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From: Dennis.Asher@p0.f626.n690.z3.fidonet.org (Dennis Asher)
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Subject: Re: GETTING BOOKS READ
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Date: 30 May 91 20:00:35 GMT
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} slowly.  Is there any source for books on filmstrips...  so a
} person could turn pages as quickly as they can read?   Thanks!

If you have a IBM compatible there are a (very) few books available in ASCII
text form which you can read on your computer at your own pace. Sources are:

Computerised books for the blind: mostly computer related text books, but
they do have "A Short History of Time"(Steven Hawkins) and "Tales from THe
Dark Side".havent seen the latest catalogue yet so there may be more by now.

The REader Project: Has quite a range of books which can be downloaded from
their BBS, but the joining fees are quite steep and each book must be purchased,
not borrowed or even rented.

Library of The Future: Have 450 books on a CD-ROM (if you have a CD-ROM
player), all are classics, no recent material and many are more suitable for
study purposes ie. Homer, Shakespeare, etc, but the do have a few liesure
collections like the complete collection of Arthur Conan Doyle (Shelock
Holmes) and others.

If any of these interest you post a message and I'll dig out the addresses.
We have several books here but they're all childrens' stories.

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