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What format should I choose?

Select your format based upon:

  1. how you want to read your book, and
  2. compatibility with your reading tool.

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Here is an overview of the specialized formats that Bookshare offers its members.

  • 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

9 result found.

Title ISBN Author Copyright
The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the Early Middle Ages 9780691024691 Christopher I. Beckwith 1993
Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present 9781400829941 Christopher I. Beckwith 2011
Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present 9781400829941 Christopher I. Beckwith 2011
Warriors of the Cloisters: The Central Asian Origins of Science in the Medieval World 9781400845170 Christopher I. Beckwith 2013
Warriors of the Cloisters: The Central Asian Origins of Science in the Medieval World 9781400845170 Christopher I. Beckwith 2013
Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia 9781400866328 Christopher I. Beckwith 2017
Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia 9781400866328 Christopher I. Beckwith 2017
The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the Early Middle Ages 9780691216300 Christopher I. Beckwith 1987
The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China 9780691240541 Christopher I. Beckwith 2022