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About
ebooks – I recently learned about Bookshare.org, which provides
low-cost
ebooks to people with disabilities who can’t use normal books.
For
a $25 setup fee and a $50 annual fee, they get unlimited downloads of
books, periodicals,
and daily newspapers. Do any of you have experience with
Bookshare?
I would be interested to hear what you think of it. Betts Peters, MA, CCC-SLP Assistive Technology Services Coordinator The ALS Association, Oregon & SW Washington
Chapter 310 SW 4th Ave, Suite 630 Portland, OR 97204 503-238-5559 800-681-9851 Fax: 503-296-5590 Website: www.alsa-or.org ShopToDefeatALS.com -
start your shopping here and support the fight against
ALS! A portion of each sale (average 8%) will be paid by these
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From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Antoinette Verdone It allows you to purchase Kindle books and read them on your
PC. Since I don’t have any Kindle books, I don’t know
what
the experience looks like, but my assumption is that they have a layout
that is
more like reading a book than scrolling on a screen. Also, you cannot get many books in a pure PDF, so this would
allow
you to have electronic access to books that would otherwise not be
accessible
electronically. I think this is a step in the right direction, but just wait
and
see what happens over the next two years! Ebooks are going to explode
and
a standard format will emerge (I hope), and then the sky is the
limit! Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP Assistive Technology Specialist The ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter 42 Broadway, Suite 1724 New York, NY 10004 Phone: 212-720-3054 Fax: 212-619-7409 Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx "One cannot consent to creep when one has the impulse to
soar" -- Helen Keller From:
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taylor,
Barry Can someone tell me what I’m missing here? What
does Kindle
PC give you that Adobe or similar won’t do? Barry -----Original Message----- Yeah, it's finally
here. Consumers can read a Kindle on
their
PC--no Kindle unit required. Reeading is
often
the #1 question I get asked, so if the user has a computer that we can make
accessible if they don't have hand function, they can now still read Kindle
books. Thanks, Alisa Alisa Brownlee, ATP Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology
Services ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National
Office
and Greater Philadelphia Chapter Direct Phone: 215-631-1877 |