Hi Monica,
I'll probably give you your laugh for the day! Are Kindle or books from
the
Apple bookstore considered to be a proprietary format or are they E-pub
books? Hope you're not laughing too much!
Susan (smiling)
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica Willyard
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:14 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A Better Way to Read Ebooks
Hi everyone. I've seen many questions from blind people on this list about
how they can read different formats of ebooks accessibly and how they can
get the most from Bookshare's own books. We've talked about how we're
tired
of running around trying to figure out how to read various types of
ebooks,
feeling like we want to pull our hair out. I found something new today,
and
I think it will help Bookshare's users and blind volunteers. Check out
http://q-continuum.net/qread/ for a better way to do things. For the first
time, we have a program that can read pdf, epub, Bookshare, text, and
other
types of books with one easy to use interface. The program is called
QRead,
and it's on sale for $20 till CSUN ends. There is a free demo version that
loads 30 percent of your book so you can see how it works.
One of the features I like best is the ability to keep your place in books
when you shut down the program. I also like that it can unzip daisy books
from Bookshare on the fly, letting you start reading immediately without
thinking about where to unzip your book.
I don't work for the developer or anything. I'm just really excited to
have
one interface, one reader for the PC instead of trying to sort out which
program will open a particular type of book. It's worth trying if you want
better options for handling ebooks.
--
Monica Willyard
Visit my GoodReads book shelf at http://www.goodreads.com/plumlipstick
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