[access-uk] Re: the kindle
- From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:11:54 -0000
John,
There are four rows of keys on the keyboard.
Row 1 q w e r t y u I o p menu
Row 2 a s d f g h j k l Del
Row 3 z x c v b n m . Sym Return
Row 4 Shift Alt space PagePreferneces Home back
Most of the keys are round, except for Menu, Home and Back which are the width
of two keys fused together, and space which is the width of five keys fused
together. Below menu and above Back is a four-way arrow key with an Enter
button in the middle;
Two ways to get numbers. One way is to press the Sym key to get an array of
symbols with four rows and 12 columns. On my Kindle 3 wifi Voice Guide doesn't
read the symbols, which are:
Row 1 : < > " ? { } | ' ~ £ €
Row 2 ; , . ' / [ ] \ open double quotes close double quotes Spanish exclaim
Spanish question
Row 3 ! " # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +
Row 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
Since looking at this question, every time I open the symbols array, my focus
is on comma, row two and column two. I don't recall where focus was the first
time I opened the array, but basically I can get to number 1 by pressing
DownArrow a few times and LeftArrow a few times. Then I can enter numbers by
using LeftArrow and RightArrow and Enter.
A second way to get a number is to press Alt (to the left of the space bar) and
Q for 1, W for 2 and so on up to P for 0. You have to press Alt each time you
want a number.
The first way is the quickest for putting in a series of numbers, because once
you're on the symbol array, it stays there until you toggle it off again by
pressing the Sym key for a second time.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
John Gallagher
Sent: 11 February 2011 12:46
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: the kindle
Steve this is true of course when I got my first sighted help
yesterday I did not think to tell him to page right for the second
option of settings. if I could have seen the screen it says page one of three.
I wonder if you can tell me the keyboard layout from top left. I
tried to put in my wep key but with no success. do you hold the
symbol key down to get the numbers. just to clarify the symbol key is
second row second in from the right. if I press shift symbol it turns
text to speech on. look forward to your reply.
At 11:15 11/02/2011, you wrote:
>It's possible, but not straightforward, to turn speech on without
>sighted assistance - on the Kindle 3, at least.
>
>Press the Menu button which is at the top right of the keyboard. What's
>in the menu can change depending on the situation, but the second from
>bottom item is Settings, so press DownArrow a dozen or more times to get
>to the bottom - it doesn't cycle around - and then UpArrow once to
>settings and press the Enter button. Then press PageDown once and focus
>should be on the Voice Guide entry, press Enter again to turn it on.
>
>You won't get a message to say it's on, but if you wait a couple of
>seconds and then press a key that changes the focus, like DownArrow, you
>should get a spoken response.
>
>I've played around with my Kindle 3 wifi for a while and haven't come
>across a situation in which the above didn't work. I'd be interested in
>hearing other people's experience.
>
>Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of ANDY COLLINS
>Sent: 10 February 2011 17:28
>To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [access-uk] Re: the kindle
>
>John - it's turned off by default, so you will need that sighted help to
>
>turn it on from within settings, but once on, you're good to go.
>-----
>
>Remember that you'll have to turn tts on each time you want to read, I
>think
>the button for this is to the right of the space bar, but not sure if
>it's
>the first button or not, again, once you have speech turned on, you'll
>be
>able to figure out the rest -
>
>Andy
> Original Message -----
>From: "John Gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:05 PM
>Subject: [access-uk] the kindle
>
>
> > Hi all,
> > I have just acquired my kindle but cannot find in setings where you
>turn
> > on voice guide. wonder if anyone can help. I cannot find anything
>about
> > voice guide in the manual. must acquire the correct manual but I have
>the
> > kindle 3 g model.
> > I know I should press the menu key go to setings but if you cursor
>down
> > where do you go. someone who can see will be shortly and if I have an
>idea
> > where to tell them it will be a help. just wonder why there is no
>short
> > cut key to do this. thanks for any help.
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