[access-uk] Re: Kindle books not speech enabled
- From: Sean O'Connor <capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:54:17 +0100
poiint taken thank you Brenden..
On 04/04/2013 12:48, Brendan Roache wrote:
> Text to speech is certainly clearly displayed on Amazon for Kindle
> eBooks so have a look again as you said.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Sean O'Connor <mailto:capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 04, 2013 12:29 PM
> *Subject:* [access-uk] Re: Kindle books not speech enabled
>
> as noted elsewhere, if you can ascertain contact details of the
> author ( or a person representing the legal interests of that
> author rather than the publisher ) then raising yuour concerns in
> that direction should prove helpfull as well. as, In my view
> publishers and other mass market entities are slow to adapt to the
> needs of their audience, taking into account the technology
> through which, for example books, are made available...
> naturally the publisher might cite "copyright" as a justification
> for disabling speech output but this is a poor excuse and doesn't
> hold water in practical terms. additionally the accessibility
> status of a kindle book is unclear in the amazon website as far as
> can be seen but i am willing to take another look and see just how
> prominent that information is.
> I could continue ad infinitum on this subject but here is not a
> good place for that.;-)
> On 04/04/2013 09:09, Clive Lever wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please excuse the cross-posting, but I feel this is imprtant
>> enough to ask that we try to let the message below go viral, so
>> please feel free to post on to other lists where it may be
>> relevant, and to friends not on the lists I've sent to.
>>
>>
>> my partner Andrea and I have been having some frustration with J
>> R R Tolkien titles. When The Hobbit and the Lord Of The Rings
>> were issued in the cinema, they were audio-described, but the
>> DVDs that were released did not include the facility. She
>> suggested that I may have to read the books on Kindle before
>> seeing the films in order to make more sense of them. The trouble
>> started when I went to buy the books and found that none of the
>> Tolkien classics were speech-enabled. So we wrote to Amazon and
>> received the following reply:
>> "
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I understand your concern in this regard and I am sorry for the
>> inconvenience.
>>
>> Please note that, If Text-to-Speech is not available for a
>> title, this information will be displayed on the item's product
>> detail page in the Kindle Store.
>>
>> Publishers decide whether to enable this feature on their
>> titles, and we believe most publishers will want to provide
>> customers with this option.
>>
>> Customer feedback like yours helps us continue to improve the
>> service and products we provide. Your comments have been sent to
>> the business team.
>>
>> Please feel free to forward further comments and suggestions
>> about Kindle to
>>
>> kindle-feedback@xxxxxxxxxxxx. Each suggestion will be read and
>> taken into consideration.
>>
>> Should you require any additional information or assistance,
>> please do not hesitate to contact us.
>>
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/kindlesupport
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> Did I solve your problem?
>>
>> If yes, please click here:
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/survey?p=A3GAIZ5N6Y87NT&k=hy
>>
>> If no, please click here:
>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/survey?p=A3GAIZ5N6Y87NT&k=hn
>> "
>>
>>
>>
>> ...and so on. I would urge anyone who wants to buy a Kindle book
>> to check first in the product details to make sure that it is
>> speech enabled. Then, if you find that a book you wanted to buy
>> is silent, take Amazon at their word and write to the feedback
>> address above, and if you can, find out who the publishers are,
>> and contact them to, telling them the importance of letting blind
>> Kindle users into their online books. The more we make our voices
>> heard, the more likely the publishers not enabling their Kindle
>> books to talk will relent.
>>
>>
>>
>> As a PS, Andrea is fully sighted but now prefers to use the
>> speech option, to read books in eyes-busy situations.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Clive
>>
>>
>>
>
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