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  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
Committed: The Battle over Involuntary Psychiatric Care 9781421420790 Dinah Miller, Annette Hanson 2016
Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work 9781421400747 Dinah Miller, Annette Hanson, Steven Roy Daviss 2011
The Mac Hacker's Handbook 9781118080337 Charlie Miller, Dino Dai Zovi 2009
The Mac Hacker's Handbook 9780470481479 Charlie Miller, Dino Dai Zovi 2009
Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices for Applications in Information Technology (NATO Science Series E: #289) 9789401724463 A. Miller, K. R. Welford, B. Daino 1995
iOS Hacker's Handbook 9781118240755 Charlie Miller, Dion Blazakis, Dino DaiZovi, Stefan Esser, Vincenzo Iozzo, Ralf-Philip Weinmann 2012
iOS Hacker's Handbook 9781118228432 Charlie Miller, Dion Blazakis, Dino DaiZovi, Stefan Esser, Vincenzo Iozzo, Ralf-Philip Weinmann 2012
The Gifts of Reading 9781474615693 Philip Pullman, Roddy Doyle, Michael Ondaatje, William Boyd, Markus Zusak, Salley Vickers, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Madeleine Thien, Jan Morris, Jackie Morris, S. F. Said, John Wood, Jancis Robinson, David Pilling, Dina Nayeri, Alice Pung, Andy Miller, Chigozie Obioma, Max Porter, Sisonke Msimang, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker 2016
Vulnerable Children and the Law: International Evidence for Improving Child Welfare, Child Protection and Children's Rights 9780857004567 Suzanne Oliver, Patrick O'Leary, Lisa Young, James Reid, Cathy Humphreys, Nicky Stanley, Helen Richardon Foster, Linda Moore, Chaitali Das, Christine Beddoe, Deena Haydon, Gill Thomson, Gladis Molina, Goos Cardol, Greg Kelly, Jackie Turton, Jason Squire, Meredith Kiraly, Pam Miller, Rawiri Taonui, Robert H. George, Shelly Whitman, Terri Libesman, Una Convery 2012