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

Fri Mar 9 13:01:13 UTC 2012

DALE YOU DO NOT have the say of what this list is for ,if i see info that i
think blind people can use i will send it on and you can use your delete
button respectfully TIM
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Debbie <mouseless at mindspring.com> wrote:

> My apologies!
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> Please send comments regarding this to
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> mouseless at mindspring.com
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Lieser" <dale.lieser at gmail.com>
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> To: "'NFB of North Carolina List'" <nfbofnc at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 11:10 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Nfbofnc] Fwd: FW: Most Affordable E-Book Reader for theBlind
> Hitsthe Market
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>
>  That's not what this list is for, is it?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbofnc-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbofnc-bounces@**nfbnet.org<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****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> *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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