Steve, Many thanks, I'll take a look. I must admit to be half tempted by the kindle, as long as I am able to use it fully and independently, plus get a range of books to read on it with the speech enabled. Thanks. Sharon -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Nutt Sent: 28 September 2010 14:27 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle Hi Sharon, Here's a great review, proving that the menus do in fact, speak. http://bit.ly/8Y3MLH All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharon Bowell Sent: Tuesday 28 September 2010 08:21 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle Many thanks Chris, and to everyone else for all your comments on the Kindle. I may try and actually get my hands on one before purchasing, but all comments were very helpful. I was interested in the kindle as there seems a lot of books available for it and like you say at very cheap prices. Thanks once again to all. Sharon -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher Maule-Oatway Sent: 27 September 2010 22:14 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle Hello Sharon, Today I had about ten minutes or so with a Kindle and can report the following: It seems that the menus do not speak, so blind users would have to learn their way around the menu system. Although publishers can block the speech reading of books, there are many who make books available to speech readers. Also, a lot of free books can be downloaded from the Kindle site which are in the public domain. The voice that I heard is a clear American male voice. I believe that there is a female alternative, but apparently no UK English voice. The joypad, or 5-way control, is a good size, but most of the keys and buttons are small, though probably no smaller than those on mobile phones with QWERTY keyboards. The sighted reader has to press a button to 'Turn the page' of a book, but reading by speech is continuous. Books for the Kindle seem to be cheap, quite possibly cheaper than their equivalent audio book or talking book versions. I hope that these few comments are useful. Cheers, Christopher At 21:08 27/09/2010 +0100, you wrote: >Oh Many thanks. > >I did wonder if this may be the case, typical or what. > >Sharon > >From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >Behalf Of ari >Sent: 27 September 2010 20:25 >To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Kindle > >Hi Sharon > From what I've heard you can use the Kindle now, i.e navigating the > menues and things, but the problem is there is still the problem of > the books not being able to be read out because of the publisher > restrictions, so it is not really worth buying. > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq