No I have just bought one for my wife here in the UK. I anticipated that the yalking menus would not be comprehensive as it is badged up as experimental i.e. unsupported. The issue of not all books being speech enabled is a real problem but of course one that applies whatever ebook reader you use. Basically it comes down to finding ways to get around the DRM so I can rip out the text. I have no issues with doing that if publishers do not make their books accessible. It would be nice not to have to do it though. Graham -----Original Message----- From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Bingham Sent: 01 March 2011 08:36 To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Amazon Kindle Hi Looking at the reviews of the Kindle there seems to be a lot you can't do with it. Not all the menus speak. You need to help to set it up, you can't purchase books direct from anywhere and it seems that navigation within books is pretty poor. Basically once you have loaded the books you can choose which one you want to listen to and then play it from start to finish. You also have to contend with the fact that some publishers do not make the speech active on their books. The Kindle PC application is currently only available in the US. Any of the Apple devices would serve you better. Plus there is almost certainly an app available that will enable an Apple to play any format you might come across - including daisy. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanette Sharp" <jpsharp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 1:15 AM Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Amazon Kindle Someone in my family has one and I've heard the speech which is not bad, but I'm not sure how easy it is to start up the speech feature. The Kindle does have a qwerty-like key pad which seems easier to use than the IPad. There is also a Kindle app for the computer which is a free download which talks. Regards, JPS-----Original Message----- From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Lewis [gjl] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 7:59 AM To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookcourier] Amazon Kindle While3 I love my bookcourier, its days are numberd. I just bought a Kindle for my (sighted) wife and it seems to have some really nice, if experimental, accessibility features. Has anybody elose gone down this route and doesanybody know if there is a discussion group dedicated to blind access to the kindle? I thought it might provide me access to new books, via the speech-to-text function, but it seems that not all publishers allow this for their books - goodness knows why. I suppose they are afraid that people will use it produce audio books from their copyrighted texts. I can't really see most sighted people wanting to listen to the robot voice. Graham