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Bookshare has been around for a
while. The idea was if one person spent hours scanning a book, why
should
someone in another part of the country waste hours scanning the same
book.
Because of an exception in the copyright law, people with disabilities can
gain
access to electronic copies of copyrighted material, and so Bookshare was
born. Now, they have a host of volunteers and publishing partnerships
that get content up quickly. I do not have any actual experience
with
Bookshare, but that is the history. My understanding is that Dynavox was
providing Bookshare subscriptions to those who have their communication
devices
– anyone know if this is true? Antoinette Verdone, MSBME,
ATP Assistive Technology
Specialist The ALS Association, Greater
42 Broadway, Phone: 212-720-3054 Fax: 212-619-7409 Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx "One cannot consent to creep when
one
has the impulse to soar" -- Helen
Keller From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Betts Peters 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. Assistive
Technology Services Coordinator The
ALS Association, 503-238-5559 800-681-9851 Fax:
503-296-5590 Website:
www.alsa-or.org ShopToDefeatALS.com - start your
shopping here and support the fight against
ALS! A portion of
each sale (average 8%) will be paid by these merchants to the association
each
time your purchase starts with a click at ShopToDefeatALS. From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Antoinette Verdone 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 Association, Greater
42 Broadway, Phone: 212-720-3054 Fax: 212-619-7409 Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx "One cannot consent to creep when
one
has the impulse to soar" -- Helen
Keller From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taylor, Barry Can someone tell me
what
I’m missing here? What does Kindle PC give you that Adobe or
similar won’t do? Barry -----Original Message----- Yeah, it's finally here. 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. Thanks, Alisa Alisa
Brownlee, ATP Clinical
Manager, Assistive Technology Services ALS (Lou
Gehrig's Disease) Association National Office and Greater Direct
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