Windows 8 apps provide a range of classic and fiction books most at no costs. The format is easy to read and use. For those with physical difficulties using a switch to emulate the spacebar for turning pages could enable children to be more independent. Crick USB Switch box (£99) from Inclusive Technology allows you to program a switch to perform this operation. But most switch devices will allow the space bar to be employed.
Here are a some apps to get you going:-
- Book bazaar
- Free Books
- Kindle ( pay for books)
- Encyclopeadia Brittanica
- Nook
- Kobo
- Overdrive ( get books from your local library)
- Youversion Bible
- Inspiring Stores
- Read with Biff, Chip and Floppy
Have fun rreading on your PC!
