[access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:50:46 -0000
Hi Alfred
Yes, my battery has announced that it is getting low, that I should plug in
the charger, then shuts off. The first time it did this made me worry that
I might have lost my place in the book I was more than halfway through
reading. Happily though, it was at the position where it stopped when I
went back to it, so that was great.
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Alfred King
Sent: 20 November 2012 13:32
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
Jackie have you let your battery run down yet and how did you assess how
much battery power you had left?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 1:13 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
> Hi Alfred
>
> I just leave it on personally as I can charge my battery whenever I
> need to.
> I am not sure if turning it off disables Whispernet so I just don't.
> Because I can get my books via 3G, I haven't put my WiFi key in, I
> would need unavailable sighted assistance for it.
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Alfred King
> Sent: 20 November 2012 13:02
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>
> Forgot about turning Wi-fi off Jackie. Do you only have it on when
> you purchase a book?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 12:22 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>
>
>> Hi Alfred
>>
>> I would imagine a certain amount of battery power is being used, even
>> when the unit is switched off. Things like turning off WiFi helps to
>> conserve power, but will always use some because it has to remember
> bookmarks etc.
>> So yes, it does turn off when you hear the stand-by message, but does
>> use some power when in that mode.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Jackie Cairns
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Alfred King
>> Sent: 20 November 2012 12:18
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>>
>> Thanks Jackie
>> I was following all your threads and those of the people you mention
>> below and this is what helped me too to come to the decision to
>> purchase. Just going through my mail now but not sure if anyone
>> answered the question I asked yesterday in relation to KK going in to
>> standby mode. If I have not physically turned it off and it goes in
>> to standby is battery still being used?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:48 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>>
>>
>>> Hi Alfred
>>>
>>> I am also very pleased with my KK. It took me some time to decide
>>> to buy as I didn't know if I would like listening to a book being
>>> read by synthetic speech. But it's more than tolerable, and gives
>>> an additional resource.
>>> It's thanks to George, Steve Griffiths and John Gallagher among
>>> others for explaining what is involved. I just wish Amazon would
>>> make all their Kindle models fully accessible to make the experience
>>> even more pleasing.
>>>
>>> Glad you are up and running.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> Jackie Cairns
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of Alfred King
>>> Sent: 19 November 2012 14:33
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>>>
>>> Jackie, it was your excellent comments on this list some few weeks
>>> ago that persuaded me to go ahead and get the KK. I am delighted
>>> with my purchase, again thanks to yourself, as with NC10 and other
>>> items discussed on list.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 11:40 AM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Alfred
>>>>
>>>> I'm quite new to this, but I'll do my best as people were very kind
>>>> in helping me to be up and running with mine.
>>>>
>>>> If you arrow down to a book, press the centre of the small square
>>>> to open it. Next, you need to turn on the TTS. Press the key to
>>>> the right of the space bar, then arrow down I think four times
>>>> until you hear "Turn on text-to-speech", and press the centre of
>>>> the small square again to activate.
>>>> Now your KK should start reading from the start of the book. To
>>>> start or stop continuous reading, press the space bar.
>>>>
>>>> As a tip, I tend to flick the power switch to the right to turn off
>>>> the device when I have finished reading. I don't come out of my
>>>> book and back to the menu as it saves me having to turn on the TTS
>>>> when I return to the KK for my next session. Your place in the
>>>> book is held, either when you just put your KK into stand-by, or if
>>>> you exit the book beforehand. But remember that if you exit your
>>>> book and go back to the menu, you will need to turn on TTS when you
>>>> return to your book.
>>>>
>>>> I would presume that if you are working with three different
>>>> titles, your place in each will be remembered each time you open
>>>> them. As I say Alfred, I am quite new to this, but I am really
>>>> pleased I bought one. I had hung off for so long, wondering if I
>>>> could listen to a TTS voice throughout a book. But there is a lot
>>>> out there that isn't available in audio or Braille formats, so it
>>>> has become very useful to have the KK.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck.
>>>>
>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jackie Cairns
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>> On Behalf Of Alfred King
>>>> Sent: 19 November 2012 10:06
>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>> I have my Kindle keyboard up and running so to speak by having
>>>> speech enabled and the 3 books I have purchased are there but
>>>> sighted people, one a Kindle user, was unable to open one of the
>>>> books yesterday for me to start reading. He put it down to not
>>>> knowing how it worked with speech but I am not so sure. Would
>>>> someone be so kind as to write me out step by step instructions as
>>>> to how to choose one of my 3 books open it and start reading it.
>>>> At this stage I am interested in the following, 1. Continuous
>>>> reading but pausing when I am
>> interupted.# 2.
>>>> Resuming my reading from pausing.
>>>> 3 Navagating through the 3 books as I might like to be reading two
>>>> or three of them at the same time. I presume where I stop, when I
>>>> start that book again I will be in the same place as where I left off.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
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