[nabs-l] problems with blio

[Tony Olivero]

Guys:

There are a couple things at play.

1) Access to the text with accessibility software has been garenteed
by Blio. This is possible with screen access software for Blio on the
PC, and with VoiceOver on the iPhone, and even on the Android
platform. This applies to all texts provided by Blio.
2. With regard to the more human sounding voices, there is no
requirement to provide this capability on *all* books. This is a
publisher's option. This is so, because (whether we as individuals
think this is stupid or not) publishers don't always want people using
a TTS engine when they can buy the book in true, narrated-by-an-actor
fashion. Now, the reason this is separate from accessibility is that
Blio has made the commitment to allow access technology products (i.e.
VoiceOver) to access the text regardless of the publisher's stance on
TTS available to all users.

I realize it's a bit confusing, and perhaps leaves you with more
questions than answers, but that's where things stand. You should be
able to read *all* Blio books with accessibility software,but you may
not be able to read them all with the optional Human-sounding voices.

Tony

On 5/8/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Chris,
> yes it is; its in the individuals with disabilities education act.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 9:27 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] problems with blio
>
> Exactly right! It's all about the constituent pressure! But isn't that
> regulation (the regulation which says that Braille is the primary medium
> for
> reading and writing instruction for blind students) already on the books?
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Sophie Trist
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 9:05 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] problems with blio
>
> Well... yeah, but that's a huge pain in the butt and I don't recommend it.
> You have to select each individual page and read it. For a one or two page
> document, that's not bad, but for a 400-page book it would be kinda hard.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 8 May 2012 20:02:28 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] problems with blio
>
> Hi Sophie,
>
> Hmm... I'm not sure. Would you be able to just use VoiceOver to read it?
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sophie Trist
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 4:49 PM
> To: nabs
> Subject: [nabs-l] problems with blio
>
> Hi y'all,
>
> Recently, I got the Blio app, which is an acessible Ebook reader for the
> iPhone. Yeserday, I bought a book from the Blio store and attempted to rea
> it only to find that the text-to-speech feature was not enabled.
> I doubt
> there is any way to manually enable this feature, but if there is, would
> you
> please let me know? What troubled me about this was that nowhere in the
> product details did it tell me whether text-to-speech was enabled or not.
> And just out of curiosity, why would text-to-speech not be enabled on a
> website specifically designed for blind users?
> Yours,
> Sophie Trist
>
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