bookshare.org and daisy files/readers

Category: book Nook

Post 1 by kithri (Help me, I'm stuck to my chair!) on Tuesday, 18-Aug-2009 21:33:03

I have only to pay for my subscription to bookshare.org and then I can download copyrighted books instead of just the public ones. They offer two daisy reader programs for free download on their site.
Is anyone a member of this book download site and which of the two offered daisy readers is the easiest to work. Yes, I did read both descriptions and they seem almost completely similar.
Any advice on the two programs is appreciated. And, yes, I am looking into getting one of those portable MP3/daisy reader devices, but they are a bit expensive.
I appologize if this is under the wrong topic, but I didn't know where to put it; under books, accessible electronics or what. Since this deals with downloading books, I put this here.
Thanks for any help.
Chastity

Post 2 by LeoGuardian (You mean there is something outside of this room with my computer in it?) on Wednesday, 19-Aug-2009 0:36:47

The DAISY books from Bookshare are text. This means that you need an actual DAISY player, either software for your PDA like FSReader for a PAC Mate or if Sendero has one for mobile phones, or optionally a piece of hardware such as the Victor Reader Stream. I personally find the software nice because it works with my Braille display. Everyones preferences are different. A nice feature of DAISy, no matter which player you use, the DAISY format makes it easy to find sections and subsections in a book - nice for pleasure reading but really useful for any professionaal or student texts. HTH