[tabi] Fw: [VICUG-L] FW: Introducing Free Kindle Software with Accessibility Features
- From: "Lynn Evans" <evans-lynn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:03:00 -0500
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From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <VICUG-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 7:00 AM
Subject: [VICUG-L] FW: Introducing Free Kindle Software with Accessibility
Features
Colleagues,
This is an extremely important first step toward full accessibility to many
books. While I'd like to see Amazon provide ubiquitous access by making
their mobile devices and mobile software (along with the Mac software)
accessible, it gets us the beginning of the dream of having the same access
to electronic books as our sighted peers.
-----Original Message-----
From: Amazon.com [mailto:store-news@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:38 AM
To: pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Introducing Free Kindle Software with Accessibility Features
Dear blind-interest@xxxxxxxxxx subscriber,
Amazon.com is releasing a new version of Kindle for PC that adds
accessibility features designed for blind and low-vision customers.
Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin is a free, downloadable application
for your Windows PC. It provides the following accessibility features:
text-to-speech reading with adjustable voice settings, voice-guided menu
navigation, large font sizes, high contrast reading mode, keyboard
navigation, and accessible shortcuts.
With this software, for the first time ever, the entire collection of
English language books in the Kindle Store can be read aloud. With over
750,000 English language titles, Amazon offers the largest selection of
accessible ebooks. In order to use the text-to-speech feature, an external
screen reader program must be installed and running on the Windows PC.
The free download is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility
We welcome your feedback at: kindle-PC-accessibility-feedback@xxxxxxxxxx
Sincerely,
The Kindle Team
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