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From: Denis Boudreau
Date: May 13, 2010 9:48AM

Thank you all for these valuable inputs.

I have more than enough to go back to my friend now with some sort of answer.

Again, this list has proven it's worth! :)

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Denis Boudreau
www.twitter.com/dboudreau




On 2010-05-13, at 10:22 AM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Problems still exist with Kindle's accessibility for screen reading
> software. While there has been lip service to correct the inaccessibility
> factors little has actually been done and Kindle is not receiving wide use
> by people with vision impairments because of the negative action by the
> Authors Guild and Amazon.
> Chuck
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> From: "Conyers, Dwayne" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:20 AM
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>> On a related note:
>>
>> I have been considering moving some of my books into EPUB format for some
>> of the on-line devices such as iPad and Kindle. Have been evaluating
>> tools that make that process easier. Jury still out on which is the
>> de-facto "best" of the bunch.
>>
>> Have even considered doing the hand-coded XML route... but would still
>> need a compatible viewer to test the output. While Amazon has been open
>> with their Kindle API, have not seen much on the iPad bookstore model.
>>
>> --
>> I made magic once. Now the sofa is gone.
>> http://blog.dwacon.com
>> http://www.twitter.com/dwacon
>>