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Blio interactive e-reading application finally available to download

By | September 28, 2010, 10:12am PDT

Summary: It has been months since the Blio e-reading application was first announced, but the wait to download the interactive program is finally over. Just as previously announced, the Blio eReader app was launched today for Windows-based devices. The app brings with it access to a library filled with over a million paid and free titles. The program supports [...]

It has been months since the Blio e-reading application was first announced, but the wait to download the interactive program is finally over.

Just as previously announced, the Blio eReader app was launched today for Windows-based devices. The app brings with it access to a library filled with over a million paid and free titles. The program supports English, French and Spanish currently, but there is a plan to add support for Italian, German and Asian-language options later.

In case you’ve forgotten, what makes this digital reading application special are the graphics. Blio is a color and image-filled program that can also include hyperlinks and video clips within content. Maybe this will help e-textbooks (and e-cookbooks, like the one pictured above) more mainstream too.

The Blio application can be downloaded from the Blio eReader site now for free.

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jforrest711 28th Sep 2010
Not sure what to make of the EULA:

"SOFTWARE DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING
The SOFTWARE contains features which may allow KNFB and/or third parties to collect data from, control and/or monitor computers and devices running or interacting with the SOFTWARE. You hereby consent to such activities. KNFB's current privacy policy is located at www.blioreader.com"

No policy to be found on the website.
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Raymond Kurzweill is behind this reader...
Roque Mocan 28th Sep 2010
... hopefully he is not that late, and hopefully he can migrate it from WPF to Silverlight. That way, it will be easier to do WP7 (Windows Phone 7) readers too.
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jforrest711 28th Sep 2010
Not sure what to make of the EULA:

"SOFTWARE DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING
The SOFTWARE contains features which may allow KNFB and/or third parties to collect data from, control and/or monitor computers and devices running or interacting with the SOFTWARE. You hereby consent to such activities. KNFB's current privacy policy is located at www.blioreader.com"

No policy to be found on the website.

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