I think that's what I did. Go to www.bookshare.org
and click on membership I think. If you are really stuck, try supp...@bookshare.org They may take a bit to get back to you, but they can help you. Jane On Jun 28, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Jane, > > I thought Bookshare was something completely different than NLS. Can you > apply for a Bookshare account once you are with NLS? Thanks > On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:26 PM, Jane <juanitatig...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> They don't accept your registration with NLS? >> >> Jane >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Jane. I had looked into Bookshare, but would first need to get a >>> letter from my doc, and I think it was more costly than the amount of books >>> I read in a year, but it might be something I want to look into again. >>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:47 PM, Jane <juanitatig...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> You can subscribe to Bookshare, too, and maybe the series will be there. >>>> If so you can download as MP3 audio to play on your player, though the >>>> quality will be that of synthesized speech. Still, better than nothing. >>>> >>>> Jane >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey Jane, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the quick response, and that is what I thought everyone was so >>>>> excited about, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something as I >>>>> am not an avid reader, and just use the NLS player for all of my books, >>>>> and they offer more than enough content for me. Of course, the one series >>>>> of books I did want to read, they didn't have. Go figure. >>>>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Jane <juanitatig...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have over 1,500 books in iBooks on my two iPads. I'll be happy enough >>>>>> to be able to sit at the computer and read them, too. :) Being able to >>>>>> read the books with a Braille display makes it all worth while, which >>>>>> you can do with iBooks. Of course I also have a bunch of books in the >>>>>> kindle app now, and a couple in Blio, and even Play Books, which is >>>>>> Google's reader. I also use VoiceDream sometimes, when I want to listen >>>>>> to a book at very high speed with a different voice than Samantha. Voice >>>>>> Dream only works on unprotected content, but that's still a *lot* of my >>>>>> iBooks collection! >>>>>> >>>>>> Jane >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> After going through all the announcements about the IOS and OS I was >>>>>>> kind of curious why the blind community is so excited about Ibooks >>>>>>> coming to the mac. I never use Ibooks on the iPhone, and am curious, do >>>>>>> people use it for more than just reading books. Am I missing something >>>>>>> here? I am more of a podcasts and news reader than book reader, so >>>>>>> maybe that is why I didn't get all of the excitement. Would love to >>>>>>> hear what I might be missing out on here. 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