[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Reading Google Books

  • From: Nimit Kaur <kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:55:46 -0400

No, they are not accessible at all.  They are just bunch of pictures....

On 4/24/13, Sandi Ryan <sjryan2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lori,
>
> As a totally blind person I have been able to look up a search string in
> various books to find a word that is scrambled in a scan.  I've never tried
>
> reading a whole book.  I've heard in the past that they are inaccessible,
> but my searching them makes me wonder.
>
> Sandi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:53 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT Reading Google Books
>
>
>>I know this is somewhat offtopic for this list, but I can never get my
>> messages to post properly to the other Bookshare list.
>> I have a friend who wants to know whether the books on Google books are
>> only images or is there some way to read them with speech.  I suspect
>> that
>> they are
>> only images but wonder if any of them have been readable with a screen
>> reading program.
>> Thanks.
>> Lori C.
>>
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