Dolphin Computer Access present EasyReader v5.10 on Accessible World 'Tek Talk'
8th Feb, 2010
Tune in to Accessible World Tek Talk show on Monday February 15, 2010 to find out how EasyReader version 5.10 is opening up a wider reading world to readers with vision impairments, dyslexia and other learning disabilities.
In October 2009, just 4 months after EasyReader version 5.01 demonstrated gigantic strides forward in access to talking book content through its innovative and easy-to-use user interface, Dolphin Computer Access announced the release of EasyReader version 5.10, providing full support for unprotected EPUB content.
Dolphin Computer Access’ AltFormat Sales Executive Jeff Bazer is delighted to be introducing the latest improvements in access to eBook content through Dolphin EasyReader on Accessible World's Tek Talk. Based in Columbia, South Carolina, Jeff trains and advises college and university disability service offices and instructional material centers from all across America on how to best to create DAISY talking books, large print, Braille and MP3s for vision and print impaired students. A screen reader user himself, Jeff is passionate about improving provision to alternative format materials.
For a wider reading world
EasyReader is a software digital talking book player, empowering readers to read and listen to talking books through a combination of highlighted text, speech and images. With EasyReader, readers can quickly navigate to any section of a book, change the reading voice, customise their preferred text, background and highlight colours, search for words and phrases, and place bookmarks in a book to highlight areas of interest. With usability and accessibility built into the software’s foundations, EasyReader opens up a wider reading world to ALL readers
EPUB made accessible with EasyReader v5.10
In August 2009, Google announced their hosting of over 1 million out of copyright eBooks in the increasingly popular open (unprotected) EPUB format. Google were quickly followed by a host of eBook retailers and publishers providing their publications in the EPUB format.
Noel Duffy, Managing Director of Dolphin Computer Access explains how this series of developments impacts on the wider reading world:
The wide spread adoption of the EPUB file format goes a long way to providing a standard platform for the eBook industry to grow from. Dolphin Computer Access is delighted to be taking a leading role in extending the ebook phenomena to learning disabled, dyslexic and visually impaired readers."
EasyReader v5.10 now offers full support for all unprotected EPUB content, as well as books in DAISY 2, DAISY 3, DAISY XML, TXT and HTML file formats.
In addition to the enhanced support to unprotected EPUB content, EasyReader v5.10 also includes advanced highlight scroll options and all new level navigation hotkeys, mimicking the use of recognised hardware DAISY players.
EasyReader on Accessible World Tek talk
If you have any questions about EasyReader, eBook provision, or Dolphin’s wider involvement in the assistive technology world, Jeff is ready and waiting to answer them. To find out more about EasyReader version 5.10 and all the latest news and events at Dolphin Computer Access, tune in to Accessible World’s Tek Talk show on Monday 15th February 2010 (20.00 pm US Eastern Standard Time). To listen to the show live, visit www.accessibleworld.org, or visit the Tek Talk archive after the show where you can download a recording of the show and listen at your leisure.
Visit the Dolphin Events pages for more information about Jeff's appearance on Tek Talk.
