William,
Many thanks for such a detailed response. Considering that Amazon now
sells a basic KF for $50 this is quite exciting that blind consumers now
have an inexpensive choice for an accessible tablet.
David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info
On 2/5/2016 4:34 PM, William Brandes wrote:
hi david. i read those same reviews. but. since i got my kindle fire
6" five months ago, i'm sold on it. i have loaded many quality apps
that i listed before. many are from the amazon app store, but, others
i side-loaded.
my kindle fire is the first thing i open in the morning, in order to
slug through email. i have gotten ahold of touch quickly and this is
my digital device with touch. the more i use it, the more i like/love
it. i would just bruch off those bad reviews. 'cause in many ways,
they are old and not revised to the new specs. in fact amazon has just
did a fire os update.
as for other devices? i have a 10-year-old laptop running xp and three
different tablets running windows 8.1. none of those are touch, since
i have killed that option on the tablets. on them i run the nvda
screenreader along with a usb connection to a full size keyboard.
but, the kindle fire is a slick little machine and i love it for the
wide range of stuff i can do with it. mostly because of it's 'droid
nature and the number of really well designed apps for the kindle
fire. it can only get better.
i still use my kindle second generation keyboard. from one of my
windows machines i will often get a sample of a book and have it sent
to my kindle keyboard where i will do a quick listen and if i like
either save for future or buy. the kindle fire also has new voices
that you can load. and, if one is in the usa, one can load the
bard-mobile app and listen to talking books offered by the national
library for the blind. that app is about one of the best i have ever
used. bar none.
i also have the overdrive app installed. but, have yet to use it.
well. because. i can't find my local public library card /smile.
visited your website. will have to give it a better look over later.
the city of love. i'm from tiffin, ohio. stay warm /smile.
to be blind today and have these tools is really revolutionary. the
skinny ... william
On 2/5/16, David Goldfield <disciple1211@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
First, I am quite excited to see some activity on this list. I
subscribed to the list several years ago, when I was given a Kindle
Keyboard (some call it the Kindle 3) as a gift. I found the list
interesting and helpful and I used the KK to its full potential.
However, once I got an iPhone the KK received hardly any use and I now
use the Kindle app on the iPhone to read Kindle content.
Once the Kindle Fire began including Screen Reader to allow for
accessibility, I was excited about this but the few reviews I heard
about it were not entirely positive and I had gotten the feeling that
most blind people gave up on Amazon, jumped ship and went over to Apple.
Considering more activity is taking place on this list, I'd like to ask
how the latest KF units are doing when it comes to accessibility. I'm
speaking about books but also the app store, Silk and using the other
apps. Is the KF worth considering as a usable tablet for the visually
impaired? Are there blogs and other support Web sites which deal with
this topic?
David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info