Thx, this should be cool!!! On Feb 1, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Brandon Misch wrote:
> i've heard that they will make a mac version available will let the list know > when it's out. will come with a lot of free titles. > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > >> Will this work on the mac platform? >> On Feb 1, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Brandon Misch wrote: >> >>> actually, knfb reading technologies will be coming out with a reading >>> program called blio and it will work on a lot of devices and a few >>> publishers have partnered with them and i hope more will follow. >>> >>> On Feb 1, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Jess wrote: >>> >>>> "use a scanner if you ***really*** wanna read it." Nice idea, but more and >>>> more books are being converted to E Text, and with apps like the kindle, >>>> you pay the same price you would pay for a paperback in a physical book >>>> store. My point is, when paperbacks and hardbacks are no more, what will >>>> we do to have access to E Books? The time is now, folks. If there was ever >>>> a time to stand up and demand our rights to have access to the same >>>> content as our sighted friends, it is now. Not two months from now, not >>>> two years from now, not two decades. The time is now. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> On Jan 7, 2001, at 5:27 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: >>>> >>>>> use a scanner if you ***really*** wanna read it. >>>>> I use my scanner constantly and hate wasting time on scanning them, but >>>>> if you fly rc planes like i do and wanna be good thaht is the way to go, >>>>> cause i simply can not get them as ebooks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> sandi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 1, 2010, at 5:25 AM, Jess wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> First, a question. >>>>>> How many people like to read books? I know I do. How many people were >>>>>> overjoyed that entire text books were going to be put online? I was. >>>>>> However, a lot of EBooks cannot be read by any screen reader we have >>>>>> today. Why? Simply put, the text of the book is contained within an OCR >>>>>> image, and there is a special reader required to read them. These are >>>>>> not your standard PDF files, and the books are protected by DRM, so >>>>>> there is no way to extract the contents into programs like text edit. >>>>>> As a book worm, I tried out the Kindle app for the IPhone, and was >>>>>> delighted to find that a book that I wanted to read was available on the >>>>>> Kindle store. However, my joy turned to bitter disappointment when I >>>>>> realized that while I could navigate the book's table of contents, >>>>>> cover, and chapters to an extent, the text was completely inaccessible. >>>>>> Furthermore, my text books for my classes were not usable. Ladies and >>>>>> gentlemen, I fear that unless we as blind consumers stand up, and demand >>>>>> that these publishers put their text books into standard native file >>>>>> formats, such as pdf or doc, we will lose a lot of access to books, and >>>>>> our chances to succeed at college will be severely diminished. So, >>>>>> anyone have any thoughts of what to do? >>>>>> I thought about starting a petition to ask Amazon to require their >>>>>> publishers to make their books usable, but figured that I would be a >>>>>> laughing stock for doing so, as most publishers probably wouldn't have >>>>>> the time to read, much less consider what I was asking for. >>>>>> My point is, as long as E texts get more and more graphical, our chances >>>>>> to read will be greatly impaired, and as more and more books become >>>>>> exclusively online, we will lose access to the latest editions of books >>>>>> altogether. Thoughts, anyone? >>>>>> You may also skype me at pianomagic88 >>>>>> >>>>>> Jes >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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