# Audio Books and E-Text Resources on the Net

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## Post 1 by Diane (Missing a Friend!) on Monday, 26-Mar-2007 1:18:20

Here are audio book resources I have collected over time:
1. Blind World Magazine: The main home page link is below. Then just below that is a list of links found on this site.
Http://home.earthlink.net/~blindworld/
Sites on the Blind World Magazine Site include:
Blindness related Articles in the News
http://home.earthlink.net/~blindworld/NEWS/-news.htm
Medical News in Blindness Research
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~blindworld2/MEDICAL/-medical.htm
Links to Additional Resources
http://home.earthlink.net/~blindworld/LINKS/-links.htm
2. Blind Bookworm: Accessible Etexts and Ebooks
www.panix.com/~kestrell/sources.html
This is a link site with an extensive list of reviewed links. It is a good resource for both students and teachers. There is information about E-texts as well as a number of other resources. Links on this page include:
Learn more about Accessible eBooks
http://www.panix.com/~kestrell/ebooks.html
Learn More About Copyright Issues
http://www.panix.com/~kestrell/copyright.html
Learn more about making Math Accessible:
http://www.panix.com/~kestrell/math.html
3. Book ShareOrg
This subscriber service offers a growing clearinghouse for both scanned texts of books produced by volunteers (a good way to earn your membership fee.)
4. Disability Resources.org:
www.disabilityresources.org/ALTERNATIVE-FORMATS.html
This is a link site with links to a number of different resources. The following links have all been taken from this link site. In addition I have explored
the links and provided the direct URL. Unless otherwise noted, access to these sites is free and available to all on line.
5. Electronic Text (E-text) Collections on the Internet The following are noncommercial (free) collections of books in electronic format on the Internet.
Users should note that the formats vary (e.g. ASCII, html, pdf, etc.); some may be more accessible with adaptive software and hardware than others.
6. Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts = A "collection of digital documents collected in the subject areas of English literature, American literature, and
Western philosophy."
http://infomotions.com/alex/
7. Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection = Search the collection's 13,000 titles or browse by author, by title, or by Dewey Decimal Classification.
http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/
8. National Library of Canada - Electronic Collection = "The NLC electronic collection incorporates formally published Canadian online books and journals.
These publications are being acquired, catalogued, and permanently stored at the NLC. Public access is provided on the Internet through the World Wide Web."
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca
9. Project Gutenberg: Classic books from the first quarter of the 20th century and before, selected and produced in "plain vanilla" (ASCII) text by volunteers.
Search for specific works (or browse) by author or title, or download a complete list in zipped format. Project Gutenberg e-texts are also available via FTP.
http://promo.net/pg/
10. University of Waterloo Library - Electronic Text Center = "A collection of electronic resources of value to those pursuing scholarly research in the
humanities," particularly primary texts in the disciplines of Classics, English, French, German, and Philosophy. Some of the materials are available offline or via other sites.
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca
11. Infomine is An extensive guide to scholarly and academic resources on the Internet from the University of California-Riverside. Topics covered the sciences, government information, social sciences, humanities, and instructional materials.
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
12. Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) - VISUCAT = Search CNIB's collection of materials in braille, print braille, audio, electronic text, and descriptive video.
http://www.cnib.ca
Accessibility: Individuals who are registered clients of the CNIB have access to the library services. The IRC, Information Resource Center is another service
offered by the CNIB that students and teacher should explore. The service can help individuals research and find information on different topics. More
information can be found at the web site or by contacting the CNIB.
13. Louis Database of Accessible Materials for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired = Maintained by the American Printing House for the Blind, "Louis contains information about more than 145,000 titles of accessible materials, including braille, large print, sound recordings, and computer files from over 200 agencies throughout the United States."
http://www.aph.org/louis.htm
Accessibility: Users need to register with this service. It appears to be more for school personelle rather than students and it is not clear if Canadians
would have access to this database. It also appears as though there is a fee for use associated with using this service. A tole free number is provided
on the web site for further information from APH.
14. Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D) - OnLine Catalog = Search RFB&D's collection of audio and e-text textbooks and educational materials.
http://www.rfbd.org
Accessability: accessible to Canadians but students need a membership and there is a fee for membership
15. Note:
If you live in a city with a college or university, contact the disability services department or the college/university library. Many schools have collections
of E-Texts that they have created for their students and this may be an additional way to find certain books. For example, if materials have been made
available in E-text for university courses in English literature or children's literature you may be able to find books that you can use with your high
school or grade school students.
16. eyes2eyes.com. A Web Site for the Blind and Visually Impaired. This page has many articles and interesting tips.
Infoeyes.org is where you can ask any question anytime. This is for children and adults. One can talk with a librarian live on the internet or email a question.
Emails are answered very promptly.
http://www.infoeyes.org/
17. Microsoft Reader: (a collection of free and charging e-books)
You must use the Microsoft Reader to read these e-text.
http://www.mslit.com/default.asp?mjr=FRE
For a direct link too the main home page of e-text, go to
www.mslit.com
18. Accessmylibrary.com
This is a site where you can get any periodical or Magazine free and sent to you in a text format via email. This is a superior service and access to any library in
the world totally free. It seems to be pretty acccessible. So try it out.
19. Accessible book collection
http://www.accessiblebookcollection.org/
The Accessible Book Collection is a non-profit corporation. Our primary mission is
to provide high interest/low reading level digital text to qualified persons with
disabilities. Government and non-profit schools and others can subscribe to the very
affordable Accessible Book Collection and have a large selection of e-books for all
their eligible students for one low price.

## Post 2 by wildcat2003 (Generic Zoner) on Monday, 26-Mar-2007 1:34:41

wow thanks dianne for all this i will certainly look into itt thanks again.

## Post 3 by feather winged pony (Generic Zoner) on Monday, 26-Mar-2007 1:35:03

thank you

## Post 4 by blbobby (Ooo you're gona like this!) on Monday, 26-Mar-2007 6:01:06

My gosh, this should get the "best post of the year" award, if there were such a prize.
Obviously, you have put a lot of work in on this, and there are a lot of good sites here that I've not seen before.
Thanks for a job well done.
Bob

## Post 5 by changedheart421 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Wednesday, 28-Mar-2007 19:54:20

Hey this is useful. Thanks for it.

## Post 6 by musicangel (Generic Zoner) on Thursday, 04-Oct-2007 17:25:33

this was very helpful thnxs

## Post 7 by Siriusly Severus (The ESTJ 1w9 3w4 6w7 The Taskmaste) on Thursday, 31-Jan-2008 21:02:33

Yeah, good one.
Oh, How about this one, though. You missed one.
NLS or National Library services or web braille.
http://www.loc.gov/nls/index.html
Make sure you sign up with your nearest blind institution that can do this stuff. If you are in southern CA You can do this at one of the nearest braille institutes. Just call the library services, and ask for the web braille accounts.