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Originally Posted by frozennorth
@tracings
Does this app only work with books from bookshare.org?
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@frozennorth,
I'm thinking there's got to be a way to get other documents to show up in the Read2Go app, but so far, I haven't been able to figure out how. Since it's promoted as being a way to read books from Bookshare, it's possible that that's the only source the app will recognize.
Of course, Bookshare members can upload scans of books, too. In fact, Bookshare originated as a service to share books that visually impaired folks had scanned. (The original idea was something like this: If a kid had scanned a textbook for class because no accessible versions were available, wouldn't it be great if she could share that with other visually disabled students, no matter where they lived?) Since 1996, an amendment to the Copyright Act permits this, so long as the end users are print disabled. (
http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/fac...copyright.html.
Soooo, I suppose if you're a Bookshare member, you can always scan in a book you want to read, upload it to Bookshare, and download it via the app.