---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Andrews <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:08:13 -0600 Subject: [Nfbnet-master-list] MOST AFFORDABLE E-BOOK READER FOR THE BLIND HIT’S THE MARKET To: [email protected]
> >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > >Contact: Jamie Principato >Director of Public Relations >Phone: (239)810-4951 >E-Mail: [email protected] > >MOST AFFORDABLE E-BOOK READER FOR THE BLIND HIT'S THE MARKET >Blind Readers Can Access eText for Less than the Cost of an Evening Out > >Mar 2, 2012: 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/ . > >### > >ABOUT THE DEVELOPER: >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. > > > _______________________________________________ Nfbnet-master-list mailing list [email protected] Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
