That is not entirely accurate re bookshare. Bookshare is free to students in the US or you can scan or check books that have been scanned and get a reduction in what bookshare charges for its annual fee.
John Riehl -----Original Message----- From: JOHNYE [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 5:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: FW: accessible electronic book stores enquiry with Window-Eyes? By the way guys; I thought you might want to know that BOOKSHARE does charge to use their sight. I am using BOOKSHARE, and they charge me $50 a year to download their books. -----Original Message----- From: Kim Lingo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: accessible electronic book stores enquiry with Window-Eyes? Have you tried sites like Bookshare.org, or RFB&D? They don't charge, and the last time I looked, there were a log of books on programming. Since they're in Daisy format, they might already be broken down into chapters, etc. Kim Lingo At 12:18 AM 7/16/2011, you wrote: >Hey everybody, > > > I've been looking online quite sometime for an online store for >electronic e-books usable using a screen reader. I've been to Barnes >and Nobels, Amazon, and various other sites. It looks like there is a >trend with the e-book players that I've contacted like the Nook and >inplementi it meaning screen reader technology or somethingto >facilitate that function into their players witout much success. Does >anybody know of any other site or service that sells e-books like on >grammar, history, political science, programming, standard reference, >legal, cultural, theological, historical, psychological, etc like pdf >accessible documents that re broken down by chapter into different >files in a folder? An example, is like chapters files inside a folder >that is what I'm looking for here. > > I'll appreciate any help as I cannot find anything other than >O'reilly PUblishing out of California for now for programming. >Projectgutenburg.org is actually filled with viruses and I try to >avoid them. I also avoid the audiable.com cause its audio not >something I'm looking for at all. I am also informed about >bookshare.org, and plenty of other sites on the net like World >Library, NLS, Recording for the Blind, etc, etc. I'm looking for >something like maintream that happens ot to be overtly supporting >screen reader technology like amazon.com just unsure of the >requirements of the Kindle and the complaints in the historical >context on the list void that hope out almost entirely. Thanks for any >ideas as I like to read just want to read at my screen reader pace not >anybody elses. > >Thanks, >Pete >If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your >message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your >message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > >GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You >can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6300 (20110716) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
