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Hello members,
My name is Robert Tyson. I live in Georgia. I am going to need a lots of
help with my new Kindle Fire tablet. Please give me advice how to use the
tablet with fingers motion. I know how to turn it on. My daughter got the
speech voice talking. Thanks for all the help. RobertTo:
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Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 1:50 PM
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Amazon deal on 8 inch Fire
Hi Rhonda. Yes. The ads are text only and only on the opening screen
at the bottom. No video or audio. Actually, on that screen, the first
thing my voice-view returns is my name as the user of the Fire. I
usually swipe back once to hear battery life then back forward to hear
the time, and, then it's a two finger swipe upward to unlock the
screen and go to the home page.
Mostly never hear ads. You would need to swipe to the bottom of the
screen, where you hear the ads, then the unlock button and lastly the
camera button.
I think that the ads mostly bother sighted users who perhaps like to
tidy up their sighted universe. It's like that for alot of stuff that
bothers others I know but not me! Forget the curb appeal. Give me
substance!
I didn't get the 8 inch Fire anyway. I've got two sizes that keep me
plenty busy. LOL.
However, my cellphone is a 12 year old LG. Still works, but, I'm
looking at other carriers besides my current carrier Verizon and
looking at Unlocked android smartphones on Amazon.
Wow! Doesn't it just kill you when $600. is blown up in a puff of smoke!
Onward and upward!
Stay well ... William
On 12/15/17, Rhonda Staats <rhonda.staats@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
William, my sons always told me to get the Fire without special offers, so I
did. Had I known they were as unobtrusive as you indicate, I would have save
the $15 on my $64 purchase of a Fire HD8.
I thought it was going to be like my brother's subcarrier phone plan, where
one cannot access anything without a very intrusive audio/video ad. Live and
learn! At least these are cheap enough that upgrading will not be a problem,
should I ever want to.
My iPad is getting slow after these years; we got one at my former place of
employment, and then had to put in $600 worth of tutorial time, worthless to
a blind person. And it wasn't even a significant capacity storage tablet.
Regards,
Rhonda Staats
