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eBook Timeline
Talking Book Record Event date(s) : 1932 - 1932 : Talking Book Record : : : Description : The "Talking Book" is a durable long playing record created by engineers for the American Foundation for the Blind. Space Cadet Event date(s) : 1948 - 1948 : Robert A. Heinlein's Space Cadet : : : Description : R. A. Heinlein's Space Cadet is appearently the first book to make use of an electronic book. Ampex and NBS Event date(s) : 1948 - 1948 : Ampex Tape Recorder/player : : : Description : First audio books were created for blind war veterans. Created by Ampex with the National Bureau of Standards and Specifications created an inexpensive reliable talking audiotape book machine. A Child's Christmas in Whales Event date(s) : 1952 - : First commercial audio publication : : : Description : Caedmon the first commercial audio publisher, released A Child's Christmas in Wales and Five Poems which were written and read by Dylan Thomas. Personal Computer Event date(s) : 1970 - : Word Processing : : : Description : Personal Computers come to market with word processing abilities Project Gutenburg Event date(s) : 1971 - : Project Gutenburg : : : Description : Michael Heart created Project Gutenberg with the purpose of freely releasing public domain books through the internet. Tale of Peter Rabbit Event date(s) : 1990 - 1990 : First Children's CD Book : : : Description : Discus' Tale of Peter Rabbit was the first childrens CD storybook. eBook Confernece Event date(s) : 1998 - : The first I E B C : : : Description : the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held the first International Electronic Book Workshop in Gaithersburg, Maryland MS Reader Event date(s) : 2000 - : MS Reader with Cleartype : http://www.microsoft.com/reader : : Description : MS Reader released with cleartype display and interactive features including text-to-speech, font size, highlighting, bookmarking, note taking, and drawing. Kurzweil Reading Machine Event date(s) : 1976 - : Kurzweil Reading Machine : : : Description : First reading system (text-to-speech) the Kurzweil Reading Machine Adobe Reader Event date(s) : 2003 - : Adobe : : : Description : Adobe Reader incorporates it's Acrobat Reader and eBook Reader into one program
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