As far as I'm aware, those memberships for Bookshare are for current lower grades and college students.. In any case, I switched to Kindle and never looked back.
Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > On Aug 4, 2014, at 3:48 AM, Kelly Pierce <kellyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > the company recognizes the accessibility issues with Overdrive and its > limitations on fixing them, as it relies on software and coding from > third parties. For this reason, Overdrive offers free Bookshare > memberships to patrons of libraries who opt in to this program at no > additional cost to the library. > > Kelly > > > >> On 8/4/14, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: >> I used Overdrive when Beta Testing for RNIB and did not like Overdrive on >> the Mac or for the I Phone. I'd search for an Author and it would come up >> with something else. Just hope they improve it soon. >> >> Kawal. >> >>> On 4 Aug 2014, at 09:52 am, Joanne Chua <shuang.an...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Overdrive is accessible enough to use, but it is not the most straight >>> forward for VO. I think, in fact, the whole overdrive system is not >>> really blind user friendly, and that is with my experience from all >>> sort of different overdrive related apps, eiter on the destop or >>> mobile apps setting. >>> Again, it is accessible enoug for screen reader, but it require alot >>> of patient and navigation and orientation for it. >>> >>> Regards >>> Joanne >>> >>>> On 07/06/2014, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: >>>> Where I live, many of the books are also accessible with Kindle. I've >>>> pretty >>>> much switched to it, because audiobooks were not playable on iOS or the >>>> Mac >>>> when I tried it, and braille was extremely unstable and made the app >>>> crash >>>> for me. I haven't checked it out in over a year, so this may have >>>> changed. >>>> >>>> Teresa >>>> >>>> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's >>>> too >>>> dark to read."--Groucho Marx >>>> >>>>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:50 AM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yes, the app is accessible. However, it is regularly necessary to >>>>> explore >>>>> the screen. just flicking does not always access everything. >>>>> >>>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>>>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On 6 Jun 2014, at 22:16, Sandratomkins <sandratomk...@googlemail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I am asking on behalf of a friend because my local libraries are not >>>>>> part >>>>>> of this scheme. My friend is an iPhone user and lives in Australia. >>>>>> She >>>>>> is wanting to use the overdrive app to access books from her local >>>>>> library. 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