Hi all. I sent a message to Peter Korn, head of Amazon Accessibility,
and got this response. Short answer? Yes!
Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 1:24 PM
To: William Brandes <williambrandes@xxxxxxxxx>
Hi Mr. Brandes,
Yes, voice dictation has returned to Fire Tablets, and can be found on
all of our new tablets, as well as several previous generations with
Fire OS operating system updates. I’m sorry I don’t have to hand the
list of older devices that we restored that functionality on.
Regards,
Peter
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Peter Korn | Director, Accessibility | Amazon Lab126
From: William Brandes <williambrandes@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, August 24, 2020 at 7:27 AM
Subject: Voice Dictation and The New Fire 8 10th Generation
Hi Mr. Korn. In a podcast from Eyes On Success a couple weeks back, I
thought I heard voice dictation and the Fire 8 in the same breath. I'm
wondering if voice dictation has come back to the virtual keyboard so
one can voice a message in an email. Note that the voice dictation tab
is still on the virtual keyboard but no longer works on my 6 inch 4th
Generation Fire. Removed function, was the case long ago.
If this voice dictation is not available, any other way to do this?
Alexa? Skill?
This feature was great. Since I am blind, used alot!
Stay well. William
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