Throw mine at the bottom too. I love the idea. Sent from my iPhone On May 1, 2013, at 6:37 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. >