[Nfbofnc] Fwd: FW: Most Affordable E-Book Reader for theBlind Hitsthe Market

Thu Mar 8 16:25:22 UTC 2012

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dale Lieser" <dale.lieser at gmail.com>
To: "'NFB of North Carolina List'" <nfbofnc at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbofnc] Fwd: FW: Most Affordable E-Book Reader for theBlind 
Hitsthe Market

> That's not what this list is for, is it?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbofnc-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbofnc-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Debbie
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 10:49 AM
> To: NFB of North Carolina List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbofnc] Fwd: FW: Most Affordable E-Book Reader for the 
> Blind
> Hitsthe Market
>
> What is the difference between this and blio;  compare and contrast,
> please!
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Jones" <tmjnc2 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of North Carolina List" <nfbofnc at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 2:19 PM
> Subject: [Nfbofnc] Fwd: FW: Most Affordable E-Book Reader for the Blind
> Hitsthe Market
>
>
> fyi****
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> *Feed:* Fred's Head from APH
> *Posted on:* Friday, March 02, 2012 8:29 AM
> *Author:* noreply at blogger.com (Michael McCarty)
> *Subject:* Most Affordable E-Book Reader for the Blind Hits the Market****
>
> ****
>
> Now, blind Readers Can Access eText for Less than the Cost of an Evening
> Out ****
>
> 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.****
>
> 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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