[vi-kindle] Re: Any resources available on accessibility of new Kindle units?
- From: KB7UEN Gene <kb7uengene@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:25:40 -0600
I would be very surprised if NLS released a talkingbook app for android.
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> On Nov 15, 2013, at 8:31 AM, "Russ Kiehne" <russ94577@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I wonder how long it will be before the Kindle app on android will be
> accessible?
> How long it will be before the nls app will come to android?
>
> -----Original Message----- From: KB7UEN Gene
> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:59 AM
> To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Any resources available on accessibility of new
> Kindle units?
>
> Well the new Nexus seven you know has stellar specs on it and everyone who's
> spent time with it raves about it. It's a device that is pure Android OS
> with skinning going on whatsoever, so if a blind person is going to invest in
> an android device, the first rule is avoid anything that's been skinned. And
> probably the easiest way to do this is to look for devices that have the name
> Google on them like the Nexus five or the Nexus seven.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 14, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Rick Alfaro <rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Agreed, I'd say you are probably right on the mark. I think I would be more
>> apt to play around with a Nexus 7 just because of the geek in me but nothing
>> compares to my iPhone and ipad mini in terms of accessibility.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Rick alfaro
>>
>>> On 11/14/2013 1:26 PM, Kb7uengene wrote:
>>> The only benefit you really get with these devices is better audio quality
>>> out-of-the-box over the iPhone and iPod touch. I would be very surprised
>>> if the Silk browser or the Kindle store are accessible through TTS. I
>>> played with the Kindle Fire HD 7 inch in Best Buy a while back and found it
>>> rather cumbersome to work with and also not as responsive in the same way
>>> that the iOS devices are. It was very easy to get ahead of it and then I
>>> had to wait for the TTS to catch up with what was on the display. I
>>> suspect this is about how the accessibility features are implemented in the
>>> Android OS, but it more than likely also has something to do with the fact
>>> that Amazon Kindle Fire tablets are heavily skinned. At $139, I think the
>>> Kindle Fire HD 7 inch is worth playing with, but I certainly wouldn't put
>>> any more money into Amazon's tablets if I were totally blind because I
>>> don't think you're going to be ultimately satisfied with experience on the
>>> device after using iOS device
>> s which
>> are designed from the ground up to work well because of the heavy
>> integration between hardware and iOS.
>>> Gene
>>>
>>>> On Nov 14, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Rick Alfaro <rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That is exactly what I would like to know as well, how's the accessibility
>>>> on other things. Email, web browsing and general use of their version of
>>>> Android. I understand there is no access to the Google Play store so I
>>>> would think that this in itself is a big disadvantage but I'd love to see
>>>> a podcast on this dealing with general accessibility besides Kindle books.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Rick alfaro
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/14/2013 12:36 PM, David Goldfield wrote:
>>>>> Margaret,
>>>>> Thanks for posting the link to RNIB's video. It was very informative
>>>>> and it demonstrated the KF's improved accessibility in navigating
>>>>> through books. While I admit that there are significant improvements in
>>>>> this area, what I really want to know is how the screen reader handles
>>>>> things other than books, such as the Silk browser, the app store and the
>>>>> apps themselves. These topics were not addressed in this video and I
>>>>> hope that RNIB demonstrates these capabilities in future videos,
>>>>> assuming they haven't done so already. If the new KF's screen reader
>>>>> works in areas aside from books, I'd definitely purchase this device. If
>>>>> it's just a talking book player then it's a waste of my money.
>>>>>
>>>>> Margaret Thomas wrote:
>>>>>> There was an item in today's top Tech Tidbits saying that
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "RNIB has posted new videos featuring Kindle Fire HD accessibility
>>>>>> improvements:"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xNy0C26MLA
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Margaret
>
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