Have not actually used Bookshare myself but if you look at
formats here http://www.bookshare.org/about/downloadingBooksFAQ#Formats
you will see that most of Bookshare is only available in talking book
format
(except for stuff in free digital domain; which I imagine is findable
through Google).
So talking book format is helpful for some of our clients, but not a
printed
version as Kindle or Adobe reader would be.
Most of the copyrighted material is in DAISY format (and
please
correct me if I am wrong here) which is basically audio only, and thus
meant
for dyslexia or blindness.
Ed Hitchcock OT/L
Technology Center
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
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Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 12:48 PM
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Subject: RE: kindle for PC's Vs Bookshare?
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Hi,
Yes, could someone explain how the Bookshare experience is different from
the
Kindle (for PC) experience? Pros, cons, accessibility issues,
etc.. Like Alisa said, this is a high frequency need in the clinic
and
I sure would like to have some good comparisons for patients.
So far, it looks like Bookshare would save money for most users.
Sincerely,
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Forbes Norris ALS Research Center
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Subject: RE: kindle for PC's
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Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:25 AM
About ebooks
– I
recently learned about Bookshare.org, which provides low-cost ebooks to
people with disabilities who can’t use normal books. For a
$25 setup
fee and a $50 annual fee, they get unlimited downloads of books,
periodicals,
and daily newspapers. Do any of you have experience with
Bookshare? I would be interested to hear what you think of
it.
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[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Antoinette Verdone
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 6:52 AM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: kindle for PC's
It
allows you to purchase Kindle books and read them on your PC. Since
I
don’t have any Kindle books, I don’t know what the
experience looks like, but
my assumption is that they have a layout that is more like reading a book
than scrolling on a screen.
Also,
you cannot get many books in a pure PDF, so this would allow you to have
electronic access to books that would otherwise not be accessible
electronically.
I
think
this is a step in the right direction, but just wait and see what happens
over the next two years! Ebooks are going to explode and a standard
format will emerge (I hope), and then the sky is the
limit!
Antoinette
Verdone, MSBME, ATP
Assistive
Technology Specialist
The
ALS
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[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:38 AM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: kindle for PC's
Can someone tell me what I’m missing here? What
does Kindle
PC give you that Adobe or similar won’t do?
Barry
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[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alisa
Brownlee
Sent: 29 January 2010 13:24
To: National ALS Association AT Listserv
Subject: kindle for PC's
Consumers
can read a Kindle on their PC--no Kindle unit required.
Reeading is often the #1 question I
get
asked, so if the user has a computer that we can make accessible if they
don't have hand function, they can now still read Kindle
books.
Clinical
Manager, Assistive Technology Services
ALS (Lou
Gehrig's Disease) Association National Office and Greater Philadelphia
Chapter
Direct
Phone:
215-631-1877
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