[access-uk] Re: The Kindle
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:31:52 +0100
Hi Gordon,
You tried the Kindle app for iPhone? It is completely inaccessible.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Gordon Keen
Sent: Tuesday 28 September 2010 11:01
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle
You can also use epub format books saved to your apple product from other
sources than the ibook store.
And indeed there is the kindle ap for the iphone/ipad/ipod touch devices.
Regards
G
From glorious Devon, England.
On 28 Sep 2010, at 10:52, Neil Jarvis wrote:
> Add to that I'm hearing that there are simply not as many iBooks as there
are Kindle books, though, not having access to iBooks I can't bverify that
for myself. But time and time again I'm hearing that people are able to get
a title via Amazon Kindle which is not yet sold on the iBooks platform.
> It would be interesting to know how many titles are available in the
iBooks store in those countries which have it.
> I do suspect though that, from what I have seen, theApple iBooks
categories make a bit more sense than do the Amazone ones, and at least you
can access the store directly on the devices you're meant to read the books
on!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns"
<jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 10:14 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle
>
>
>> I agree Gordon, but they are extortionately over-priced, and they won't
do
>> well unless they drop their costs a bit.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Jackie Cairns
>> J&M Work-Ability
>>
>> jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.work-ability.co.uk
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
>> Gordon Keen
>> Sent: 28 September 2010 10:02
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle
>>
>> Hi
>> ibooks are fully accessible with voiceover on the mac products, can't
speak
>> for other platforms or screen readers though.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> G
>>
>> From glorious Devon, England.
>>
>> On 27 Sep 2010, at 22:04, ari wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, I wonder if a blind person can read books on the IPad though,
>> I can't test that because its not in my country yet, but its quite
>> depressing how inaccessible ebooks are for us. My uni can't even buy me
the
>> Adobe Digital Editions version of ebooks because they are inaccessible,
so
>> we have to wait ages for publisher's alternative formats and special
>> permission and all sorts of rubbish like that.
>>
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