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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.

To learn more about using Bookshare with your device, visit the Help section.

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

5 result found.

Title ISBN Author Copyright
Database Management Systems: Understanding and Applying Database Technology 9781483278193 Michael M. Gorman 1991
The Case for the Chief Data Officer: Recasting the C-Suite to Leverage Your Most Valuable Asset 9780124114951 Peter Aiken, Michael M. Gorman 2013
Design for Tourism: An ICSID Inter Design Report 9781483158723 Michael M. Gorman, Frank Height, Mary V. Mullin 1977
Interaction of Gases with Surfaces: Detailed Description of Elementary Processes and Kinetics (Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs #25) 9783540491071 Alexander V. Bogdanov, German V. Dubrovskiy, Michael P. Krutikov, Dmitry V. Kulginov, Victor M. Strelchenya 1995
American Indians and Popular Culture [2 volumes]: [2 volumes] 9798216046271 Elizabeth DeLaney Hoffman, Robert Baird, Larry E. Burgess, Grace Chaillier, Dean Chavers, Cynthia-Lou Coleman, Wade Davies, Kathleen M. German, Angelica Lawson, Stephanie A. L. Molholt, Danielle Newton, John Peacock, Selene G. Phillips, Urszula Piasta, Jon Reyhner, James A. Sandos, Richard Sax, Michael Snyder’s, Ellen J. Staurowsky, Susan Tavernetti, Nancy Van Leuven, Ron Welburn, Richard M. Wheelock, Frederick White, Jeane Breinig, Laura Browder, Shirley Brozzo, Karen Coody Cooper, Michael Leonard Cox, Chelleye L. Crow, Oliver De La Paz, John K. Donaldson, Chris Goertzen, Tammy Greer, Michael Greyeyes, Ted Jojola, Paul Manoguerra, Carter Jones Meyer, Lara Narcisi, John Lloyd Purdy, Dean Rader, Ami M. Regier, Blanca Schorcht, Kathryn Shanley, Conrad Shumaker, James Thomas Stevens, Scott Manning Stevens, David Walsh 2012