[blindkid] ebraille app for the ipad (RE: blindkid Digest, Vol 94, Issue 17)

Penny Duffy pennyduffy at gmail.com
Tue Feb 21 20:18:01 UTC 2012


Thank you Mario we have Read2Go I guess i should wait to have an issue.
 Like i said I may have been over thinking it.. Thank you for providing
such a great App

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Mario Oliveros <marioo at benetech.org>wrote:

> Hi Penny,
>
> Bookshare's Read2Go (www.read2go.org) app supports Bluetooth connectivity
> for various for braille displays. A user will be able to run Read2Go
> through their iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, download Bookshare books (over
> 134,000) in a DAISY format, and read the books through a compatible braille
> display.  To access the books, a person will first need to qualify for
> Bookshare (www.bookshare.org) and get a membership, which is free for
> U.S. students with qualifying print disabilities.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Mario Oliveros
> Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative
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> Doesn't anyone know if there is an app that will read ebraille files? Or
> is it really just not needed.  There are some sources I can just get the
> ebraille file and not a text file.   Abby is starting to get use using her
> refreshable braille display with her ipad. She was writing an email today
> and it was so great watching her use braille to write it.   Watching us
> trying to figure out the edit short cuts with the braille display was
> hilarious.
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