[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Amazon Kindles

Still, the Kindle ought to be totally accessible.

On Oct 2, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Barbara B wrote:

> As people who have print disabilities, we have permission to remove the DRM 
> from the KIndle books which will allow us to read these files on our 
> computers or on devices other than the Kindle. However, the DRM removal 
> process is complicated. We can also read Kindle files without removing the 
> DRM on our computers by using the accessible Kindle App.
>  
> Barbara
> 
> --- On Sun, 10/2/11, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Amazon Kindles
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011, 4:00 AM
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> This really should be taken over to Bookshare Discuss, but the whole point of 
> this discussion and the articles that were posted is that a machine that is 
> designed for the general public shouldn't have to be a kluge.  You shouldn't 
> have to turn the speech off to go forward and then turn it on again to 
> continue reading.  That's a kluge.  It should work seamlessly.  If you once 
> turn on the speech it should work in all instances for all commands and all 
> operations. This Kluge is unacceptable, period!
> 
> I had the opportunity to use a Kindle to read an audio book.  I could only 
> stop it and start it.  I couldn't navigate within the book I couldn't really 
> switch to another book.  Admittedly, I had about thirty minutes of training, 
> but this shouldn't have to be like this.
> Ann P.
> 
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