I’m working my way through installing reading apps on my Duo and I discovered that Dell’s strange little netbook convertible shipped with a reading app. It’s called Bookstage, and it’s powered by Blio. This isn’t much of a news item, but I haven’t seen it mentioned on other blogs. Engadget didn’t talk about it in [...]
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The Inspiron Duo ships with a Blio powered reading app
March 26th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news, hardware reviews
Blio coming to the HP Touchpad
February 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Mike Cane just tipped me to this hint that was dropped during the Touchpad press conference yesterday. As you know, the Touchpad will have a number of reading app options. The first app mentioned is Blio. It doesn’t appear to have been announced yet. At least, not that I can find. All I have so [...]
Blio gets an update – TTS still horrible
December 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · software news
I was checking my reading apps this weekend and I noticed that Blio had an update available. Don’t download it just yet. They haven’t ironed the bugs out of the update process. It bollocked my copy of Blio and I ended up having to go download the full install file and use it to repair [...]
Blio to enter private beta test for accessibility features
October 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · software news
The Blio folks tweeted this message earlier today: Private Beta of accessible Blio to begin testing 11/15. If you would like the chance 2 participate in testing, DM us your info This is big news, of course, but it brought my attention to another issue. How accessible is Twitter (for the visually disabled)? P.S. If [...]
Baker & Taylor added Centraal Boekhuis to Blio
October 6th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
Update: A few days later Centraal Boekhuis announced that they had expanded into the iBookstore. (via ereaders.nl) From the press release: Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world’s largest distributor of physical and digital books and entertainment products, is pleased to announce at Frankfurt Book Fair that it has entered into an agreement with Centraal Boekhuis, [...]
How to make XPS files for Blio
October 1st, 2010 · 6 Comments · ebook format, ebook tools, tips and tricks
Someone asked Paul Biba over at Teleread if anyone knew how to convert to XPS from a PDF file. I figured out how to do it, and it’s actually pretty simple. (I might despise the format, app, and DRM, but if someone wants to use it I will try to find the information they need.) [...]
Feedbooks responds to yesterday’s Blio launch
September 29th, 2010 · 6 Comments · software news
Calvin Reid over at Publisher’s Weekly posted a follow up article this morning where he contact KNFB (developer of Blio) and asked them to explain some of the details of yesterday’s debacle. One comment made by Peter Chapman, the KNFB spokesman, caught my eye. He said that Feedbooks knew it was being included in Blio [...]
More Fail for Blio – accessibility for the visually impaired
September 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · software reviews
Blio was launched yesterday, and I of course wrote a review. One detail I skipped in the review was the lack of promised support for the disabled. I don’t have the background knowledge to cover it adequately, and I was hoping to find a blog somewhere on the web discussing the lack. Well, one commenter [...]
Blio Reader launched today – Fail, Fail, and more Fail
September 28th, 2010 · 15 Comments · software reviews
The Blio reading app was finally available for download today, and I got it as soon as I could. I was really looking forward to this; the demos were impressive. The faux 3D mode looked interesting, the TTS sounded good, and there were hints that even better features would be coming. Given how wonderfulness of [...]
Blio for Windows coming 28 September
September 15th, 2010 · No Comments · press release, software news
At long last, the Blio Reader will be available for download on 28 September. From the press release: K-NFB Reading Technology, creator and developer of Blio, today announced that the world’s most advanced, flexible and engaging e-reader application, will be available for download beginning September 28 at www.blioreader.com.
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