[access-uk] FW: [BCAB] Free Amazon Kindle software with accessibility

  • From: "Barry Toner" <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:13:37 -0000


-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Guy Whitehouse
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:17 AM
To: bcab
Subject: [BCAB] Free Amazon Kindle software with accessibility

I'm forwarding a message I've just received about free Amazon Kindle
software with accessibility features built in. If anybody tries this,
can they let me know how they get on?

Cheers
Guy

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 www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility.

We welcome your feedback at kindle-PC-accessibility-feedback@xxxxxxxxxxx

Sincerely,
The Kindle Team

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