[Ct-nfb] FW: [Nfbnet-master-list] MOST AFFORDABLE E-BOOK READER FOR THE BLIND HIT'S THE MARKET

[Elizabeth Rival]

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HIT'S THE MARKET


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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>Contact: Jamie Principato
>Director of Public Relations
>Phone: (239)810-4951
>E-Mail: pr at q-continuum.net
>
>MOST AFFORDABLE E-BOOK READER FOR THE BLIND HIT'S THE MARKET
>Blind Readers Can Access eText for Less than the Cost of an Evening Out
>
>Mar 2, 2012: In the age of technology, when most people turn to the 
>Internet for information, and a laptop is practically a necessity in 
>the workplace or at school, the e-book is rapidly becoming as common 
>and important to daily life as its paper-bound counterpart. Access 
>to printed information for the Blind is more important now than 
>ever, and though there is a variety of software available to make 
>electronic books and documents accessible, it either comes complete 
>with a price only few could afford without assistance from a school 
>or rehab agency, or does not allow the reader to open even a 
>minority of the various eText formats. Christopher Toth, a blind 
>software developer, aims to change that with QRead, the first 
>e-reader for the blind that is affordable even to the average college
student.
>
>QRead is a program that provides blind users with fast and efficient 
>screen-reader access to most common e-book formats, including both 
>PDF, the industry standard for textbooks, ePub, a format popular for 
>technical titles and fiction as well as many others. Users can open 
>and tab between an unlimited number of books, place an unlimited 
>number of bookmarks, and return to their current place in each book 
>even after a session has ended. QRead offers the ability to read 
>continuously, "skim" through a text by percentage, and even search 
>for specific passages with its "Find" feature.
>
>QRead interfaces directly with all major screen reading software, 
>including JAWS for Windows, Window-Eyes, Super Nova, System Access, 
>and the free and open source NVDA.
>
>The program goes on sale today for an introductory price of $20, and 
>is expected to retail for $30. Its nearest competitors are available 
>for upwards of $80.
>
>Mr. Toth says his software offers a unique benefit in addition to 
>affordability.
>
>"Historically, access to PDF, ePub and other eText formats has been 
>cumbersome, difficult or even impossible. I invented QRead to fix 
>this, and in the process have created a tool which will vastly 
>improve your reading experience, regardless if you're a casual 
>reader, student, or professional", he states.
>
>For more information about QRead and other accessibility software 
>developed by Toth, visit http://q-continuum.net/ .
>
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>
>ABOUT THE DEVELOPER:
>Christopher Toth is a freelance software developer in Tallahassee, 
>Florida. His projects focus primarily on breaking down the access 
>barriers faced by blind consumers of technology on a daily basis. He 
>is the creator of Hope, the accessible Pandora Radio client, and 
>contributes regularly to various open-source projects. Toth has been 
>blind since early infancy as a result of Retinoblastoma, and started 
>writing software while he was in high school. He founded Q Software 
>Solutions as a means of distributing his ideas and his code to those 
>who will find it most useful.
>
>
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