[bookcourier] Re: Amazon Kindle
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:35:54 -0000
Hi
Looking at the reviews of the Kindle there seems to be a lot you can't do
with it. Not all the menus speak. You need to help to set it up, you can't
purchase books direct from anywhere and it seems that navigation within
books is pretty poor. Basically once you have loaded the books you can
choose which one you want to listen to and then play it from start to
finish. You also have to contend with the fact that some publishers do not
make the speech active on their books. The Kindle PC application is
currently only available in the US.
Any of the Apple devices would serve you better. Plus there is almost
certainly an app available that will enable an Apple to play any format you
might come across - including daisy.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanette Sharp" <jpsharp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 1:15 AM
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Amazon Kindle
Someone in my family has one and I've heard the speech which is not bad, but
I'm not sure how easy it is to start up the speech feature. The Kindle does
have a qwerty-like key pad which seems easier to use than the IPad. There
is also a Kindle app for the computer which is a free download which talks.
Regards,
JPS-----Original Message-----
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Lewis [gjl]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 7:59 AM
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Amazon Kindle
While3 I love my bookcourier, its days are numberd. I just bought a Kindle
for my (sighted) wife and it seems to have some really nice, if
experimental, accessibility features. Has anybody elose gone down this
route and doesanybody know if there is a discussion group dedicated to blind
access to the kindle?
I thought it might provide me access to new books, via the speech-to-text
function, but it seems that not all publishers allow this for their books -
goodness knows why. I suppose they are afraid that people will use it
produce audio books from their copyrighted texts. I can't really see most
sighted people wanting to listen to the robot voice.
Graham
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