[vi-kindle] Re: New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading iOS Apps
- From: "Gene" <kb7uengene@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 18:58:00 -0500
Does anyone know if this would result in a public response from the ACB and
NFB? I'm just curious that's all. - Gene
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From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tim Emmons
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 6:53 PM
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading
iOS Apps
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.
>
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