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-----Original Message-----
From: kb7uengene
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:04 PM
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued
Do all of you know about the Kindle for iOS accessibility user guide? I'm
only asking because I didn't know about it until this weekend. Anyway, I
took a look at the user guide for the Kindle for iOS app with
accessibility support, and on its first release, it already runs circles
around the Kindle keyboard. So the only real downside to this is sound
quality. Below I have pasted in the link for the iPod touch fourth
generation product page. The iPod touch fourth-generation 16 gig is $199,
the iPod touch fourth-generation 32 gig is $249, and if NLS comes out with
the BARD app the summer then that one device can replace the whole a lot
of different devices and save a person a whole Lot of money. So today,
why would anyone go with the Kindle keyboard when they can go with an iPod
touch for only $60 more. It's a much smaller device, it has much better
battery life, and you can do a lot of different things with it beyond
reading Kindle books and hopefully soon, talking books. You're getting a
lot more bang for your buck with the iPod touch than you are with the
Kindle keyboard. By the way, the Kindle keyboard only has four gig of
memory. Whereas, as I mentioned above, the iPod touch has either four
times or eight times that much Memory depending on which model you go
with. See the link below. - Gene
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_touch_4thgeneration
On May 20, 2013, at 12:55 PM, David Goldfield <disciple1211@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I just received this response from Kindle Customer Service regarding my
comments to them about this issue. In fact, they must have really wanted
me to read it because I received it three times. Mercifully, I will only
post it here once. One might wish that Amazon would ensure that their
reps would try and use correct English when sending these responses, but
the rep meant well. Here's what I received.
Message From Customer Service
Hello David,
I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and that's definitely
not what we want our customers to experience.
Unfortunately, at this time we've stopped selling Kindle keyboard to the
customers.
However, our sellers in our website, still have inventories of the Kindle
keyboard.
We still have Text- to Speech feature and Audio titles many of the them
are free and can be used on most of the Kindle devices.
You can find more information about Text-to-Speech in our Help pages here:
http://www.amazon.com/help/kindle/enhanced
Also with Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin helps our customers with
reduced vision.
This free, downloadable application runs on Microsoft Windows and provides
reading Text to Speech (TTS), navigation voice guided menu, large font
sizes, high contrast reading mode, keyboard navigation, and accessible
shortcuts. The program can be downloaded at www.amazon.com / kindle /
accessibility.
I do agree with you that the stopping of the sales of the Kindle keyboard
is disappointing and again, I can only act retroactively, but I will share
your feedback with the appropriate persons as indicative of a way in which
our customers are not happy with this decision.
I will pass your comments on the Kindle keyboard to the relevant persons
for due consideration.
As always, we value your feedback and hope to make our Kindle and it's
services more ease of access.
If you need further assistance with this query, please let us know and
we'll be glad to help!
www.amazon.com/kindlesupport
Thanks for using Kindle.
Best regards,
Pramod B.
On 5/20/2013 1:47 PM, 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]
Michael Iams (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
Digital List Price: $0.00 Kindle Price: $0.00 includes free wireless
delivery viaAmazon Whispernet
On May 20, 2013, at 12:33 PM, "Sherry Gomes" <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: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of kb7uengene
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:11 AM
To: 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. - Gene
On May 20, 2013, at 11:12 AM, "Susan Lumpkin" <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: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of David Goldfield
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:51 AM
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued
As do I. I've sent my views to Amazon via their
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: 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-
keyboard/#more-51470
I 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.
