[access-uk] Re: Kindle
- From: "Kevin" <drewdog2060@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 12:40:00 -0000
Hi Neil
That is really helpful.
Cheers,
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Jarvis
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:03 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle
Hi,
Just two small corrections which might hopefully make your enjoyment of the
Kindle even greater.
1) You don't need sighted assistance to select a title, though its easy to
understand how you might have that idea to start with.
You do need to switch on VoiceGuide from the Kindle's menu system: its a
once-only procedure which you'll need sighted assistance for, but once done,
you can navigate your titles on the Kindle with speech. Note: don't confuse
VoiceGuide with the Text To Speech reading facility you already know about:
they are separate features, so you're halfway there.
2() You don't need to transfer titles from your PC to the Kindle via USB:
although of course there's nothing wrong in doing that if you wish to. Far
easier though, in my view, is to have the title sent directly to your Kindle
at the time of purchase. You do, as you say, need to do the purchasing from
your PC, but when you do, one of the options is to have the title sent
wirelessly to your Kindle. The Kindle will use the WhisperNet connection
either via WiFi or 3g (depending on which model you have). Of course, if you
only have the WiFi model and you don't have a WiFi connection to the
internet I guess you'd have to use the USB method, but I can't personally
see the advantage of not having the 3g version since it won't cost to
download the titles you buy via 3g.
All the best,
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin" <drewdog2060@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 11:21 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle
Hi Graham
I received a Kindle, as a Christmas present.
I'm just getting used to the device so please don't regard me as any kind
of expert!
Alarge number of books, in the Kindle store have "text to speech enabled"
which can be activated by pressing the symbol key and the shift key
together. On pressing this key combination Kindle goes to the start of the
book and begins reading it. You can pause and restart reading by pressing
the spacebar and the device will remember your location within the text.
After a while Kindle defaults to screen saver but you can go back to your
open book by activating the switch on the right hand side of the device
(Kindle then announces the open title and you can resume listening by
pressing the spacebar).
You need sighted assistance to sellect a title, on the Kindle but, once
you are in the book you can read straight through, i.e. from beginning to
end. As far as I'm aware it is not possible to sellect chapters and/or
pages without sighted assistance so the Kindle is good for novels but not
for works of reference.
A sighted person can access the Kindle Store, from the device and purchase
titles without using a PC. However blind users need to access the Store
via their computer, download a title to their PC and then transfer it, via
USB to the Kindle device. I downloaded Pride and Prejudice without any
difficulty using USB and the purchasing process, using a PC is
straightforward.
If you buy one be careful to check prior to purchasing titles that text to
speech is enabled on them.
RNIB has some useful information which you can find by going to their
website and searching for Kindle.
Despite its limitations I like my Kindle as it is portable, light weight
etc.
Hope this helps.
Kevin
-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Lewis [gjl]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 8:28 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Kindle
Hello everybody. I am sure that this topic has been discussed here
before, but does anybody use a KIndle? How accessible are they really and
what is the reading voice like? Is there a sample of the reading voice
anywhere?
Regards
Graham Lewis
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