I love Amy for the non-technical stuff and I like Joey for the technical stuff.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 11, 2021, at 8:17 AM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > The higher quality voices from Ivona give the closest to human like speech > in my opinion. > I like British accents, so I use Amy from iVona. > > > > > Richard > Software means never having to say you're finished > > Web site: www.turner42.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Gerardo Corripio > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 8:07 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Bookshare experience > > Yes if it were $50 pesos yes that’d be alright, but imagine if it would have > been almost a thousand dollars? Now I’ve got a year’s membership thank God, > but I’m always stressing out what am I going to do when it expires? Speaking > of which yes I love Bookshare for the availability of books that sometimes > don’t make it to BARD (FYI I’m a dual citizen thus part of the NLS Overseas > program), but smetimes strugle with trying to get used to reading via > synthetic speech! I’m so used to human-read content that… and plus the Voice > Dream Reader app, and its integration with Bookshare, definitely give it a > go! Good luck! > > Gera > Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel > >> El 11 ago 2021, a la(s) 10:02 a.m., CHELA Robles <cdrobles...@gmail.com> >> escribió: >> >> Hello I am a volunteer for the Bookshare site that you mentioned and as a >> user myself I prefer the VRF format so that way I can read it on my braille >> display I save it to dropbox and then I open it up with my braille display >> or alternatively I download it to my computer and open it up with my braille >> display by saving it directly to my braille display which has a SD card. I >> also like reading via the MP3 as well which is an option there’s also a >> daisy option and I think $50 is worth it in the US. It is a shame that NLS >> and Bookshare can’t collaborate in Mexico but hopefully they will someday. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Aug 11, 2021, at 7:50 AM, Gerardo Corripio <gera1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> How I wish the NLS Overseas program could offer Bookshare! Here in >>> Mexico, almost $1000 pesos a year is sort of expensive!Gera Enviado >>> desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel >>> >>>> El 11 ago 2021, a la(s) 9:18 a.m., Dean Martineau <top...@gmail.com> >>>> escribió: >>>> >>>> NlsOverseasIf you like to read and can read either with braille or with >>>> synthesized speech, Bookshare is revolutionary. A lot of us read with >>>> Voice Dream Reader using synthesized speech. Libraries in A few States in >>>> the US give free BookShare memberships to their patrons, Canada does also. >>>> You keep your books. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf >>>> Of Traci Duncan >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 10:13 AM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Bookshare experience >>>> >>>> Hi all, I know very little about Bookshare. Could you let me know your >>>> experience with it? >>>> >>>> How do you read books on your iOs or Braille Display? >>>> Which formats do you use? >>>> >>>> It looks like the service is $50 a year. 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