[vi-kindle] Re: New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading iOS Apps
- From: "SM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <SM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 19:47:20 -0400
Yes, add my name. And I love BBQ :-)
Sent from my iPad
On May 1, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Craig Werner <craig_werner@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Gene, you'd be welcome at my BBQ if we were planning one.
Will the list moderator please stand up? <smile>
Craig
On 5/1/2013 7:30 PM, Gene wrote:
> Yeah, here I am suggesting it as the idea guy!, but not jumping in to do it,
> I guess that means I won't be invited to any BBQs any time soon. All
> kidding aside, I do believe it would probably mean much more to the Kindle
> team if it came from the list moderator with list member's names at the
> bottom. So how do the rest of you feel about having your names listed in
> the email? For myself, go ahead and stick mine at the bottom. - Gene
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Craig Werner
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 4:41 PM
> To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading
> iOS Apps
>
> Yes, Gene, a collective "thank you" makes sense to me. Are you volunteering
> to send the letter? <smile> If so, please add my name to the list.
>
> Another approach is to ask the list moderator to send such a note. Is Nan
> Hawthorne still in that capacity? I know a couple of months ago, she asked
> for a successor.
>
> Craig Werner
>
> On 5/1/2013 5:18 PM, kb7uengene wrote:
>> I know we all think this is something that should've happened a long
>> time ago, I certainly do, but at the same time, I think it wouldn't
>> hurt for us to send a thank you email to the Kindle development team.
>> How many people are on this list? I'm wondering if sending an email
>> having a list of our names at the bottom, at least those members who
>> consent to It, would help because they're not seeing it come from just
>> one isolated individual or a few individuals? If nothing else, It'll
>> keep them motivated to continue to develop the app with more
>> accessibility features as time goes on. Is what I'm suggesting
>> reasonable? - Gene
>>
>> On May 1, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Sandy Licht <slicht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks a lot for this, Rus! I just installed the app. Registration was
> easy. What is the length for the Kindle app reference guide?
>> At 09:53 AM 5/1/2013, you wrote:
>>> New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading iOS Apps May 1,
>>> 2013 6:06:07 AM PDT Kevin G. - Community Manager
>>> says:
>>> (AMAZON OFFICIAL)
>>> Today we announced new accessibility features for the Kindle reading
>>> app, making it easier than ever for blind and visually impaired
>>> customers to navigate their Kindle libraries, read and interact with
>>> their books, and more. These new features are available starting
>>> today on Kindle for iOS, and accessibility enhancements will be available
> on additional platforms in the future.
>>> New accessibility features of the Kindle app enable blind and
>>> visually impaired customers
>>> to:
>>> - Read aloud over 1.5 million titles available in the Kindle Store
> using Apple's
>>> VoiceOver technology. Over 300,000 of these books are exclusive to the
> Kindle Store.
>>> Over 700,000 books are less than $4.99; over a million are less than
> $9.99.
>>> - Seamlessly navigate within their library or within a book, with
> consistent title,
>>> menu and button names; navigate to a specific page within a book and
>>> sort books in the library by author or title.
>>> - Read character-by-character, word-by-word, line-by-line, or
> continuously, as well
>>> as move forward or backward in the text.
>>> - Search for a book within their library or search within their book
> and navigate
>>> to specific text.
>>> - Add and delete notes, bookmarks, and highlights.
>>> - Use customer-favorite features like X-Ray, End Actions and sharing
> on Facebook
>>> and Twitter.
>>> - Look up words in the dictionary and Wikipedia.
>>> - Customize the reading experience including changing the font, text
> size, background
>>> color, margin, and brightness.
>>> - Use iOS accessibility features like Zoom, Assistive Touch, and
> Stereo to Mono,
>>> as well as peripheral braille displays.
>>> Other new features include:
>>> - Easily rate and review books by accessing `Before you go...'
> directly from The
>>> `Go to' menu
>>> - Enhancements to `Before you go...' including the ability to download
> a free sample
>>> and email yourself a reminder about recommended books.
>>> - Additional Font Selection for Japan - Hiragino Mincho ProN (Serif)
>>> These new accessibility features are available first on the Kindle
>>> app for iOS and accessibility features will be added to other Kindle
>>> apps in the future. Customers can download the new Kindle for iOS app
>>> for free from the App Store on iPad, iPhone or iPod touch or at
>>> http://www.itunes.com/appstore. Blind and visually impaired
>>> customers interested in using a Kindle app can also choose Kindle for PC
> with Accessibility Plugin, a free application for Windows PC's.
>>> You can download a quick reference guide here:
>>> Kindle for iOS Accessibility Gestures - Quick Reference Guide If you
>>> need assistance with this update, please drop by the Kindle Help
>>> Forum -
>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/forums/kindleqna/ref=kindle_he
>>> lp_forum_gd
>>
>>
>> Sandy Licht
>> Turn right, then go straight!
>>
>> Jeremiah 29:11-14 (Amplified Bible)
>>
>> 11For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord,
> thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope
> in your final outcome.
>>
>> 12Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I
> will hear and heed you.
>>
>> 13Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital
>> necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.(A)
>>
>> 14I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release you from
> captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the places to which I
> have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from
> which I caused you to be carried away captive.
>
>
>
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