[bksvol-discuss] Re: Accessible E-Books OT
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:48:18 -0800
AFAIK it only reads MS Reader (*.lit) files.
On 4/16/10, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Barbara!
>
> Will the Microsoft Reader read any e-book, including Kindle books?
>
> Debby
>
> At 09:17 PM 4/15/2010, Barbara wrote
>>I found out by accident that there are certain Readers (free software
>>programs online) such as the Microsoft Reader that make certain e-books
>>accessible to people with reading disabilities. The way I found this out
>>was that I wanted to read the book called, Alive in Necropolis, and found
>>out that it comes as an e-book from an Australian Website. I purchased the
>>book and tried to read it with the Reader that was designed to read it.
>>Unfortunately, this Reader did not have a Text-To-Speech feature. Luckily,
>>after I explained this to the company, they refunded my credit card. In
>>the meantime, I did some research and found that there are other Readers
>>such as the Microsoft Reader that I told you about previously that do have
>>this Text-To-Speech function and the book is available from another
>>company using this software. The Readers are free of charge. However,
>>rather than try and purchase the book through this company, I thought that
>>more people would benefit by having Amazon.com send the book directly to
>>Carrie to have her scan it. I plan to proof read this book for her and get
>>it into the collection. The reason why I am telling you all this is
>>because I want you to know that there are accessible e-books but in order
>>for them to be accessible you need to have an accessible Reader software
>>program. I also found that the used books from Amazon.com are inexpensive
>>and this sight might be a good one to get books to scan.
>>
>>Barbara
>>
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