In a message dated 3/1/2009 1:55:05 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: That's not a benefit to me or the majority of readers. For visually-impaired people, yes, but that's not going to overturn the world of the book anymore than audiobooks has done, and they've been around a very long time now.
Bob ======= When I said earlier people with reading problems would not be big buyers of readers, Kindle-type, someone else said later, sure it would help them. I had to think about why it wouldn't. The truth of the matter for someone who has reading problems, they need the words to stay on the page, not a lot of buttons. They need to be able to trace the letters with their fingers on the page, and go slow, not technology that implies go fast and faster. Can't explain it any better, but for someone who has to struggle with reading, a gadget will be a turn off, a hinderance, not a help. And there are a lot of people who struggle with reading. I, personally, don't enjoy reading on the computer, and I am a fast reader (a lot because it's backlit, and a lot because it is vertical). I do better laying my books down besides me or on my lap so I can read looking down. Sure, one could probably do that with a Kindle type-thing, but I still think it will probably be a hindrance to me, because I can't see it being a whole lot better than a computer. Because, on the Net, I don't really read all that much. I read bits and pieces, here and there, all over the place, and I scan. Scan, scan, scan, all the time. And that is NOT reading. So Ahem, Bob. Marnie :-) But I am the choir. --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************You're invited to Hollywood's biggest party: Get Oscars updates, red carpet pics and more at Moviefone. (http://movies.aol.com/oscars-academy-awards?ncid=emlcntusmovi00000001) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
