[access-uk] Re: kindle questions
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:27:45 +0000
Ditto with the Kindle app for IOS. The Apple's own TTS voice does the reading.
So big raspberry to those mean minded publishers.
On 5 Dec 2013, at 22:04, Eleanor Burke wrote:
> If you use Kindle for PC all books will be TTS enabled.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Debby McCallan" <debramccallan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 1:35 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: kindle questions
>
>
>> You also have to check that the book you want is TTS enabled if you are
>> relying on speech.
>> You can do this in the "Details" section.
>> Debs
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jackie Brown" <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 11:05 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: kindle questions
>>
>>
>>> Hi Andy
>>>
>>> Gordon has posted a link to download free books but, in the main, you
>>> have
>>> to buy them. And yes, Amazon is your place to do that. It is easy
>>> though,
>>> especially if you have an existing Amazon account. If not, just create
>>> one,
>>> look for the book you want to buy, make sure the correct device is
>>> highlighted you wish to download to, and Bob's your uncle or Sally's your
>>> aunt!
>>>
>>> There are a few versions of the Kindle though, so you would need to check
>>> which of them carries the accessibility features. I think RNIB has some
>>> blurb on this through their website. Give the list a shout if we can
>>> help
>>> further.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Jackie Brown
>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>>> Skype: Thejackmate
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> andrew shipp
>>> Sent: 05 December 2013 09:31
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: kindle questions
>>>
>>> Hi all, I'm so interested in these kindles and have been following most
>>> of
>>>
>>> the post about this. so if I got one off these would I have to buy
>>> the
>>>
>>> books or is there a free download for them? do you have to use amazon
>>> all the time to get the books also?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Adrien Collins
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 7:54 AM
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: kindle questions
>>>
>>> Hi Jacky
>>>
>>> Trouble is unless we buy one and test it, people like amazon
>>> or tesco don't know much if anything about accessibility, it
>>> puts us off.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Adrien
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Brown
>>> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 12:30 PM
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: kindle questions
>>>
>>> Hi Richard
>>>
>>> But if some don't have an Apple device in order to use the
>>> Kindle app, then
>>> the Fire HDX is an alternative. I can't help wondering
>>> though just how
>>> accessible all its features are given the limits of the
>>> Kindle Keyboard.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Jackie Brown
>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
>>> Skype: Thejackmate
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>> Richard King
>>> Sent: 02 December 2013 11:17
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: kindle questions
>>>
>>> Exactly what I was thinking. I see no point in owning a
>>> Kindle device
>>> and rely on voiceover if the app does exactly the same thing
>>> now.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/2/13, Jackie Brown <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi Adrien
>>>>
>>>> Unless the Kindle Fire HDX does something phenomenally
>>> well that the iOS
>>>> app
>>>> doesn't, I won't be buying it either. The Kindle Keyboard
>>> was good but
>>>> fairly limited compared to the app. But those who don't
>>> have an Apple
>>>> device may find the Kindle Fire HDX and such-like an
>>> alternative. My
>>>> concern is that the HDX is only partly accessible which
>>> then becomes a bit
>>>> of a bugger! (smile).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jackie Brown
>>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace
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