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		<title>Accessible e-Reading: Google Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Google announced that its Book Search would be available for iPhone and other mobile device users. I like to read, so I thought I would see how it works and how accessible it is. I looked at another e-book reader, Stanza, in an earlier post, so I will look at the differences. As noted in the NY Times article on the accouncement, Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones, the key feature is the use of text rather than images. Unlike the version of Google Book Search for PCs, which displays scanned images of book pages, the mobile version simply displays text, allowing users to download printed material more quickly over wireless networks. [PC Workd also has a good summary of the announcment.] Google has done this for the same reason as Adobe does in its Reflow command, using text allows the text to be reformatted easily for different screens and devices. Using text has a great side benefit as well, making the text accessible to accessibility modifications and to screen readers. I have never been able to use Google Book Search on my computer since the images are not amenable to my color and font [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read it to Me: Kindle 2.0 has Text-to-Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NY Times, along with every other news source, is reporting on the new version of Amazon&#8217;s e-book reader, the Kindle.Buried among all the other changes is one important accessibility feature: text-to-speech. According to the Times: Giving Voice to the Kindle: The Kindle 2 also has text-to-speech built in. “Any book, blog, magazine or personal document can be read aloud,” Mr. Bezos said. Users can switch between reading text and hearing it read by a fairly computerized voice. “It’s very easy to go back and forth between reading and listening,” Mr. Bezos said I have tested out the first version, as my wife has the Kindle 1.0. With its adjustable font size set to the maximum, I can read the text fairly easily with my low vision reading glasses. I look forward to testing out the new text-to-speech feature when I find someone with the new version. The new Kindle&#8217;s text-to-speech offers two voices, male and female, and does not offer variable speed playback. I really like the variable spped playback on the iPod, though I wish it had more than three settings. We will have to wait on reviews of the reading quality, but Nuance, who provides the Kindle&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanza &#8211; Accessible E-Book Reader for the iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scanning through the Personal Tech section of the Times, I bumped into an interesting tidbit, &#8220;Tip of the Week &#8211; Turn Your iPhone Into an e-Book &#8211; NYTimes.com&#8220;. I have an iPod Touch (the iPhone sans phone), so I ws intrigued, though remaining skeptical, by this tip. I just downloaded the app, Stanza, to my iPod and fell in love. On a technical level, it is a perfect application of accessibility for a visually impaired user.To the right, you can see a piece of the settings screen for Stanza. The app is highly, helpfully and eassily adjustable. The font sizes can be adjusted with a very wide range. You can select font and background colors with a wide selection of choices, not just a simple reverse color scheme option. Font size can be adjusted on a simple slide bar. All these changes are reflected immediately in the sample text window at the top. Even line spacing in adjustable. The screen rotates with the iPod, so you can read it wide screen with all its advantages. Pages can be turned with a simple flick on the screen. Best of all, it retains your choice of settings. I could not be happier [...]]]></description>
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