New iPad App for People with Sight Loss Needs Backing from Publishers
From: Royal Holloway, University of London - 02/18/2013

A new iPad app developed by scientists at Royal Holloway University could
make it easier for people with macular disease to read. The app, called
MD_evReader, enhances the eccentric viewing technique for reading eBooks.
MD_evReader would enable people with low vision to scroll text from any ePub
document into a single stream, like a news ticker, and would help them
maintain a steady eye by presenting text into the reader’s best point of
eccentric vision. Users will be able to control the speed at which the text
appears with a trackpad, and make changes to background and text color.
Moreover, the content can be displayed on digital TV screens and in very
large font sizes. "Volunteers who have been involved in testing the app have
largely reported that the experience of reading was greatly improved with
this system," says Royal Holloway professor Robin Walker. However,
researchers note that digital rights management systems would limit the
impact of the app because they restrict access to books. 

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Links:
Robin Walker
http://pure.rhul.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/robin-walker_3c66dd6c-cfb3-46dc-8289-33485bf88ad6.html

MD_evReader on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/md-evreader/id602074340?mt=8