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What format should I choose?

Select your format based upon:

  1. how you want to read your book, and
  2. compatibility with your reading tool.

To learn more about using Bookshare with your device, visit the Help section.

Here is an overview of the specialized formats that Bookshare offers its members.

  • Bookshare Web Reader - A customized reading tool for Bookshare members offering all the features of DAISY with a single click of the "Read Now" link.
  • DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) - A digital book file format. DAISY books from Bookshare are DAISY 3.0 text files that work with just about every type of access technology that reads text. Books that contain images will have the download option of ‘DAISY Text with Images’.
  • BRF (Braille Refreshable Format) - Digital Braille for use with refreshable Braille devices and Braille embossers.
  • MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) - Provides audio only with no text. These books are created with a text-to-speech engine and spoken by Kendra, a high quality synthetic voice from Ivona. Any device that supports MP3 playback is compatible.
  • DAISY Audio - Similar to the DAISY option above; however, this option uses MP3 files created with our text-to-speech engine that utilizes Ivonas Kendra voice. This format will work with Daisy Audio compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream and Read2Go.
  • EPUB - A standard e-book format that can be read on many tools, such as iBooks, Readium or others.
  • Word - Accessible Word output, which can be unzipped and opened in any tool that allows .docx files

3 result found.

Title ISBN Author Copyright
Understanding and Working with People with Learning Disabilities who Self-injure (PDF) 9780857004437 Andrew Lovell, Fiona Macaulay, Gloria Babiker, Helen Duperouzel, Noelle Blackman, Pauline Heslop, Phoebe Caldwell, Rebecca Fish, Richard Curen, Valerie Sinason 2012
Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities Experiencing Loss and Bereavement: Theory and Compassionate Practice 9780857007261 Philip Dodd, Erica Brown, Linda Machin, Patsy Corcoran, Karen Ryan, Mandy Parks, Mary Davies, William Gaventa, Ben Hobson, Suzanne Guerin, Ted Bowman, Michele Wiese, Philip J Larkin, Helena Priest, Mike Gibbs, Rachel Forrester-Jones, Noelle Blackman 2014
Intellectual Disability and Dementia: Research into Practice 9780857007964 David Thompson, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, Heather Wilkinson, Chris Bigby, Noelle Blackman, Michael Splaine, Liam Wilson, Shahid H. Zaman, Evelyn Reilly, Niamh Mulryan, Moni Grizzell, Antonia Mw Coppus, Matthew P Janicki, Tony Holland, Andre Strydom, Karen Dodd, Teresa Iacono, Sunny Kalsy, Trevor Chan, Ken Courtenay, Nicolle Eady, Amanda Sinai, Nancy Jokinen, Susan Benbow, Leslie Udell, Tiina Annus, Andrew Griffith, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Rachel Carling Carling Jenkins 2014