[Faith-talk] Orbit Reader

[semisweetdebby at gmail.com]

Will the Erbit Reader be able to access the Internet for downloading of books? Also, can the Orbit hold ether content? I'm assuming that it will be very durable. I don't want the surf the web with it, but I'd love to have something that I could download books to, like from BARD and perhaps Bookshare. I wonder how many books it will hold at one time?    Blessings,    Debby

On May 25, 2017 7:47 PM, David Andrews via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> To the best of my knowledge, Deane Blazie had nothing to do with the 
> Orbit Reader. It was funded by a consortium including the NFB, RNIB, 
> APH, and others. The work was done by  Orbit Research. 
>
> NLS is investigating the possibility of making refreshable braille 
> readers available to their patrons. Nothing is in place yet, and 
> impact of future budgets and/or  budget proposals is unknown at this time. 
>
> Dave 
>
> At 10:13 PM 5/22/2017, you wrote: 
> >I think it's APH in moloboration with maybe Dean Blazie.  All BARD 
> >patrons were supposed to get one, but I'm sure that will change, now 
> >that we have a president who's trying to cut government 
> >expenses.  I'm fine with that; I think he should. 
> >Most blind people who want it will be able to afford it, and maybe 
> >Voc Rehab will give them to some; I don't know.  I'm sure we'll hear 
> >more about it at the NFB convention in Orlando. 
>
>
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