Worth checking out.

Peter

+== acb-l Message from Penny Reeder <[log in to unmask]> ==+
>To: [log in to unmask]
>From: Patricia Price <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Unique eBook Technology
>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:04:18 -0800
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>Groundbreaking eBook Technology in Accessible Publishing for Blind,
>Visually Impaired, or Dyslexic Readers
>
>Using the technological specifications proposed by the National
>Information Standards Organization (NISO) and Digital Audio-based
>Information SYstem (DAISY) Consortium, a brand-new, digitally
>synchronized audio and text program that is compatible with both
>computers and eBooks has been produced by AFB Talking Books and Time
>Warner AudioBooks. This new process offers unique navigational features
>and displays a book’s text on screen or in braille, fully synchronized
>with the narrator’s voice.
>
>To demonstrate this technology,, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s  speech “I
>Have A Dream” has been chosen. To download the free demonstration, visit
>AFB’s Website at <http://www.afb.org>.
>
>Note:  This sample has been taken from "A Call to Conscience: The
>Landmark Speeches of Dr. King" that will be distributed using this new
>technology.
>
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