My wife, who is sighted, likes the idea of her Kindle keyboard over the Fire and other models. I think that there are other sighted folks who prefer a keyboard over a touch screen.
earlier, Kb7uengene, wrote:
Yeah I have to agree with you on the sound quality of the Kindle keyboard over the iPhone or the iPod touch.Kindle for iOS Accessibility Gestures - Quick Reference Guide [Kindle Edition]<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Michael%20Iams&search-alias=digital-text&sort=relevancerank>Michael Iams (Author) 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (<http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-iOS-Accessibility-Gestures-ebook/product-reviews/B00CL5NIGU/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1>5 customer reviews)Digital List Price:$0.00 Kindle Price:$0.00 includes free wireless delivery viaAmazon WhispernetOn May 20, 2013, at 12:33 PM, "Sherry Gomes" <<mailto:sherriola@xxxxxxxxx>sherriola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:I don't know. There's always going to be people who want a device. I think the sound quality on my kindle keyboard is better than the quality on my iPhone, and many people still don't own iPhones or other devices like that. My best friend for instance only uses a cell phone for calls. He's a software developer and has absolutely no interest in an iPhone. But he loves his kindle keyboard, along with his Victor stream and other devices for books. -----Original Message-----From: <mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx g [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of kb7uengene Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:11 AM To: <mailto:vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued If you look at Kindle for PC, you'll notice that it has feature for feature pretty much exactly what is available on the Kindle keyboard for a sighted person. I'm not surprised at all that they may have discontinued it. In fact, I was surprised they kept it as long as they have. There's no reason why they can't get the same functionality of the Kindle keyboard into all the Kindle apps. I noticed in the announcement that the NFB posted a while back after the Kindle for iOS app was released, that they also wanted Amazon to continue to develop the hardware along with the apps for the blind community. But in my opinion, that's completely unrealistic of them to expect Amazon to continue to develop hardware for us when they can simply do it with software. And now that Amazon's instant video and music apps are out for iOS, there's no longer any reason to buy any of Amazon's hardware. I want to see Amazon add accessibility support to Kindle for Android and Kindle for Mac. And continue to develop all these different apps with more accessibility support to keep them in line with the Amazon hardware they produce and sell to sighted people. We stand a better chance of getting more functionality in the Kindle apps than we do with Kindle hardware. And Amazon is more likely to do it more quickly if we tell them that the apps are where we want them to put their energy. Hardware comes and goes, but apps are more fluid and tend to stick around for a very long time. Anyway that's just my opinion, for whatever it's worth. - GeneOn May 20, 2013, at 11:12 AM, "Susan Lumpkin" <<mailto:slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: Sorry, I meant to send this to Larry. I'm glad we've gotten our Kindle keyboard unit. Susan -----Original Message-----From: <mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx g [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Goldfield Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:51 AM To: <mailto:vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued As do I. I've sent my views to Amazon via their <mailto:kindle-feedback@xxxxxxxxxx>kindle-feedback@xxxxxxxxxx address and I encourage all of you to do the same. Until we have equally accessible replacements, this is quite a loss, especially for those not on the IOS platform. On 5/20/2013 11:40 AM, Russ Kiehne wrote:Well, I'll continue to use my Kindle Keyboard untill it stopps working. -----Original Message----- From: David Goldfield Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 8:03 AM To: <mailto:vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vi-kindle] Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued Amazon has not officially confirmed this, but the Digital Reader reports that our beloved KK has likely been pulled from Amazon's stock; see<http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/05/17/did-amazon-kill-off-the-kindle->http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/05/17/did-amazon-kill-off-the-kindle- keyboard/#more-51470I went to Amazon's site and see that the KK is only available via third-party sellers, the cheapest one currently going for around $99. Am I surprised? Not really. I am assuming that the main reason for why Amazon kept the KK around was due to its accessibility. However, we now have a fairly accessible IOS app and, supposedly, the larger Fires have some accessibility, which Amazon claims will make its way into the smaller models. We'll see.John
