Just to add to this a bit. If you are visually impaired, Oreilly will give you an ascii version of any of their books free. On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Steven Whatley wrote: > Hi all, > > First off, I am not trying to spam this group. I know better than that. > But, I do want to pass on some info that may help others. > > I have noticed in the past few years that I'm finding it harder to read > printed paper books. Well, 3 detatached retina surgeries in the past four > years has partly contributed to this delima. Just the thought of curling > up to book on Palm Programming and reading by firelight doesn't appeal to > me. > > Last month I was looking for an O'Reilly book on PalmOS programming. I > saw where you can subscribe a service that allows you to read the books > online through your web browser. I didn't pay much attention to it but it > did peak my curiosity. Well, Tongiht, I looked into it further. > > BTW, the site is: http://safari.oreilly.com/ > > The more I looked into the details the more interesting the concept > sounded. I'm not going get into detailed pricing but the service does > start at $10 a month. At your subscription level, you are alocated > a certain number of bookshelf slots. You can change out books every 30 > days. Just, check out the site or ask me for me more details. > > So, what does this have to do with being visually impaired? It is simply > the fact that the books ARE accessible via your web browser! You can read > books the same way as you normally surf the Net. So instead of messing > with printed copies, handheld magifiers, CCTVs, etc., you can use > ZoomText, Matrox PixelTOUCH, JAWS, or whatever program you are confortable > with to help you read these books. > > Again, please don't think I am spamming. I feel this is going to really > help me technically because I now have easier access to the books I need > to reference on my job and my hobbies at home. I am sure there are other > services that do the same thing that are equally good. I really haven't > looked around. I thought I would pass the info if anyone is interested. > > BTW, does anyone here use on-line book services like this? I'd appreciate > your feedback. > > Thanks, > Steven > > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. > To join or leave the list, send a message to > [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type > "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. > VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html > > > -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: (412) 268-9081 VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html