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<klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 5/19/22 2:54 PM (GMT-07:00) To:
bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: human narrated
bookshare books; press release from Bookshare No more than the nls, formally
library for the blind & physically handicapped, was developed specifically for
blind people.or Learning Ally, formally recordings for the blind &
dyslexic.after all, the ability to turn pages in a book can be just as much a
barrier as reading the words.On Thu, 19 May 2022, Tina Sohl wrote:> I wonder
that too and thought that bookshare was developed first> specifically for blind
people or am I mistaken in that? Interesting> about the audio content though.>>
On 5/19/22, Roger Loran Bailey <roger.loran.bailey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:>> This is
the first I have heard about this. I look forward to trying it>> out. As I
started reading this announcement I imagined that it would be>> something like
Learning Ally where the readers are all volunteers and>> are far from
professional actors. They do a pretty good job of putting>> one word in front
of another, but the main usefulness of them is to>> convey bare information.
Then I read further down in this announcement>> and see mention of professional
actors and celebrities. So I am>> wondering what this means. Is Bookshare going
to start providing>> commercial audio books like the NLS does? Most of those
come from>> Audible. If that is not the case then this could cost a lot of
money.>> They don't call professional actors professional for nothing. That
is>> how they make a living. Right now I have not read further down the>>
thread. Maybe some of my questions will be answered, but these questions>>
represent my first reaction to this.>>>> On 5/18/2022 9:27 PM,
Schneider, Katherine S. wrote:>>>>>> Welcome to the Summer of Audio.>>>>>>
Bookshare logo. A Benetech Initiative.>>>
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Summer of audio graphic with students reading ebooks on tablets.>>>
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Welcome to the Summer of Audio>>>>>> Lock in your students' learning gains
with Bookshare's #SummerOfAudio>>> reading program. Bookshare’s new collection
of human-narrated>>> audiobooks (beta) has just been released, and we invite
you and your>>> students to experience Bookshare in a whole new way this
summer.>>>>>> *Set Up Students for Summer Reading>>>
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*Human-Narrated Audiobooks (Beta)*>>>>>> You asked for it! For the first time,
Bookshare members can listen to>>> books read by actors, authors, and
celebrities. From /How to Train>>> Your Dragon /to /The Keeper of Lost Things/,
enjoy stories for every>>> age and interest read by professional
narrators.>>>>>> *Explore the Collection>>>
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