[access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 11:31:09 -0000
Hi,
No that's just the point, Shift-Sym turns on and off TTS.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Alfred King
Sent: 06 December 2012 13:06
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
Is shift-symbol the same key or are we talking about a combination of keys?
Then do we have to turn text to speech on again Steve?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 10:34 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
> Hi,
>
> No, just press Shift-Symbol to turn off speech then your navigation will
> work.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> On Behalf Of David Russell
> Sent: 20 November 2012 12:31
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>
> Not sure that George's navigating by chapter helps us much. I don't think
> the forward and back keys will work unless we first come out of the book
> we
> are reading, then go back into the book without enabling speech, then go
> forward or back to the next or previous chapter, then come out of the book
> and enter the book and enable the speech.
>
> I am pretty sure the forward and back keys will not work while speech is
> enabled for a book. Could be wrong though, hope I am.
>
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Alfred King
> Sent: 20 November 2012 12:19
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>
> I noted what George had said in relation to making his own eBooks for KK
> but
> how would that work for others George? Are you perhaps thinking of
> manuals
> for equipment you sell?: or of advising Amazon of your developments?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 11:43 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>
>
>> Hi George
>>
>> Very interesting, thanks indeed.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Jackie Cairns
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of George Bell
>> Sent: 19 November 2012 12:28
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
>>
>> Hi Jackie and Alfred,
>>
>> Yes, you can have many books in progress, and your place will be
>> remembered in each one.
>>
>> I have to say here that navigation within some books can be hairy, to
>> say the least, even to the point of being impossible.
>>
>> This is NOT, I repeat, NOT Kindle's fault. Although I am inclined to
>> lean towards blaming Amazon.
>>
>> I have been doing quite a bit of Kindle/e-book creation myself of
>> late, and use Calibre E-book management to do this.
>>
>> What is very important is what I shall loosely call "Chapterisation".
>> This is somewhat different from navigation from the Table of Contents,
>> and requires a specific HTML code to be placed appropriately. If this
>> is done correctly, you can then use the right and left side of the
>> square navigation key to move forward and back a chapter at a time.
>>
>> Otherwise, if you want to look at individual Table of Contents
>> entries, you can press the centre of the square key to get to an
>> entry, but have to press the back key to return to the table of
>> Contents again.
>>
>> Sighted users will also tell you that with some books, the progress
>> bar which appears below the percentage at the foot of the screen does
>> not show chapter breaks. It is either blank, or full of breaks. As a
>> sighted user, I do like to see my progress showing against a book's
>> chapter, knowing how much I've still to read to reach the end of the
>> chapter before I turn the light off at night.
>>
>> George.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns
>> Sent: 19 November 2012 11:40
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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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