Well, I wouldn't know about their IOS app since I use voice dream reader. and, to each his own, I suppose. It makes the world go round Cheers! Cait
On Apr 17, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Devin Prater <d.pra...@me.com> wrote: > Yes, but Bookshare's iOS sucks compared to the BARD app. And who wants to add > BRF files from email or dropbox to bard all the time? I'd rather have more > NLS books. > > Devin Prater > Sent from my iPod 5. > iMessage, facebook, and face-time: devinpra...@live.com > email: d.pra...@me.com > Google Talk/keychat: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com > >> On Apr 17, 2014, at 17:52, Caitlyn and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Better to help bookshare out, I think. Their library is already much bigger >> then the nLS one. >> >> I also belive that NLS has it's own way of increasing it's library, and >> volunteers submitting material isn't included in it. I could be badly >> mistaken, though! >> Cait >> >>> On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:55 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> perhaps its time that those of us with braille note taker devices start >>> volunteering some time to getting new braille books submitted to the NLS. >>> the only really bad hitch I see with this is the copyright laws here in the >>> US. If that doesn't turn out to be an issue, then we can all participate in >>> expanding the current library of braille materials from its very low >>> percentage to something far better. My one reason for us doing this is: we >>> need braille literacy and there just isn't enough available materials to go >>> around. The last braille loaner I tried to get from the local talking book >>> library was on backorder for several months. This, among other reasons, is >>> why we need to expand the electronic library versions. Having those files >>> available will mean that one can simply get them printed through a local >>> branch. >>> >>> anyway, it would be nice to be able to read braille from any document >>> around. >>> >>> -eric >>> >>> >>> ---------- 2 of 5 ---------- >>> From: Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> >>> Date: Apr 17 06:12AM -0700 >>> Url: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/msg/1ce6a32a759c493b >>> >>> If you convert a file to html, louis will convert it to brf. That makes >>> sense, since the markup is text as well. Going the other way is a little >>> more problematic. Half the time Louis interprets braille italics as dots >>> 4-6 in computer braille, putting a period before each word instead. >>> >>> Personally, even with programs such as Kurzweil, I always found back >>> translation to be less than desirable. There are too many variables, and >>> sometimes there are strange results with it. Saying this as primarily a >>> braille reader, there are very many more books available in audio and other >>> formats than in Braille. In my personal experience, I've started keeping >>> brf files in their format and using a Braille display to type in them, >>> rather than back-translating. Of course, I have the luxury of having a >>> braille display. >>> >>> Teresa >>> >>> Teresa Cochran >>> batsfly...@me.com >>> Facebook >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
