ллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллл л ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING AND THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED л ллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллллл 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.} ] ллл 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) End of file PRESS the RIGHT ARROW (numeric keypad) for next file, or PRESS INS key to return to the INDEX MENU. To QUIT, return to the INDEX MENU, then enter 0 (zero). End of file.