Kate’s 2¢: new blog series

Kate’s 2¢: new blog series

I have always enjoyed reading. One of my worries, when I lost my eye sight in 1985, was that I’d never be able to read books, newspapers, or even the junk mail. Technology has come to my rescue and it improves every year.

Not only can I “read” using the Optical Character Recognition (OCR)  scanner, I can access the plethora of printed materials by down-loading articles into my computer. The laptop computer I currently have utilizes NVDA software to “read” what is on the screen. I can, also, access the National Library Services Braille and Recorded Down-loads Library of Congress items  (NLS/BARD/LOC), which I transfer via Humanware Companion to my Victor Stream Reader.

It’s really neat technology and , while it took time and patience for me to learn how to do it  on my own, I can now explore the world and virtually travel everywhere.

   There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.