Re: [orca-list] Bookshare App?

[SMax <smax lonewolfscientific biz>]

The IOS app I mentioned, Read2Go, allows you to configure your Bookshare 
login credentials and to use them to search for and download books 
seamlessly. One time, I was sitting on a plane waiting for takeoff and I 
realized I hadn't gotten myself a book to listen to during the flight. I 
loaded Read2Go, typed "Jack London" into the search bar, double tapped 
"The Sea Wolf", and was listening to the book before the plane took off. 
I want it to be that easy in Linux.


The Bard Mobile app is another one. The user interface is considerably 
different from Read2Go but the feature list is similar. You can search 
for books and download them. There's a library feature which is 
essentially just a list of the books you've previously downloaded. You 
can keep books in your library for future reference or delete them after 
you've read them. While listening to a book, you can pause, rewind, fast 
forward, and navigate by chapters. The app just makes it easier than 
doing each step individually.



On 3/14/22 16:04, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> I use Bookshare the same way on both our Windows box and my Linux box. 
> Usually, I download the brf file, unzip it, and put it on one of our 
> gismos with Braille displays.  Sometimes, though, I read it online via 
> the "read now" or whatever link.
>
>
> Since others doubtless use Bookshare differently (I'm used daisy just 
> once), I'm curious what you would want the app to do?
>
>
> Best!
>
> Al
>
> On 3/14/22 16:48, SMax wrote:
> > I have started development of an app to use with BookShare. I spent 
> > only a few hours on it so far, I have to learn how to write python 
> > GUI apps. So I figure that even if I stop now, the time wasn't 
> > actually wasted. Is there already a Bookshare app for Linux?
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