[bookshare-discuss] Fw: Great News for Blind Readers
- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:14:30 -0400
I thought that Bookshare patrons might be interested in this.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Penny Reeder" <penny.reeder@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "FGDF-Friends" <FGDF-Friends@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Blind Democracy Discussion List" <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 11:48 AM
Subject: Great News for Blind Readers
Dear All,
If you are an IPhone user who describes yourself as an avid reader,
here's great news: The GoogleBooks app is now totally accessible!
What does this mean? It means that you can find just about any book
you want to read, purchase that book at ebooks.google.com, and be
reading it -- just like a sighted reader who purchases a book from a
bookstore
-- immediately! There's a book I have been longing to read ever
since I heard the author on "Fresh Air" last winter. I knew that, in
the best case, it would probably take the NLS a good year and a half
to record and make it available (if they decided to record it at all).
I have looked in the "Newly Released" category at BookShare for
months and finally requested that the BookShare volunteers add it to
their "to do list." A few weeks ago, I got a confirmation message
that indicated that the book is included among those they will be
working on. Yesterday, I downloaded theGoogle Books app, which is
free. I went to the ebooks.google.com web site, searched for and
found the book, charged my purchase, and have been reading it with
VoiceOver ever since! (It took me all of five minutes to find, pay
for, download and begin reading the book!)
Yes, I am excited! Since I lost my reading vision decades ago, there
has never been an instance of my buying or checking out a book and not
having to wait to crack its spine and begin reading. It appears --
dare I believe it? -- that those days are over!
Check it out.
Penny
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