[nabs-l] Questions About Accessing Books

Wed Apr 3 00:09:44 UTC 2013

Hi,

If you prefer jaws you could also try the Bookshare Web reader, or
download a brf file and open it in Duxberry, Openbook, FS Reader, or
another similar software package and convert it to text.  Jaws will
just read the text generated by the file then.  I know you said the
book you're looking for isn't available on Bookshare, but for other
books that are it would be worth trying.

On 4/2/13, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys:
>
> Okay, this may sound dumb, but I guess I am so used to the
> Jaws/elloquence voice that if I am going to use a voice to read I
> prefer the Jaws/elloquence voice.
> With either Dreamreader are elloquence voices one of the options to choose
> from?
> What about with Blio?
> As of right now, the only notetaker I have is the Pacmate lol. So,
> unfortunately I can't connect a braille display. I want to get hte
> Braille Sense U2.
> I'm glad to know others use Blio. I wasn't sure if people still used it
> lol.
> It looks good, and it seems to have books at good prices.
> Thanks,
> Kerri
>
> On 4/2/13, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I believe that bug has been fixed as of the latest version of blio, but
>> I'm
>> not sure.
>>
>> Sophie Trist
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 2, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Do any of you know if blio has solved the problem where lots of books
>>> couldn't be accessed with the higher quality TTS voices because it
>>> allegedly infringed on copyright?
>>>
>>> On 4/2/13, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Voice Dream sounds awesome!  I'll have to check it out too.
>>>>
>>>> Blio is really good.  I'd definitely recommend that one too.
>>>>
>>>> Also, if you have a notetaker like a BrailleNote or BrailleSense with
>>>> a refreshable display you can use bluetooth to connect to your IPhone
>>>> and read that way with a make-shift braille display.
>>>>
>>>> On 4/2/13, Ashlee g <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> cool i will look that up
>>>>>
>>>>> NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US. AUTISTICS RULE
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 2, 2013, at 11:47, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Just a quick note, if you have aniDevice, another app is Voice Dream.
>>>>>> You can download books and many other documents (including
>>>>>> powerpoints) from Bookshare, Gutenberg, iTunes, DropBox, or the web
>>>>>> browser. It will read it using your preferred voice, each of which
>>>>>> costs $1.99 (and a very few cost $2.99). This is especially helpful
>>>>>> if
>>>>>> you have foreign language documents because Voice Dream has a
>>>>>> plentitude of foreign voices from Spanish and French to Chinese and
>>>>>> Japanese. The voices are wonderful, and have made listening to school
>>>>>> documents much nicer for me, as well, of course, for books.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know much about reading e-books on the PC, but that's my
>>>>>> little spill about a great app for the iDevices.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>>> Jewel
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/2/13, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Kerri, Justin is right. I don't know about Blio on the PC, but I
>>>>>>> have the app on my iiPhone. If you download the app for
>>>>>>> iPhone/iPad, you don't have to have VO read the book to you. The
>>>>>>> app comes with a set of voices you can choose from. Each one is
>>>>>>> $9.99, so it's a bit of a cost at the outset, but the voices are
>>>>>>> really good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com
>>>>>>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>>>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> Date sent: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 01:38:39 -0400
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Questions About Accessing Books
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I saw the blio at the convention two years ago.  it is
>>>>>>> accessible.  They did
>>>>>>> a bunch of workshops on it.  From what I saw then, and mind you
>>>>>>> this was two
>>>>>>> years ago, you could download it for free, but you had to pay for
>>>>>>> amazon
>>>>>>> books and anything else you bought.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>>>> Kerri Kosten
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 1:33 AM
>>>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Questions About Accessing Books
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, I love to read.
>>>>>>> What is the current access we have to mainstream Ebooks?
>>>>>>> Is the Nook for PC accessible yet or is it only the Iphone/Ipad
>>>>>>> app?
>>>>>>> I love reading but I can't stand reading on the Iphone/Ipad. I
>>>>>>> don't mind
>>>>>>> voiceover for short things but I hate reading with it.
>>>>>>> I prefer to either read in braille, on the computer using Jaws,
>>>>>>> or listen to
>>>>>>> an audiobook.
>>>>>>> Does anyone use the Blio EReader? Is it accessible? If I were to
>>>>>>> purchase a
>>>>>>> book on it can you read it using Jaws?
>>>>>>> There is a book I want to read that I can't find on either
>>>>>>> Bookshare or BARD
>>>>>>> and I looked on the Blio reader store and it is available for
>>>>>>> only $2.99.
>>>>>>> What sources do you use to get books for pleasure reading?
>>>>>>> At this time, are there any other sources to read Ebooks on the
>>>>>>> PC using
>>>>>>> Jaws besides Blio and Bookshare?
>>>>>>> I know books can be read in braille on the Iphone/Ipad using a
>>>>>>> braille
>>>>>>> display but I currently don't have one.
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Kerri
>>>>>>>
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