Scott.Marshall@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Scott Marshall) (08/09/90)
Index Number: 9637
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
I have uploaded to Wili's board in Pittsburgh a demo disk of the
Reader Project: an electronic bookstore (so they claim) for blind
persons. I am not entirely clear on how it works except that they
will sell you the necessary decoding hardware and software which
attaches to a PC. You receive the books via modem. The
hardware/software will soon be sold in beta version for something
like #300; regular price is $500. After that, you pay for the cost
of the inkprint book which you can download to your computer and read
with the special software included in the package. The reader
project, inc. is in Washington, DC. They call themselves an
electronic bookstore for the bline and apparently intend to make
literature of all kinds available in a much more timely way than
other sources. Just how many titles they currently have or whether
they plan to stay in business long enough for users to recoup the
upfront cost is I think still a big question mark.
The demo disk is sort of neat, though! Download it and try it. I
will also upload the disk to Al's board Darkness III in the DC area
as soon as possible.
The Reader Project automated information number is 1-800-321-8398.
Scott
... From Washington, DC Where Every Day is Christmas
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