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Text-Key, Inc., a service of the Virginia M. Woolf Foundation, offers books and other publications on CDs in 28- and 48-point type. The publications are in Enhanced Letter Format (ELF) that may be read with the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is included on each CD.

In addition to the two size formats, each CD also contains versions intended to be read on-screen and versions intended to be printed. This is done to accommodate different levels of vision impairment. The on-screen version has one screen of text per page to eliminate the need to scroll. People with partial sight may not be comfortable using the mouse, so instead, they can press the Tab key or left or right arrow keys to navigate the Text-Key publications. The print version prints on the entire page.

Acrobat Reader makes it easy for the user to change the font size for more comfortable reading. The ELF formatted version can be read with recent releases of most screen readers.

The Text-Key publications differ from other large print products as follows:

• Hardware and software that enlarge printed text are often expensive, may require scanning equipment and usually enlarge text without regard to the page format. Text-Key publications are specially formatted so that the user does not have to scroll from side to side or from top to bottom of a page, and words are not cut off at the end of a line.
• The publications are on self-loading CDs. Individuals can read the publication as soon as the CD is loaded. Users do not need access to the Internet, a modem, or special hardware or software.

There are three kinds of publications available:

1. Material submitted by an author or publisher, royalty free.
2. Publications found on the World Wide Web.
3. Copyright-protected publications reproduced and distributed under a provision of the 1976 Federal Copyright Act created for the blind and vision impaired.

All publications from the Web are priced the same; those that are submitted to Text-Key, Inc. by an author or publisher are priced by arrangement with the author or publisher. Prices range from about $11 to $15.

For more information, please go to the Text-Key Home Page.