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█ ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING AND THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED █
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One of the advantages of electronic publishing is that it
can present information to those readers who are visually
impaired, and do so without requiring the expensive process of
conversion to Braille.
Type magnification
For those with partial sight, the computer can blow up the
size of the text to whatever degree is required. Several commer-
cial programs are available to do this. Also, a shareware text
editor, Bedit, is available with this type of feature. It is
reported to display 6 lines of 10 characters wide instead of the
standard 24 X 80 screen.
Speech synthesis
For those who have lost the use of their eyes, speech syn-
thesizers can convert digital information to sound. These ma-
chines, however, require that the text be in ASCII. Many elec-
tronic publishing programs (including this one) use ASCII data
files so that even if the program itself is not compatible with a
speech synthesizer, the information itself can still be accessed,
albeit with a bit of effort on the part of the user. Electronic
books which use these interfaces have ASCII data files: Serendip-
ity, Writer's Dream, Read.Com, List.Com, and programs using batch
files to display the text. Here is a partial list of titles in
this category:
Serendipity Anthology
Baby April
The Deer Hunters
LeFeu
King Jack and the Girl with the Sunshine Smile
A Maine Yankee at Big Sur
Jake's Best Seller
Software - a novel
Shadowfest
ShareDebate International Magazine
The Electronic Publishing Forum
Survey land Yourself
The Daydreamer (edition with Serendipity interface)
Waste Not, Want Not (edition with Serendipity interface)
Storydisk
Southern Discomfort
New Chemical Philosophy
Indians Scattered on Dawn's Highway
East Texas Tales
Clowning for Fun and $
Dive for a Sucker
The Pack
The Pride
Pose for a Model
Fly for a High
Striped Pants and Dumb Luck
Diskette of Democracy
4 Pamphlets by K. Long
King James Bible
The Write Way
Ranger's Peril
Paleface Two-Bear
The Silver Paradise Bunch
The Unattached
One electronic publishing program, IRIS, specifically lists
speech synthesizer compatibility as one of its features. Elec-
tronic books which use the IRIS interface include:
Tavern
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Science Fiction
Follow Me
The Naming of Kinzel
ShareDebate International Magazine
For more information on IRIS and a list of additional Iris-based
books, contact Ted Husted, UserWare, 4 Falcon Lane East, Fair-
port, NY 14450-3312
[Note: The above listed titles are available from Serendipity
Systems. Additional Iris-based books are available from User-
Ware. Also, see Electronic Books in Print and Shareware Elec-
tronic Books in Print for additional on-disk books, plus on-line
publications. {The "In Print" books are hypertext and not in
ASCII.} ]
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Organizations and References
The following list of organizations and publications was
provided by Philip Vlasak of Iselin, New Jersey.
Blind Computer Users Group
Attn: Dwayne B. Fisher
5028 Merit Drive
Flint MI 48506
(313)736-3774
Tactic Magazine
Clovernook Printinghouse for the blind
Attn: Debby Kkendrick
7000 Hamilton Ave.
Cincinatti OH 45231
(513)522-3860
BAUD Magazine
ComputerSmith
Attn: Roger Smith
115 North Keats Ave.
Louisville KT 40206
(502)893-7310
Computerized Books for the Blind
Attn: George Kerscher
52 Corbin Hall/Rural Institute
Missoula MT 59812
(406)243-2899
Innovative Technology Bulletin
Attn: Veto Prussia
429 Castro Street
Mountain View CA 94041
(415)961-3161
Kansys, Inc.
Attn: David Andrews
1016 Ohio St.
Lawrence KS 66044
(913)843-0351
L S & S Group
P.O. Box 673
Northbrook Il 60065
(800)468-4789
(Mail order sales company)
Microtalk
Attn: Larry Skutchan
337 SouthPeterson
Louisvill KT 40206
(502)897-2705
(Retail sales?)
Computer Demo Source
Computer Programs Clearing House
8646 Corbin Ave
Norhtbridge CA 91324-4130
(800)283-4759
(Software publisher)
PC Place
4536 Edison Ave
Sacramento CA 95821
(916)481-1777
(Retail sales)
Aids Unlimited
1101 North Clavet St.
Baltimore MD 21202
(301)659-0232
(Sales of products)
American Foundation for the Blind
Publications Dept.
15 West 16th St.
New York NT 10011
(800)232-5463
(Sells publications & services)
American Printing House for the Blind
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville KY 40206
(502)895-2405
Ann Morris Enterprises
Attn: Ann MOrris
26 Horseshoe Lane
Levittown NY 11756
(516)769-4938
(Catalog sales)
News Reel Magazine
Doran Enterprises
Attn: Fontane & Stanley Doran
176 Brehl Ave.
Columbus OH 43215
(Magazine & products catalog)
Electronic Books for the Blind
10234 S. Kedzie Ave.
Evergreen Park Il 60642
(312)499-3666
(Books-on-tape)
Hadley Focus Magazine
Hadley School for the Blind
700 Elm St.
Winnetka IL 60093
(800)323-4238
Playback Magazine
Attn: Ed Potter
1308 Evergreen Ave.
Goldsboro NC 27530
(919)736-0939
(Books-on-tape)
Raised Dot Computing Magazine
408 South Baldwin St.
Madison WI 53703
(608)257-9595
(Magazine on tape & disk)
Recording for the Blind
20 Rozel Road
Princeton NJ 08540
(Books-on-tape; books on disks)
Sensations and Recorded Magazines
919 Walnut St.
Philadelphia PA 19107
(800)876-5456; (215)627-3304
(Tape catalog)
News Bits Magazine
Talking Computers, Inc.
Attn: Doug Wakefield
6931 North 27th Road
Arlington VA 22213
(800)458-6338
Womyns Bookstore
P.O. Box 8745
Minneapolis MN 55408
(612)872-4352
(Feminist on-tape & braille publications; newsletter)
Braille Forum Magazine
American Council of the Blind
1155 Fifteenth St. NW - Suite 720
Washington DC 20005
(800)242-8666[3-5:30PM] (202)393-3666
High Dots Inc,
Attn: Dean Martineau
6809 Sacramento St. SW
Tacoma WA 98499
(206)545-1818
(Games & product sales)
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