[access-uk] Re: Kindle
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:34:49 -0000
No!
George.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Hyde-Dryden
Sent: 04 January 2012 18:16
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle
Steve,
A quick question, Can you change the voice in Kindle for PC software
do you know?
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Griffiths, Steve
Sent: 04 January 2012 10:03
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle
Jackie,
You've had lots of answers to your download question, but I haven't
see any of your others answered, so here goes.
2. The voices used are Nuance Tom and Samantha - both are US adult
voices.
3. The keyboard on the Kindle Keyboard contains all the letters in a
qwerty layout, with some additional kindle-specific keys. The
Kindle-specific keys are used for navigation, the letters for typing
in search terms or book titles when you're in the Kindle store.
4. There are two voices in the Kindle Keyboard; VoiceGuide for the
menus and an unnamed TTS for book content. The latter has to be turned
on each time you open a book, and you can do it with a keystroke -
Shift + Sym.
UP until recently, VoiceGuide required you to go through a sequence of
menus, which is of course difficult to do if you need the voice! The
latest software update includes a keystroke for it - Shift + Space.
I'd say that the capabilities needed for research - searching,
annotating, quoting - are very poor on the Kindle, and that it's
really only good for narrative reading.
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jackie Cairns
Sent: 03 January 2012 16:54
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Kindle
Thanks to everyone who replied with helpful answers to my queries on
this thread. But a few more questions, at least for now? (smile).
1. If you use your PC to download books, presumably you connect your
device to the computer to do so? Does this mean that there is some
software you need for the PC to recognise Kindle in order to do that?
2. What voice does it use? Please don't say it's Daniel? (grin).
3. When people talk about a keyboard, do you mean a keypad on the
device that you use for navigation purposes?
4. How easy is it to get the thing talking to start with? Someone on
another list kindly gave me some info, but I've inadvertently deleted
it while doing some PC housework.
Many thanks. Feel free to write to me off list to avoid clutter if
this thread is no longer of any interest to others.
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
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