[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT listening to DAISY books
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:36:52 -0500
When it comes to reading text, and we primarily do read instead of listen, Doug
usually reads to himself in his browser with Dragon NaturallySpeaking to
navigate but when he is managing books for Nichole usually reads them in Don
Johnston Read Out Loud Bookshare edition, as do I. When Nichole is reading
independently she usually also uses the Don Johnston software, but her
communication device also has an embedded daisy e-book reader. We really like
the Don Johnston software because the voices are excellent, it is exactly the
same appearance between the Mac and the PC, and you are able to take notes and
save files differently which helps when you have different people helping her
get to where she needs to be.
We are really hoping and praying that they will come up with an iPad solution
soon so that she has better battery life for reading while we are out and
about, especially for hour-long drives.
If you are interested in what we use as volunteers, that's a different story
altogether. :-)
Valerie
On Aug 13, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Scott Rains wrote:
> Jill,
>
> OT or On Topic this question catches my attention. I'd be very interested to
> hear what you learn.
>
> I am producing a series of introductory articles for new volunteers that deal
> with things other than what is in the manual. I just received an article that
> I asked a volunteer to write. It is on AT as Bookshare members use it. The
> intended audience is non-AT using Bookshare volunteers. The goals is to give
> them an insight into the experience of members and their volunteer
> colleagues who use AT.
>
> We have another article undergoing edits on the history of books written from
> a perspective that highlights physical and sensory accessibility issues.
> Scott Rains
> Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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> [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell
> [jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:42 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT listening to DAISY books
>
> I would be very interested to know how those of you who do not read braille,
> listen to your Bookshare books, particularly in a portable form so you don't
> have to remain tethered to your computer. I believe the general opinion that
> doing this with the Victor Stream voices is very unsatisfactory. I
> understand that converting to MP3 from Kurzweil is a possibility, but is
> anyone doing so in other ways. As this is somewhat OT, you can contact me
> off list at jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx Thank you so much for taking the time to
> reply.\
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