by Chris Walters Hmm, this feature may have been around for a while and I’m just now noticing it, in which case I feel like an idiot. At any rate, did you know that your Kindle can connect for free to AT&T wireless hotspots without requiring any logins, checkboxes or agreement buttons? You have to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'access'
Elsevier Enables its e-Books to Read Aloud, Increasing Access for People With Print Disabilities
December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, announced today that it has enabled the text-to-speech option on all of its ePub book titles. The text-to-speech function enables an e-book to read aloud. This will facilitate access by readers who would otherwise face a range of [...]
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HOW TO: Access the Google eBookstore Internationally (sadly, there’s a catch)
December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · tips and tricks
For those of you not residing in the United States, you may remember yesterday kicking the cat while bloggers around the world were flipping (or not) over the Google eBookstore. Or the dog. Or burning an effigy of Sergey Brin (more pet-friendly). Yes, as usual, Google have launched something the world wants to use, excluding 95% of [...]
Charleston Conference, eBook Access Models and Technology
November 10th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows
Lisa Carlucci Thomas, Digital Services Librarian at Southern Connecticut State University, spoke about access models for eBooks, specifically with mobile devices and dedicated eReaders. Lisa spoke about barriers to access stating that restrictive DRM, licensing, and incompatible formats are all barriers to accessibility of eBooks. Additionally, devices all have different loading options. Librarians have to [...]
UN to launch new iniative to enable the blind to access published works
October 29th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: In an unprecedented United Nations-supported initiative, people who cannot see and those who have other forms of visual disability will have access to published works through publisher intermediaries who will create accessible formats of publications and share them with specialized libraries.The new arrangement was announced today at the of the UN [...]
Access release Graffiti for Android
July 16th, 2010 · Comments Off · Android, software news
How to get Root Access on the Alex e-reader
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
First, a warning: Don’t try this unless you know what you’re doing. Bad things might happen. I just found this over at MobileRead Forums. I couldn’t wait to share. The process is straightforward. 1, Download the update.zip and copy it to the root folder of your Alex’s SD card. BTW, the second link is a [...]
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