Moderator's note: I've long admired the ergonomics and aesthetics of e-book products from France---for example, Mobipocket software (now Amazon-owned) and Cybook hardware (would that Bookeen have been able to drive the price down sufficiently). Now Alaine Patez, a French digital librarian (right) shown helping a visually impaired library user, tells of one my favorite uses of e-books and ergonomics. - David Rothman. How can you read a paper book if you're quadriplegic and can't use your hands? And what if your only way of communicating is through blinking? In other words, suppose you have Locked-in Syndrome. People with those and other disabilities,...

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