[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Great News for Blind Readers

[joe harcz Comcast]

Great news from another list.

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Penny Reeder" <penny.reeder at gmail.com>
To: "FGDF-Friends" <FGDF-Friends at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Blind Democracy Discussion List" <blind-democracy at octothorp.org>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 11:48 AM
Subject: Great News for Blind Readers


> Dear All,
> If you are an IPhone user who describes yourself as an avid reader,
> here's great news:  The GoogleBooks app is now totally accessible!
> What does this mean?  It means that you can find just about any book
> you want to read, purchase that book at ebooks.google.com, and be
> reading it -- just like a sighted reader who purchases a book from a
> bookstore
> -- immediately!  There's a book I have been longing to read ever
> since I heard the author on "Fresh Air" last winter.  I knew that, in
> the best case, it would probably take the NLS a good year and a half
> to record and make it available (if they decided to record it at all).
> I have looked in the "Newly Released" category at BookShare for
> months and finally requested that the BookShare volunteers add it to
> their "to do list."  A few weeks ago, I got a confirmation message
> that indicated that the book is included among those they will be
> working on.  Yesterday, I downloaded theGoogle Books app, which is
> free.  I went to the ebooks.google.com web site, searched for and
> found the book, charged my purchase, and have been reading it with
> VoiceOver ever since!  (It took me all of five minutes to find, pay
> for, download and begin reading the book!)
> 
> Yes, I am excited! Since I lost my reading vision decades ago, there
> has never been an instance of my buying or checking out a book and not
> having to wait to crack its spine and begin reading.  It appears --
> dare I believe it? -- that those days are over!
> 
> Check it out.
> 
> Penny
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