Christina, thanks, I’ve never heard of “bro” file format before. I’ve been a bookstore user for years now. I usually do read bookshare books with my braille display, but occassionally I’ve used voice dream reader on the i phone instead.
Caitlyn > On Mar 1, 2016, at 8:14 PM, Cristina Hartmann <cristina.hartm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Caitlyn, > > You can go on the website and select BRP from the dropdown menu next to the > Download button. You'll get a file formatted specifically for a refreshable > braille reader. (But to read it on your device, you'll either need to do it > at a computer or use a SD card on a braille reader that has storage). > > Everyone else, > > Thanks so much for all of your help. I looked through the tip sheet that > Karen posted and it was very helpful. It seems like I was using Read2Go in a > suboptimal way (not separating the pages, etc.). I'll, however, try out Voice > Dream and see which app I prefer. > > Have a great day, everyone! > > Cristina > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net > <mailto:klewel...@shellworld.net>> wrote: > You are most welcome. David goldfield from the Bookshare list tells us he > wrote you privately yesterday with the instructions for joining. If this > did not reach you, and joining resonates, write me privately and I will > facilitate. > Kare > > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2016, Cristina Hartmann wrote: > > Thanks Karen, I'll be on notice for a discussion group invite. The braille > guide looks great. Thanks so much for passing along the link! > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 8:53 AM, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net > <mailto:klewel...@shellworld.net>> > wrote: > > Hi Cristina, and others. > On the bookshare discussion list Angela who works with technical support > provided this link to resources and training tools for using bookshare > with IOS. I felt it might be good to have the link in the list archive, so > am sending it alone. > i echo Angela's hope that it is helpful. > > > > > https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/training-and-resources/braille/reading-books-braille-ios > > <https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/training-and-resources/braille/reading-books-braille-ios> > > Kare > > > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Best Way to Read Bookshare Books on a Refershable Braille Reader? > > > Hi all, > > I'm pretty new to the refreshable braille reader and the associated > technology in general, so please bear with me. I'm probably goofing > something up. > > I have a Humanware Brailliant Bi 40 and I have a Bookshare membership. I > want to read the books in braille as I am hearing impaired, so I hate > listening to books. I'm using the Bookshare Read2Go app, but I find the app > clunky and difficult to use on the braille display. For example, some > pretty basic commands, such as "scroll page down" doesn't work with the > Brailliant. > > I know I can download a file specialized for refreshable braille readers > on the website, but I prefer to read away from my desktop. > > Has anyone found a good way to use Bookshare with a refreshable braille > reader? Or am I missing some tips? > > Any help would be enormously appreciated! 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