Greetings from North Central US

JesseTheK · 07-06-2013, 09:15 PM

I'm excited to join this vibrant, knowledgeable, and world-wide community. I first started working with ebooks in 1985, when I worked at a small software startup. Our product included print-to-braille and braille-to-print translation, as well as a mini-grep function. Our customers read their books on electronic braille devices -- initially only one kind was available, storing data on cassette tape or on their computers with speech output. Our tools facilitated reformatting (at a very low level) so that typesetters tapes, and then word processing files were made accessible.

I'm thrilled that e-books are no longer a "special needs" anything, but a tool for all of us. While I've read many things with my Mac, my first portable reading device was my long-lamented AlphaSmart Dana. I stepped up to an iPod Touch (3G then 5G) but the 24pt print that's good for my vision results in not very many words per screen.

My Kobo Aura HD arrived yesterday and I'm excited to leap into the dedicated e-reader pond. The fact of this community made the leap possible. Thanks and looking forward.

MickeyC · 07-07-2013, 07:48 AM

Hi Jesse and welcome to MobileRead

Valmore Daniels · 07-07-2013, 11:16 AM

Welcome to the boards

07-06-2013, 09:15 PM	#1
JesseTheK Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Wisconsin USA Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPad mini 6, iPhone	Greetings from North Central US I'm excited to join this vibrant, knowledgeable, and world-wide community. I first started working with ebooks in 1985, when I worked at a small software startup. Our product included print-to-braille and braille-to-print translation, as well as a mini-grep function. Our customers read their books on electronic braille devices -- initially only one kind was available, storing data on cassette tape or on their computers with speech output. Our tools facilitated reformatting (at a very low level) so that typesetters tapes, and then word processing files were made accessible. I'm thrilled that e-books are no longer a "special needs" anything, but a tool for all of us. While I've read many things with my Mac, my first portable reading device was my long-lamented AlphaSmart Dana. I stepped up to an iPod Touch (3G then 5G) but the 24pt print that's good for my vision results in not very many words per screen. My Kobo Aura HD arrived yesterday and I'm excited to leap into the dedicated e-reader pond. The fact of this community made the leap possible. Thanks and looking forward.

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07-07-2013, 07:48 AM	#2
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi Jesse and welcome to MobileRead

07-07-2013, 11:16 AM	#3
Valmore Daniels Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,592 Karma: 2822668 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	Welcome to the boards