Freedom Scientific's FSReader software opens a world of accessible reading material for the visually impaired. It is ssed with Digital Accessible Information SYstem (DAISY)-formatted talking books.

[edit] Features

FSReader™ delivers a host of powerful navigation tools for reading.

• Go directly to a specific chapter, heading, or page
• Set an unlimited number of annotated bookmarks with easy to remember names.
• Speed up or slow down speech whether listening to a recorded narrator or synthesized speech
• Switch between recorded audio and text with synthesized speech.
• Read along with audio using one of Freedom Scientific’s refreshable braille displays.

FSReader teams up with JAWS®, the world’s premier screen reader, for easy accessibility, whether you read for pleasure, business, or school.

[edit] Book Sources

• DAISY 2.0 and DAISY 3.0 e-books (the ANSI/NISO standard) like those available from Bockshare.org, and browse, read, and study.
• Both the PC and PAC Mate versions of FSReader play AudioPlus® books from Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic® (RFB&D®) audio text book library.

[edit] Requirements

• FSReader is available for desktop PCs running Windows® XP, 2000, ME, and 98.
• Freedom Scientific’s popular BX 400 and QX 400 series PAC Mate accessible PocketPCs.