Hi Ronan
This is very helpful. I must join my local library so that I can register.
Can you get both e-books and audio books using Borrow box?
Is there a wide sselection of books available?
Thanks
Joan Ann.
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Sent: Sunday 17 June 2018 16:17
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Hi Joan Ann, I use BorrowBox on my iPhone and PC. I use it on the PC with
NVDA.
Mostly I use the iPhone for reading books with BorrowBox. I read both
e-books and audiobooks with the iPhone. I find that borrow box works well
with voice-over most of the time. One area where BorrowBox could be improved
is in browsing for new books . If you try to browse by category or genre, it
is not as simple as it could be because it is difficult to get a full list
of categories or genres. When you browse in this mode it shows you a
category followed by the first five are six books in that category and then
the next category. This makes it a bit slow to browse. However you can also
search for a book by title or author. Once downloaded I find it easy to read
the books with BorrowBox. Hope that helps a bit.
Ronan u
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On 17 Jun 2018, at 15:59, Joan Ann Brosnan <joanannbrosnan9@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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Hi all
I enjoy reading and am interested to know the different ways people
access audio books and the devices you use to read them.
I am a member of audible and get 1 book a month. I listen to them on
the IPhone or on the Amazon Echo Dot. I find the audible app uses up
the battery on my phone quite quickly.
I also get Kindle books from Amazon and read them using the Kindle app
on the IPhone. Listening to VoiceOver reading a book takes a bit of
getting used to but it is fantastic to have access to a wide range of
books and not to have to wait for them to be released in audio.
I know that it is also possible to get audio books from your local
library using Borrowbox but I have never used this service so any
information would be good.
Kind regards
Joan Ann Brosnan.
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