[Nfbk] Fw: [Blindtlk] a great resource for books: the International ElectronicBraille Book Library

[Nickie Pearl]

FYI!

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From: Chris Nusbaum
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Subject: [Blindtlk] a great resource for books: the International 
ElectronicBraille Book Library

Hi all,

Thought I would pass along a wonderful resource I found to get
Braille books which are either in the public domain (not
copyrighted and therefore free to distribute) or which have
permission from the publisher to be distributed to blind people
at no cost, and to be distributed by those blind people to any
other people.  It is called the International Electronic Braille
Book Library, and is sponsored by the National Federation of the
Blind (NFB.) Here are step-by-step instructions on how to
download and read Braille books from the Electronic Braille Book
Library:

1.  Go to the EBBLIND Web site, which is
www.braille.org/brailleBooks.
2.  Click on the "indices" link.
3.  Decide whether you want it to index the book collection by
author or by title, and click on the appropriate link.
4.  Find the book you want in the list and click on that book's
link.
5.  The book's page will come up.  From this page, you can click
on either a chapter/section name and read it online, or click the
"complete book" download link.
5.  The download prompt should come up on your notetaker or
computer.  Download the ZIP file
wherever you want it.
6.  Extract/unpack/unzip (different devices call it different
things, but it's the same process) the ZIP file.  It will then
give you separate BRF files of each chapter of the book.  You can
read these on a notetaker or refreshable Braille display.

Hope this helps! Happy reading!

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan

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