Hi guys, I was listening to a podcast episode of the assistive technology show and the thing being talked about were audiobooks and where to find them. I have access to audible and NLS not bookshare though. I have known about overdrive audiobooks for two years but haven't listened to any sense getting my Mac because at that time they weren't playable.
Well on the podcast it was said that overdrive offers Mp3 audiobooks and some of these are useable with the mac. Well I went to our state of kansas state library page where these books are at and filled in my account information, I used my Olathe Public Library card, but you can use a state of kansas library card if your local library isn't in the pull down menu thing... Well anyway your state library may be different... Anyway the point of all this is that yes you can play MP3 and some WMA, or so I'm guessing files on a Mac and or iPod. I found the site to be quite accessable, even the little graphics that say what will and will not play the files are accessable. The Overdrive media console for Mac is quite accessable and so far, even though there isn't the huge range of books you can get as a PC user there are still quite a number of books. Most of which I want to read I have to be waitlisted for... :-) But you can put your name on a wait list and you'll get an Email letting you know when you can check out the book. Our library lets you take out ten titles at a go and the checkout is defalted to seven days but you can change it to two or three weeks if you need to. I am glad Overdrive is on the Mac and iPod/iPhone now because like I've been saying one can never have too many books. :-) As long as my iPod has juice or I've access to batteries and or electric power, I'll never stop reading. :-) ### Best Wishes Jenny Kennedy (Howard) blueskyes9112...@gmail.com Olathe, Kansas USA Join me on FaceBook: Personal Profile - www.facebook.com/blueskyes And feel free to join "The Blind Parents of FaceBook" group. Search for it in groups or contact me for details. Follow me via twitter using the username: ben_folds_fan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
