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It was a failed idea from Radio Shack (?) in 1998 - I still have the stuff they gave away for free when it failed - the scanner shaped like a d****.
But if you are interested in this, then why dont you look at my post http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=1890
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Anil
There's no scanner involved here.
I have been doing what you have in mind, with juwo.
Please contact me if you might be interested in pursuing such a startup: amichail@gmail.com.
I'm actually working on a similar problem to this now, not as a startup but as a long essay / short book. I'm taking a literacy class this semester, not because I want to be a teacher but because I'm really fascinated by just how illiterate our country is. 1/3 of Americans never read another book after HS for the rest of their lives. We talk about marketing to the base of the pyramid in Africa, but how about the base of the literacy pyramid in the US. You have this huge market that generally has enough money to buy books, but because of a combination of poor literacy skills and lack of interest there is nothing happening. It's not just lower class people either; my dad doesn't read very many books and he was at Davos last month. Granted he's on email and reading reports all day, but still.
I can send you my writing in a couple weeks when I at least have a coherent draft if you want.
Yes, I would be interested in reading your essay/book draft. It might provide excellent motivation for this startup idea :)
I'd be interested in reading that essay too. Polish up that draft and post it up here on YC News. :)
Hi Alex
I'm also interested in your essay. please email it to sic@shaw.ca thanks