This shouldnt be your only tool

I decided to check out Bookshare because I was very disappointed that the intermediate algebra math ebook I just paid $135 for from Amazon had been neutered by the publisher.

So for $19.99, what do you get with this app? The ability to have a textbook from the Bookshare catalog read out loud to you while you watch the words scroll by on the screen. Since the Bookshare version of the textbook I wanted didnt come with any images, Im only getting text read to me. So this is why I state in the title of this review that this app is one more tool to use in a learning disabled or visually impaired persons educational plan.

I have the same textbook recorded in audio that was professionally recorded. This textbook and others can be obtained through a nonprofit organization called Learning Ally. However, Learning Ally provides audio-only format for most of their books. which is why this app is wonderful to use with Bookshare as a supplement to whatever youre already doing in order to get your textbooks in an accessible format.

Lastly, one thing I dont think its necessarily made clear in this apps description is the fact that in order to use the app, you have to already be a qualified member of the Bookshare program. This app was not intended to be used by the general public, and if you buy it just so you can listen to audiobooks, then youve just wasted $20.

ErikaGreene about Read2Go, v1.1.0