[vi-kindle] Re: New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading iOS Apps
- From: "Russ Kiehne" <russ94577@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 07:03:19 -0700
It's for iPhone, iPad and Ipod touch.
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From: Tiny Puppy
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 3:01 PM
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading
iOS Apps
Is this only for i phones? I don't have one of those yet.
Butch
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From: "kb7uengene" <kb7uengene@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 2:18 PM
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading
iOS Apps
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_help_forum_gd
Sandy Licht
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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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