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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’.
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  • 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

52 results found.

Title ISBN Author Copyright
A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages (PDF) 9780008131395 J. Tolkien, Dimitra Fimi, Andrew Higgins 2016
PINSTRIPE PATRONAGE 9781317254195 Martin Tolchin, Susan J. Tolchin 2011
PINSTRIPE PATRONAGE 9781317254188 Martin Tolchin, Susan J. Tolchin 2011
That Men Would Praise the Lord 9780199889983 Allan A Tulchin 2010
The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again (PDF) 9780006754022 J. R. R. Tolkien 2009
Letters from Father Christmas (PDF) 9780007280490 J. R. R. Tolkien 2009
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings, Part 1 9780261102354 J. R. R. Tolkien 2010
The Return of the King: The Lord of the Rings, Part 3 9780007322558 J. R. R. Tolkien 2009
The Two Towers: The Lord of the Rings, Part 2 9780261102361 J. R. R. Tolkien 2009
Bilbo's Last Song 9781448100958 J R Tolkien 2002
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún 9780007323074 J. R. Tolkien 2009
The Monsters and the Critics: Beowulf: The Monsters And The Critics 9780007375905 J. R. Tolkien 1997
Roverandom: And Roverandom: Tales From The Perilous Realm 9780007378104 J. R. Tolkien 1998
Tree and Leaf: Including Mythopoeia 9780007388097 J. R. Tolkien 2001
The Hobbit: Illustrated By Alan Lee 9780007487318 J. R. Tolkien 2012
Hobbitus Ille: The Latin Hobbit 9780007485949 J. R. Tolkien 2012
The Fall of Arthur 9780007489954 J. R. Tolkien 2015
Smith of Wootton Major 9780007557295 J. R. Tolkien 2015
Beowulf: A Translation And Commentary 9780007590087 J. R. Tolkien 2016
The Story of Kullervo 9780008131371 J. R. Tolkien 2016
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun 9780008202149 J. R. Tolkien 2018
A Secret Vice 9780008131401 J. R. Tolkien 2016
Letters from Father Christmas 9780007348176 J. R. Tolkien 2004
The Lord of the Rings 9780008501310 J. R. Tolkien 1966
The Hobbit (PDF) 9780007458424 J. R. R. Tolkien 2012