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Reading BookShare books on an iPad

By treky fan, 2 November, 2021

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First off, let me start by saying sorry if this has been posted here before. My brailleaense is getting harder to us with the braille display of the unit seeming to get worse every time I try to turn it on. I used the braillesense for everything, from writing documents, to reading books. And while I've found a solution to writing documents using my IPad, but I haven't been able to find a solution that will let me read books from bookshare. I've tried voice dream reader, but I don't like to have the book read out all in one chunk. I prefer to swipe threw the book and read it in smaller chunks. If somebody could give me any tips on what apss I can use to read books, I'd appreciate it.

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Have you tried the…

By Blind angel 444

8 months ago

Dolphin Easy Reader or Easy Reader on the App Store.
I read that it has many options built in. I hope this is the answer to your problem.

Try this

By Maldalain

8 months ago

In visual Settingsin the Voice Dream app, you can change the view mode from Plain text to either Rich Text Format or Original depending on file type. This will significantly enhance your reading experience with the app. Also EasyReader is great in viewing content.

I have not tried easy reader…

By treky fan

8 months ago

In reply to Have you tried the… by Blind angel 444

I have not tried easy reader, but I will check it out. What file formats are best to use with it? When I download books, I have them download in brf, or braille ready format.

Bookshare web reader

By TJT 2001

8 months ago

I suggest using Bookshare web reader. You may need to load the desktop version of the website. A limitation is that you cannot use three fingers to scroll.

Does the bookshare web…

By treky fan

8 months ago

In reply to Bookshare web reader by TJT 2001

Does the bookshare web reader allow you to stop reading a book, then return to the spot where you left off?

Bookshare web reader

By TJT 2001

8 months ago

In reply to Does the bookshare web… by treky fan

It doesn't remember your place, but normally one chapter of a book is presented on each screen, and there's a table of contents button that lets you move between the pages. And within each chapter of a book, you can normally navigate by headings to move between subsections.

Since you'd like to read one paragraph at a time, I highly recommend that you try this option.

Apple Books can read bookshare books

By Skippy

8 months ago

Hi,

Apple Books can read certain formats of bookshare books, such as epub.
To try it:
1. Using safari, go to bookshare.org & login
2. Search for the book of your choice & click the link.
3. Next, if you see something that says, “open in”, click that, & it will bring up the regular share sheet.
4. On this menu, find & double-tap, “books” & you should be all set

It’s been a while since I’ve done this process myself, so I sincerely apologize if any of the above directions are in accurate. If they are, anyone can feel free to correct me

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