Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-11 Thread sastry
On Fri August 11 2006 9:31 am, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: I used to use a Palm Tungsten device and plucker or PDBreader, but the phone is much easier to hold. One sound idea in this connection would be NOT to grow any older than 30 years (at the oldest). After that your eyesight starts playing

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-11 Thread ashok
Hmmma google revealed that this is possible by converting a text e-book to an ipod note.. Should try this Srini Ramakrishnan wrote on 08/11/2006 07:01:14 AM: Has anyone used their iPods for reading a book? Would that be any better? Cheeni

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-11 Thread Dave Long
Listening is easier than reading :-). Is it possible to set the speech synth rate to auctioneer? I had tried this several years ago but gave up on it because listening is significantly, even annoyingly, slower than reading. -Dave (the text above takes about 9 seconds with the default Mac

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-11 Thread Bernhard Krieger
ashok wrote: For a while now I have been reading scanned / digital books on a laptop screen. Some of these books are out of print nowadays (or otherwise hideously expensive to purchase in printed form). Even after setting the glare and contrast factors to a comfortably low intensity, i

[silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-10 Thread ashok
For a while now I have been reading scanned / digital books on a laptop screen. Some of these books are out of print nowadays (or otherwise hideously expensive to purchase in printed form). Even after setting the glare and contrast factors to a comfortably low intensity, i get severe

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-10 Thread Supriya Nair
How about anti-glare glasses, which most opticians should be able to provide you with? They helped me a great deal. I also have an anti-glare screen, which obviously isn't as readily attainable as the specs, but the specs alone should really make a difference. Supriya.On 8/10/06, ashok [EMAIL

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-10 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On 8/10/06, ashok [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even after setting the glare and contrast factors to a comfortably low intensity, i get severe headaches after reading text from a screen for extended periods of time (its not my eye sight - i got that checked ) Any suggestions for more comfortable

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-10 Thread Ashish Gulhati
On 10-Aug-06, at 11:14 AM, ashok wrote: Any suggestions for more comfortable alternatives? Check out http://tinyurl.com/kywqe and http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/iliad Cheers #!

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-10 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On 8/10/06, ashok [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i tried wearing anti-glare spectaclesbut they are not so comfortable, and a bit heavy on the nose... You can get Carl-Zeiss lenses with anti-glare coating. These are like normal lenses and not like anti-glare clip-ons which are cumbersome. I am

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-10 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2006-08-10 18:41:35 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can get Carl-Zeiss lenses with anti-glare coating. My plain old non-Carl Zeiss lenses from Lawrence Mayo's also have an anti-reflective coating (I've had it for many years, and I like it). I gather you can get coated lenses from many

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

2006-08-10 Thread Biju Chacko
On 10/08/06, Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2006-08-10 18:41:35 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can get Carl-Zeiss lenses with anti-glare coating. My plain old non-Carl Zeiss lenses from Lawrence Mayo's also have an anti-reflective coating (I've had it for many years, and