Whatever happened to blio reader. Wasn't it meant to make google books 
accessible?


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> On Feb 12, 2016, at 5:14 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> thanks for this! I will take a look. I wonder if things have changed since 
> the date of this article? I do note that there is an accessability link to 
> make more of the page available. I am also wondering if one can port a result 
> to an app such as KNFB reader to ocr the image? but then it starts to get 
> very complicated…
> 
> thanks again for all your efforts,
> Sandy
> 
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>> On 10 Feb 2016, at 17:12, Gary Bowers <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Okay, I don't know why that link got all Christmassy, but try here:
>> 
>> http://techcrunch.com/2009/06/18/google-books-adds-new-features-and-tools/
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
>> Of Gary Bowers
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 11:06 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: RE: Google books results
>> 
>> Sandy,
>> 
>> I haven't checked this out yet, but I hope it helps a bit.
>> 
>> The quoted section below is from:
>> 
>> http://books.google.com/books?jtp=1&id=f8ANAAAAQAAJ
>> 
>> A shortened URL is below:
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/hb3ccak
>> 
>> 
>> 5. Plain Text Mode - We've made it easier to find our plain text versions of 
>> public domain books. If a book is available in full view, you can click the 
>> 'Plain text' button in the toolbar to see our HTML version of the text 
>> (derived via OCR for full view books). This is especially useful for 
>> visually impaired Google users, who can use this format for text-to-speech 
>> and other types of software.
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 5:40 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Google books results
>> 
>> hi,
>> I'm involved in a bit of research which involves me using the net to look 
>> for information, obviously. many of the results are from Google books. 
>> however, when I get to the bottom of the page I get the following 
>> comment:The limited preview of this book is available as an image only.   
>> Image
>> 
>> does anyone know how I can access the samples of these books?
>> Thanks in advance, Sandy
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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