Hi David,
Voice Aloud is a reading app, se
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperionics.avar
for the app itself. Note that they use the @ sign at the
beginning of the app’s name. It works fairly well, I like VoiceDream for the
iPhone better, but VoiceDream for Android isn’t nearly as good. One good thing
with Android, readers let you choose your TTS and there are quite a few choices.
As for Eloquence, I used the one on the Play store, yes, I just
logged in with my Google account and grabbed it, nothing special. I could not,
as I said, get VoiceView to use it, nor could I get Talkback/AAS to run. So
far, I can only use Eloquence for reading.
HTH,
Aman
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Hi, Aman.
Could you talk more about Voice Aloud, what it is and where you acquired it.
I'm assuming that you installed Eloquence from the Google Play Store and not
from the Fire app store?.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist WWW.David-Goldfield.Com
<http://WWW.David-Goldfield.Com>
On 12/28/2018 7:34 PM, Aman Singer wrote:
Hi,
The Fire’s keyboard support is a disappointment, though both
OTG and Bluetooth keyboards work. The disappointment is in the use of the
screen reader commands with the keyboard. I would be overjoyed to be wrong, but
I have been told by reliable people that it’s not possible to execute screen
reader commands from the keyboard. It is possible to type, and to navigate in a
rudimentary way, and the Logitech K380 works quite nicely, in my experience.
As for Bookshare, I have installed Voice Aloud and eloquence without trouble.
Reading works fine, but I cannot use Eloquence with VoiceView. I suspect
EasyReader would work, but haven’t actually tried it as I don’t like the
program itself on any device. Given that Bookshare is providing Epubs, I would
be surprised if you couldn’t find a reader to your taste on the Kindle even if
you don’t like voice aloud and EasyReader.
HTH,
Aman
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What I would like is a good tutorial on the fire, like the one Mystic Access
has on the iPhone. Hint, hint, hint. The basic tutorial on things like voice
view is fairly good, but the user guide just puts me on the amazon screen.
Without a find function, that's a lot of listening to get to not very much
information. Of course, I could be using it wrong. Only got my fire 8 on
Christmas eve. No, not a present. My own decision. I think I'm going to like
it, but feel a little lost. I haven't set it up for Bard yet, but it does read
audible very well and I think I'm going to like the voice better than the
iPhone for the few kindle books I have. I know it's not good for bookshare yet,
but whoo knows in the future. The nice thing is that the pressure is off.
Nothing is at stake on this. The things I need to do I can do on the other
devices I have, but it's going to be fun to learn a new one. Anyone recommend a
keyboard? Something as small as the device? Or should I make the plunge and go
for the Orbit, when my finances recover. I could use the Braille Note Touch,
but the two together are rather big and clunky.
I won't even start on my questions about music. This post is long enough.
