.
Since this is new for bookshare, they are getting lots of requests for books 
in Mp3 format, so it could take a week or more before you get the email that 
says your book is ready to be downloaded.
I don't believe any of the craft books are in the mp3 format.
You still will get a computerized voice reading the Mp3 book.

Bookshare is still free for students, and you can also get a membership if 
you are taking a class at hadley because you are a student.

Hope this information has helped.
Blessings,
Melissa and Pj
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, 
and you learn at once how big and precious it is.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] bookshare FW: craft books


Terry wrote:

Cathy;
See messages below and see if you can explain why bookshare will not work on
NLS.  I thought he would tell me.  What format do they come in?  I thought
the stream could also play them.  Can I use Kurzweil 1000?

Terry,

The format for the NLS books is different than the books on bookshare. The
NLS player can only play one file type and it is the type designed for their
player. It is an audio file type but I don't remember the file extension for
the file type. The nls player thus, can not read text files of any type.

Meanwhile all the books on bookshare are text files of one type or another
depending on the book.
Yes, Kurzweil can read bookshare books so you can read them that way if you
choose. Kurzweil reads many text files including all of the file types
offered on bookshare, but does not play audio files like the NLS player
does. Actually there is a menu in Kurzweil called "online" and has an option
to search and download from bookshare and other places right there in the
Kurzweil menus.
But as your friend explained none of the files on bookshare are audio
recordings, they are text files of one sort or another which is why your NLS
player can not play them.

As for the VR stream, I believe it can read the text files on bookshare, so
if you have one of those, this is also an option for you. another player is
called bookport from APH and has been recommended highly by a friend on
another list. Another player is booksense which has mixed reviews. But all
these players work on bookshare and can read text files. The beauty of my
Plextalk is that it will read text files and play audio files too. So the
best of both worlds, see what I mean?


I hope this answers your questions. If not, write me privately and I  can
explain more.

flowersandherbs at gmail.com
Cathy



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