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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

5 result found.

Title ISBN Author Copyright
Information Literacy: Second European Conference, ECIL 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 20-23, 2014. Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #492) 9783319141367 Serap Kurbanoglu, Sonja Spiranec, Esther Grassian, Diane Mizrachi, Ralph Catts 2014
Challenges of Information Management Beyond the Cloud: 4th International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World, IMCW 2013, Limerick, Ireland, September 4-6, 2013. Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #423) 9783662444122 John N. Gathegi, Yasar Tonta, Serap Kurbanoglu, Umut Al 2014
Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice: European Conference, ECIL 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, October 22-25, 2013. Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #397) 9783319039190 Serap Kurbanoglu, Esther Grassian, Diane Mizrachi, Ralph Catts, Sonja Spiranec 2013
E-Science and Information Management: Third International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World, IMCW 2012, Ankara, Turkey, September 19-21, 2012. Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #317) 9783642332999 Serap Kurbanoglu, Umut Al, Phyllis Lepon Erdogan, Nazan Ucak 2012
Technological Convergence and Social Networks in Information Management: Second International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World, IMCW 2010, Ankara, Turkey (Communications in Computer and Information Science #96) 9783642160325 Serap Kurbanoglu, Umut Al, Phyllis Lepon Erdogan, Yasar Tonta, Nazan Ucak 2010