[vi-kindle] Re: Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued
- From: kb7uengene <kb7uengene@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:10:48 -0500
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-----
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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.
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