[vi-kindle] Re: Some Thoughts on the New Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plug-in
- From: "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 04:41:57 -0600
Thanks. Last time I got the accessible version, I had to hunt all over for
it and finally ended up typing accessibility in the search field under
kindle help! I'll get this installed over the weekend and let you all know
my feedback.
-----Original Message-----
From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Craig Werner
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 4:36 AM
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Some Thoughts on the New Kindle for PC with
Accessibility Plug-in
Sherry, the link that Amazon gives for Kindle for PC with Accessibility
Plugin is
http://www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility
When I go to that page, the actual address that this link resolves to is
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kin_pcacc_surl&docId=1000632481
You may want to try to download the new version and reinstall it right
on top of the old one. I have two machines which have Kindle for PC
with Accessibility Plugin. On one, I did a clean uninstall of the
software, including deleteing all associated Kindle folders, before
installing the new version. On the other, I installed the new version
without uninstalling the old one and with no modifications to the Kindle
folders. Both installs worked.
Craig
On 7/27/2012 6:14 AM, Sherry Gomes wrote:
> I haven't gotten it installed. I'll do that this weekend. Last night I
> uninstalled the versions I had on my laptop, but I couldn't de-register
> them. I kept hitting enter on the deregister links but nothing happened.
> Does anyone have a link for the pc app with the accessibility plug in?
>
> Sherry
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Craig Werner
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:24 PM
> To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [vi-kindle] Some Thoughts on the New Kindle for PC with
> Accessibility Plugin
>
> Greetings, everyone.
>
> It appears that there is no "Archived Items" command anymore. In the
> "Go To" menu, the "Home" and "Archived" commands have been replaced by
> the "Library" command. This means that there is no longer a way of
> displaying only the items on the home page. All of the items are
> spoken. Actually, my sighted wife tells me the screen contains
> downloaded items, all items, and archived items, but these cannot easily
> be distinguished from each other. If one highlights an item and goes to
> the "File" menu, an already downloaded item will have the "Download"
> option disabled. If one goes to an archived item and then to the "File"
> menu, the "remove from device" item will be disabled since we're dealing
> with an archived item. This scenario will take some getting used to.
> Unfortunately, the "Help" file hasn't kept apace with these changes. It
> still mentions the "Home" and "Archive" commands of "Control-alt-H" and
> "Control-alt-A," which don't seem to work anymore.
>
> I'm not sure, but I think the "search" command of "Control-F" is broken
> in the new version. I can't search for text and pull up matches as I
> could in the older version.
>
> I hope a user who has been able to download the new version will chime
> in with her/his thoughts. Maybe my software is misbehaving, or maybe I
> have misunderstood the new look. All in all, though, I'm rather
> disappointed that the help file and the actual command structure are out
> of synch. If the "Search" command is really broken, this is a major
> disappointment.
>
> I'm sorry for the rather unclear syntax. It's late, and I'm not
> functioning well. I wanted to get some thoughts down in the hopes of
> possibly helping others. I hope I haven't confused folks instead.Craig
>
>
>
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