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Select your format based upon: 1) how you want to read your book, and 2) compatibility with your reading tool. To learn more about using Bookshare with your device, visit the Help Center.

Here is an overview of the specialized formats that Bookshare offers its members with links that go to the Help Center for more information.

• Bookshare Web Reader - A customized reading tool for Bookshare members offering all the features of DAISY with a single click of the "Read Now" link.
• DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) - A digital book file format. DAISY books from Bookshare are DAISY 3.0 text files that work with just about every type of access technology that reads text. Books that contain images will have the download option of ‘DAISY Text with Images’.
• BRF (Braille Refreshable Format) - Digital Braille for use with refreshable Braille devices and Braille embossers.
• MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) - Provides audio only with no text. These books are created with a text-to-speech engine and spoken by Kendra, a high quality synthetic voice from Ivona. Any device that supports MP3 playback is compatible.
• DAISY Audio - Similar to the DAISY option above; however, this option uses MP3 files created with our text-to-speech engine that utilizes Ivonas Kendra voice. This format will work with Daisy Audio compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream and Read2Go.
• EPUB - A standard e-book format that can be read on many tools, such as iBooks, Readium or others.
• Word - Accessible Word output, which can be unzipped and opened in any tool that allows .docx files

Lorry (Large Print)

This lorry is shown from the side. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The front of the lorry is on the left of the page, and the rear of the lorry is on the right. The driver's cab, at the front of the lorry, has a small bumper sticking out in the bottom. The cab is mainly taken up by a door, which has a window and a door handle. Behind the driver's cab is the large, enclosed trailer. In the middle, there is a long rectangular panel on which a company sign or advert can be displayed. Underneath the lorry three wheels are shown - one under the cab and the others under the trailer.

Double decker bus (UEB Contracted)

This double decker bus is shown from the side. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The front is on the left of the page and the rear is on the right. At the front of the bus in the bottom left corner, there is a door with a window. There are many windows on the bus; there is a row along the top of the bus for the upper deck, and a row below for the lower deck. At the bottom of the bus two wheels are shown.

Double decker bus (UEB uncontracted)

This double decker bus is shown from the side. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The front is on the left of the page and the rear is on the right. At the front of the bus in the bottom left corner, there is a door with a window. There are many windows on the bus; there is a row along the top of the bus for the upper deck, and a row below for the lower deck. At the bottom of the bus two wheels are shown.

Double decker bus (large print)

This double decker bus is shown from the side. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The front is on the left of the page and the rear is on the right. At the front of the bus in the bottom left corner, there is a door with a window. There are many windows on the bus; there is a row along the top of the bus for the upper deck, and a row below for the lower deck. At the bottom of the bus two wheels are shown.

Car (UEB uncontracted)

This is a family car shown from the side. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The front of the car is on the left of the page and the rear is on the right. Sticking out at the very front of the car is the bumper, with the front wing housing the engine. To the right are two passenger doors each with a window and handle. At the back of the car there is a luggage compartment or boot, with the rear bumper sticking out below. Underneath the car are two wheels with hubcaps in the centre of each.

Car (UEB Contracted)

This is a family car shown from the side. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The front of the car is on the left of the page and the rear is on the right. Sticking out at the very front of the car is the bumper, with the front wing housing the engine. To the right are two passenger doors each with a window and handle. At the back of the car there is a luggage compartment or boot, with the rear bumper sticking out below. Underneath the car are two wheels with hubcaps in the centre of each.

Car (Large Print)

This is a family car shown from the side. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The front of the car is on the left of the page and the rear is on the right. Sticking out at the very front of the car is the bumper, with the front wing housing the engine. To the right are two passenger doors each with a window and handle. At the back of the car there is a luggage compartment or boot, with the rear bumper sticking out below. Underneath the car are two wheels with hubcaps in the centre of each.

Aeroplane (Large Print)

This is an image of an aeroplane viewed from above. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The front (nose) of the aeroplane is at the left of the page, and the back (tail) on the right. The cockpit, where the pilot sits, is near the nose of the aeroplane. To the right of this is the long main cabin for the passengers. On each side of the passenger cabin there is a long wing. Each wing has an engine on the front, and flaps to control the aeroplane at the rear. The smaller wings making up the tail also have flaps at the rear.

The Golden Chersonese and The Way Thither

Travels in the Far East (modern Malaysia) in 1879

The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It

Following the Equator

Sir Francis Drake Revived

Essays of Travel