It's a charity for the blind, visually impaired and those with physical disability which means they are unable to hold a book or turn the pages. We provide digital versions of books online which can be downloaded for free and kept by the user forever, if they so wish. We're entirely not for profit and although there is a similar setup in America, this is the first site of its kind in Europe. We hold a special licence which means we can use any book we like provided we have a physical copy of it in our possession and we also provide school textbooks. We're currently looking at ways to improve synthesised speech (because let's face it, the current Microsoft Sam-esque voice is kinda lame) so that we can provide MP3 downloads of books without having to hire someone to read them all, record it etc. Edinburgh University are involved with us as are lots of schools all around the UK but money is tight and the RNIB (spit spit) are aggressively taking over most other charities for the blind and are not happy that we are providing what we are for free...the politics amongst charities is insane and pretty cutthroat but hopefully we'll remain largely unscathed...
