Now becoming addicted to Reading Books from @Bookshare on all my devices! ☺️

Hello World! Since I became totally BLIND, I never knew reading books can be so much fun, and addicting, as well! ☺️

Among other BLIND book readers, I am a newcomer to Bookshare as my first year will be expiring in a month from now.

Just yesterday, I discovered how to edit my Amazon Alexa reading list for listening to my books on my Amazon Echo dot smartspeaker. I also discovered collections and how to subscribe to them. — Using my Apple iPhone 12 mini & Bluetooth QWERTY keyboard, I was able to rapidly navigate the Bookshare website! ☺️

Here is how my addiction to book reading is now forming: On my iphone, I have Voice Dream Reader with about 30 unread books. On my Xiaomi Redmi 9T Android smartphone & Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet, I have Legere Reader on both devices, totaling approximately 80 unread books. — I presently have no clue if I will be able to read all of those unread books, but I do have the feeling I’m inside my favorite public library in the USA! ☺️

For Voice Dream Reader on my iPhone and Legere Reader on my Android devices, I have purchased many TTS voices, so I can vary depending on my mood and/or what speaker system I’m listening with, as I have headphones & earbuds to choose from, if I’m not listening from the device’s onboard speakers. ☺️

Surprisingly, I find Bookshare more appealing, compared to Netflix with audio descriptions! ☺️ I think it’s because I began reading (non-fiction) books in Seattle in 1977 when I was only seven years old. ☺️

Thanks for reading my latest blog post! Have a Great Day!

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Happily-Married, comfortably poor, permanently disabled and totally BLIND. A Terrorism SURVIVOR that's still SURVIVING Terrorism + post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Scientist since 1977, Acoustician since 1979, Computer Scientist/Programmer since 1982, Seismologist since 1988, Criminologist (Behavioral Scientist) since 1992, and many more! Also, had worked in two civilian and one military virology labs in the USA between 1993 and 2003. A Generation X, Filipino-American US expat, living in The Philippines, whom was naturally-born in Boston, grew up mostly in Seattle, some in Chicago, and have lived in Anchorage & San Francisco. Became permanently-disabled in 2003 due to health-related illness, ending my moonlighting career as an independent private investigator in the USA. RETIRED independent developer of computing & electronics technologies after 35 wonderful years, including 20 wonderful years in GNU/Linux development & 8 wonderful years as an independent embedded systems developer of digital electronics. Former speech synthesis systems developer of 30 wonderful years, specializing in foreign language phoneme-to-speech synthesis. Also was a beta tester of third-party software-based speech synthesizers. Former FCC-licensed amateur radio operator of 20 wonderful years, beginning with 2m packet-radio & AmSat communications between Anchorage & Manila. Former member of Anchorage Amateur Radio Club and Mike & Key ARC in Seattle. Learned 10-finger QWERTY touch-typing on a manual typewriter in 1980 at a US-based elementary school. Mastered 10-finger QWERTY touch-typing without looking at the keyboard in 1986. Now have osteoarthritis in both of my hands from all that touch-typing! My primary computer programming language is C, which I learned in 1990. My secondary programming language is B.A.S.I.C., which I self-learned in 1982. Prior to my sight-loss, I used to program in LISP/CLISP and Prolog for my early development of artificial intelligence & machine learning programs. Daily, to compensate/facilitate my sight-loss, I am actively using Apple iOS VoiceOver, Google Android TalkBack and Amazon Fire OS VoiceView screen-readers, in addition to my external Bluetooth QWERTY keyboard and sometimes, my Orbit Writer Braille keyboard, as HOBBIES.

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