Gary’s points are well taken, and he has some experience with Texterity. I checked the demo on my Iphone4 and I was very impressed with the load times. They were excellent. Enlarging the pages did decrease the resolution somewhat, but the pages were readable. Should Texterity be able to address Gary’s points, I think this is on the right track. Just FYI, I have been using Zinio for some time now. They carry a large variety of magazines. You can specify whether pages can be printed. You cannot share copies of the magazine, as the reader downloads a license with the magazine. Zinio has an Iphone app as well. '73 de JIM N2ZZ ARRL Vice Director Roanoke Division ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio™ From: Gary Johnston [mailto:gary.ki4la@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:31 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: arrl-odv; Glass, Katie, KB1ULQ Subject: [arrl-odv:19628] Re: FW: Texterity Mobile Demo I tried the Texterity link you just sent using my iPhone 4. It worked well in terms of being able to open it on an Apple device. I especially liked the indexing of articles. But the pages seemed to be just scanned and not .pdf files that you can enlarge indefinitely with full resolution retained. The pictures were pretty fuzzy (aliased) when enlarged to full iPhone screen size. The text had aliasing "noise" in the white space surrounding each letter. Not good. I have been using Texterity with my iPhone for a couple of years without these problems, so I suspect the problem is with .jpg-like as opposed to algorithmic .pdf type file. Sent from Gary's iPhone 4. On Jan 25, 2011, at 3:11 PM, "Kramer, Harold, WJ1B" <wj1b@arrl.org> wrote: Just FYI, Katie’s response to Jim’s earlier email. Harold -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Jim, We’re meeting with Eric, the sales rep from Texterity, on Thursday. I will ask him these questions and let you know. Thanks, Katie Katie Glass, KB1ULQ Digital Content Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio™ 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA Telephone: (860) 594-0250 E-mail: kglass@arrl.org Web: www.arrl.org From: Jim Weaver K8JE [mailto:K8JE@ARRL.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:00 PM To: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; arrl-odv Cc: Glass, Katie, KB1ULQ Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:19624] Texterity Mobile Demo Harold, If we were to use Texterity I would assume, then, that we would use both their web browser and their mobile platform services. Would doing this involve added cost? Also, please let me know if there is a practical way to add programmed voice translation to an online service. If there is, about what would it cost? Tnx, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio _____