eMusic and K-NFB Reading, the parent company of Blio, have joined forces and restructured the company today. The new entity is known as Media Arc and will condense all ebooks and audio content under one roof. Blio is well known for providing audio books and technologies that appeal to visually disabled people, and Baker & Taylor is a strong supporter of the enterprise. Over … [Read more...] about Blio Restructures Company as Media Arc
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Blio eReading App Now Available on Azpen Tablets
With all the press surrounding the major names in tablet PCs, it’s easy to forget that there are a number of devices that not only offer the same quality in a do-it-all machine, but that can sometimes offer even superior performance, especially in e-reading. Baker&Taylor, the largest distributor of print and ebooks worldwide, has partnered with K-NFB Reading Technology … [Read more...] about Blio eReading App Now Available on Azpen Tablets
The Rising Popularity of Enhanced E-books
This year’s BookExpo America and IDPF Digital Book Conference brought exciting announcements in extremely opposite ends of the e-reader spectrum. On the one hand, two major players in the game unveiled to great fanfare and applause new versions of their e-reader devices that brought back the simplicity of reading by promoting a pared down version of a touch screen e-reader. … [Read more...] about The Rising Popularity of Enhanced E-books
7 inch Dell tablet advert revealed
Remember the Looking Glass tablet that we had talked about a while back? Well, the Looking Glass was being touted as the next tablet to come our way after the 5 inch Streak, though most of the information was kept from the prying eyes of tablet enthusiasts. However, that might not be the case any more. We have pictures of the 7 inch tablet sourced from its commercial that is … [Read more...] about 7 inch Dell tablet advert revealed
Blio e-reading application launched for Windows Devices
We announced all the way back in July that the Blio application was being developed and one of the big proponents to the development of the interactive e-reading application was Toshiba. After many months, it seems that the application is finally available for download. The Bilo application will work with most windows computers, netbooks, and tablet computers. It will give … [Read more...] about Blio e-reading application launched for Windows Devices
Nuance Vocalizer software allows voice on the Blio Platform
Blio has issued a press release outlining new functions to add voice and text to speech functions on their Blio platform and software for developers to work with, for various Tablet and Slate PC's. The Nuance Vocalizer brings on support for more than 30 languages and two voices (“Samantha” and “Tom”) to make the reading experience more natural and alive. Both the Vocalizer … [Read more...] about Nuance Vocalizer software allows voice on the Blio Platform