Talk:Blio

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This topic was designed for the collective search for further sources as well as the discussion of current sources:

The two which we currently have seem to have been written before the actual launch of this software, I had a dig around for any that were written after the product had been launched and the only one which mentions its features was a WIRED magazine article reporting on many of the promised functions not working.

https://www.wired.com/2010/09/ray-kurzweils-blio-e-book-launch-widely-panned/

The article also mentions the withdrawal of ‘feedbooks’ who were previously being used (without permission) to provide books in the bookstore. I cannot find any sources that talk about the subject or its features while they have been operational. According to their website, Blio is only available for North American users so I have been unable to find any further information from the UK iOS app store. Below I have detailed the only other two sources I have found which are unaffiliated to the sale of the product if they are helpful to anyone:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/47986-blio-released-for-apple-devices.html

BBC - "Blio Bets Against E-Reader Devices" (26 Jan 2010) - since deleted

Big Bulky Eeny Meany Industries (talk) 23:12, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

In reference to the current maintenance template messages about content reading like an advert, it could be helpful to reduce the proportion of this article which has currently been dedicated to the features of Blio and how it might differ from other e-readers. From the sources listed above, a largely restructured version could read:

"Blio is a free-to-download e-reader software application, unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January 2010. The application was created by K-NFB, an e-reading company founded by Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation for the Blind. Blio was originally launched for Microsoft Windows systems only, adding iOS system compatibility later on the 14th of July, 2011. At this stage it is only available for users in North America.

Blio allows users to purchase and view eBooks from its own Blio Bookstore, and features full colour illustrations and videos, original fonts and layouts, computerized voice overs and professionally recorded audiobooks."

Big Bulky Eeny Meany Industries (talk) 23:23, 11 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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