[access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
- From: Alfred King <alfredking10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:27:45 -0000
David thank you so much for this. I am up and running now and have enjoyed 10%
of one book. Fascinating to be able to have a book off the shelf so to speak.
The voice has taken some 10-15 minutes to tune in to but now I am not finding
it a major issue. Pity there is not a slightly longer pause between paragraphs
at least. Now one question or clarification as the case may be. Using the
spacebar I can pause the book. I had not returned to it for some minutes then
I heard the Kindle say screen saver. Some seconds later I went to it to
reactivate/wake it up but this necessitated me turning on again as far as I
could tell. I moved the on/off switch to the right for a few seconds and then
the book resumed. Now to my question, during this period of sleep, is the
battery being used or has the machine in effect turned off? I have naturally
paused the Kindle for some seconds using the spacebar and recommenced and tht
was just fine. It was leaving it for some 5-10 minutes that had caused this
sleep action.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Russell
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:36 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Kindle Keyboard - How To Read A Book
Hi Alfred
Okay, I am assuming that you have your kindle keyboard talking.
1. Press the home button. This is on the bottom row, second from the
right end.
2. Use the bottom edge of the square key to find the title of the book
you want.
3. Press the centre of the square key and wait for a few seconds.
4. Press the key immediately to the left of the home key which you
used earlier.
5. Now press the bottom edge of the square button until the Kindle
says text to speech, turn on.
6. Press the centre of the square button.
The reading should now start. If it does not, then press the spacebar.
If you have a book where the text to speech is not enabled, then you will not
be able to read it with speech.
To start or stop reading, just press the spacebar. If you turn the kindle
off, it will commence reading where you stopped when you turn it back on again.
Navigating from within a book is extremely difficult so I won't go into it
here.
David
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On Behalf Of Alfred King
Sent: 19 November 2012 10:06
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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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