"Picture a reader of a large-print book. Many associations would be perfectly resonable based on the category's historical customer base...But as baby boomers continue to age, the makeup of the audience for books with larger, easier-to-read type is diversifying, and so are its tastes..." opens the new Publishers Weekly article titled, "Seeing the Big Picture."

The article goes on to discuss how new technologies are also changing the large print publishing industry. One change... Read More...

iPad Review: From a Blindness Perspective

by WaldorfPC

from AssociatedContent

The Apple iPad is one of the hottest pieces of technology ... Read More...

Because the iPad is going to be available for purchase in Apple stores tomorrow, I thought that I would end the week with a collection of some of the stories and videos on this historic (is it?) event:

• "Unbox an iPad Vicariously" (video) http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/ipad/unbox_an_ipad_vicariously_157026.asp
• "Doing the iPad Math: Utility+Price+Desire" Read More...

ReadHowYouWant Builds Books Just for You

abledbody.com April 2, 2010, 11:42 am

By Suzanne Robitaille

Australia’s Christopher Stephen is the founder of Rea... Read More...

The Illustrated Guide to Assistive Technology and Devices

Tools and Gadgets for Living Independently

By Suzanne Robitaille

Read How You Want, (2010)

EasyRead Super Large Print, in 20 Point TiresiasLPfont

(Originally Published in Standard Print by Demos Medical Publishing)

ISBN: 978-1-45876-489-8

Genre: Self-Help

Reviewed by Auggie Moore - March 4, 2010

Assistive technologies and devices run the gamut of h... Read More...

Apple launched their long awaited tablet yesterday, calling it the iPad. Here's a video of Steve Job's describing the need for a third device--between laptops and smart phones. He makes the statement that the iPad will fill that need better than any other device has yet. Is he right? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/27/apple-ipad-tablet-first-review The article after the video is on... Read More...

Have you seen the Intel Reader?

January's Braille Monitor from the National Federation of the Blind contains an article with Gary Wunder's initial responses to the Intel Reader. Gary is the secretary of the NFB, and was involved in the testing process of the device. "For me print-to-speech technology has opened many doors, but most important has been to the public library and books...The bottom line for measuring the success of any print-to-speech system is accuracy..." Of the Intel R... Read More...

American Federation for the Blind's AccessWorld has reviewed GW Micro's BookSense, PLEXTALK's Pocket (PTP1), and HumanWare's VictorReader Stream portable book players.

"The Bottom Line: People with vision loss now have three solid accessible digital audio players from which to choose, and these three products should push each other competitively toward even more higher-quality improvements. All of us in the AFB TECH lab who had a chance ... Read More...