Amazon has always marketed these simple readers as just that, text reading
experiences. They never had a speaker on any of them, as you say. And they have
no intention of putting the speaker on any of them, as they have always said
that this would fundamentally change the devices. This dongle is just their
attempt to shut those of us up, including the blindness organizations, who may
have been contemplating lawsuits. This dongle meets the accessibility
requirements, despite the fact that it is certainly not the most elegant
solution from our point of view.
Mary
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On May 13, 2016, at 9:12 AM, William Brandes <williambrandes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hi. if i am correct, after the kindle keyboard (e-reader) amazon did
not include t2s or read-out-loud navigation for any of their e-readers
including the paperwhite, voyage or oasis.
saying this, that move by amazon, i believe was shortsighted.
and, wasn't fixed (kinda) until the release of this audio adapter.
as far as the community of folks with vision problems amazon banked
it's money on the kindle fire tablet.
still, release of the audio dongle seems a bit backward and a technology
fumble.
including that capability on all releases of the kindle e-reader's,
would have been a visionary decision not a short sighted one.
stay well ... william
On 5/13/16, Russ Kiehne <russ94577@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What follows is from the link:
The audio only works with TTS, not music or audiobooks.
