Blio
Encyclopedia
Blio is a free to download e-reader
software platform created by Ray Kurzweil that was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show
in Las Vegas
in early January 2010. The Blio e-reader preserves typography
and supports color illustrations, features that make it particularly effective for certain categories of books not well supported by E Ink
, such as cookbooks and children's books. Blio also comes with text-to-speech integration, with support for both a computerized voice and synchronization with professionally recorded audiobooks.
Blio is available for download on Microsoft Windows, Google Android devices with a version optimized for Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet computer
s, and a version for Apple iOS
4 devices was submitted to Apple for approval.
Blio also has a bookstore, backed by Baker & Taylor
. It offers thousands of full color books from hundreds of publishers, with reviews and ratings from Goodreads
.
E-reader
E-reader may refer to:* Nintendo e-Reader, a device made by Nintendo for its Game Boy Advance portable video game system* E-book reader, a device or computer program used for reading electronic books...
software platform created by Ray Kurzweil that was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show
Consumer Electronics Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
in early January 2010. The Blio e-reader preserves typography
Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...
and supports color illustrations, features that make it particularly effective for certain categories of books not well supported by E Ink
E Ink
E Ink is a specific proprietary type of electronic paper manufactured by E Ink Corporation, founded in 1997 based on research started at the MIT Media Lab...
, such as cookbooks and children's books. Blio also comes with text-to-speech integration, with support for both a computerized voice and synchronization with professionally recorded audiobooks.
Blio is available for download on Microsoft Windows, Google Android devices with a version optimized for Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet computer
Tablet computer
A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...
s, and a version for Apple iOS
IOS
iOS is an operating system for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.IOS may also refer to:-Companies and organisations:* Illinois Ornithological Society, American state-based bird club...
4 devices was submitted to Apple for approval.
Blio also has a bookstore, backed by Baker & Taylor
Baker & Taylor
Baker & Taylor is the world's largest distributor of books and entertainment, in business for over 180 years. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and privately owned, in 2006 it had $2.2 billion in sales, employed 3,750 and was # 181 on Forbes list of privately owned companies...
. It offers thousands of full color books from hundreds of publishers, with reviews and ratings from Goodreads
Goodreads
Goodreads is a privately run "social cataloging" website started in December 2006 by Otis Chandler, a software engineer and entrepreneur. The website permits individuals to sign up and register books to create their library catalogs and reading lists. It also allows users to create their own...
.