Bookshare and Mac

By David A, 11 December, 2019

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macOS and Mac Apps

My Mac seems to no longer recognize Bookshare books in Pub format since the app changed from iBooks to Books. when opening a downloaded book from Bookshare, Mac sends me an error message stating 'this book cannot be opened - the file is corrupt'. Anyone have any ideas or thoughts as to what's going on here?

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By Justin Philips on Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 18:23

Till the problem is solved, you may want to read such books online like a web page. Just change the preferences.

By Dawn 👩🏻‍🦯 on Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 18:23

maybe try changing the format 2 say DAISY format. I don't know if Books will support DAISY format, or if there's any DAISY player apps 4 the mac.
I'd also try & contact bookshare & see what they have 2 say.

By David A on Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 18:23

In reply to by Justin Philips

thanks for the idea of reading on the web - this may be my best option. Generally I read Bookshare books on my phone using EasyReader. I would lke to have the same book available on my Mac and using Bookshare web reader may be my choice.

By David A on Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 18:23

In reply to by Dawn 👩🏻‍🦯

Thank you for the idea. I don't know either which formats Books supports. Bookshare advised me to contact Apple re: this matter. I decided to come to Applevis before trying that route.

By Ginsenshi on Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 18:23

I use Speech Central for both mac and iOS it wokrs good with voiceover for the most part .

By David A on Thursday, December 19, 2019 - 18:23

In reply to by Ginsenshi

Thanks for sharing your experience with Speech Central. I'm going to look into this app to see whether it works for me as well.