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
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