[access-uk] Re: The Kindle
- From: Adrian Higginbotham <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:36:21 +0100
Mike, my understanind is based only on reading about the kidle, not using, but
I understand that reading is only currently available by chapter or paragraph,
not at a lower level, e.g. not by sentence, word, line, or character.
Adrian Higginbotham
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Mike Moore
Sent: 28 September 2010 20:26
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle
Hi,
Can you re-read sections / words within the text or check
spelling of words if using this for academic use?
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 11:45 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle
> Hi Chris,
>
> Yes, the Kindle does read the menus, but you have to have
> voice guidance set
> to full in settings.
>
> What it doesn't read is the web browser, but that doesn't
> bother me so much.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Christopher Maule-Oatway
> Sent: Monday 27 September 2010 22:14
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle
>
> Hello Sharon,
>
> Today I had about ten minutes or so with a Kindle and can
> report the
> following:
>
> It seems that the menus do not speak, so blind users would
> have to
> learn their way around the menu system.
>
> Although publishers can block the speech reading of books,
> there are
> many who make books available to speech readers. Also, a
> lot of free
> books can be downloaded from the Kindle site which are in
> the public domain.
>
> The voice that I heard is a clear American male voice. I
> believe
> that there is a female alternative, but apparently no UK
> English voice.
>
> The joypad, or 5-way control, is a good size, but most of
> the keys
> and buttons are small, though probably no smaller than
> those on
> mobile phones with QWERTY keyboards.
>
> The sighted reader has to press a button to 'Turn the
> page' of a
> book, but reading by speech is continuous.
>
> Books for the Kindle seem to be cheap, quite possibly
> cheaper than
> their equivalent audio book or talking book versions.
>
> I hope that these few comments are useful.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christopher
>
>
> At 21:08 27/09/2010 +0100, you wrote:
>>Oh Many thanks.
>>
>>I did wonder if this may be the case, typical or what.
>>
>>Sharon
>>
>>From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>Behalf Of ari
>>Sent: 27 September 2010 20:25
>>To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle
>>
>>Hi Sharon
>> From what I've heard you can use the Kindle now, i.e
>> navigating the
>> menues and things, but the problem is there is still the
>> problem of
>> the books not being able to be read out because of the
>> publisher
>> restrictions, so it is not really worth buying.
>>
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