[Promotion-technology] CALIFORNIA TO GO TO E-BOOKS

[Gary Wunder]

And we need all the navigation.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
To: "Committee on the Promotion, Evaluation and Advancement of Technology" 
<promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Promotion-technology] CALIFORNIA TO GO TO E-BOOKS


> Hello Gary:
>
>     I think that we need to devise an application for braille notetakers 
> that can read the Kindle files. Perhaps they could be converted to a DAISY 
> format, but we need to be able to read these as braille.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
> To: "Committee on the Promotion, Evaluation and Advancement of Technology" 
> <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Promotion-technology] CALIFORNIA TO GO TO E-BOOKS
>
>
>> Robert, we saw this attempt with one of our colleges here in Missouri. We 
>> need to swat it down for the access they plan for blind people is not 
>> nearly as good.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net>
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>> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:54 PM
>> Subject: [Promotion-technology] CALIFORNIA TO GO TO E-BOOKS
>>
>>
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>>     I came across a news article stating that California will be moving 
>>> to E-books this year for high schools. I did some checking and found a 
>>> fact sheet from the governor's office. The link to it is below.
>>> http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/fact-sheet/12455/
>>>
>>> The book reader used will be the Kindle.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Robert Jaquiss
>>>
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