I must say that I'm not much impressed with a dictated message which does not
contain punctuation (Smile). Now it has been some time, but I don't remember
having much trouble creating a message in my Fire's email app with a Bluetooth
keyboard. The difficulty came when I tried to edit the message. Whether this
is still the case I can not say.
As for the speed of my 7 inch Kindle Fire compared to my 5th gen iPod... I'm
not sure. My Fire tablet cost about $65.00 while my iPod cost was 5 or 6 times
that. So my expectations for the Fire tablet were not that high and I have
been pleasantly surprised at what it can do for the price.
David Justice :)
On May 24, 2017, at 11:06 AM, "Carol Smith" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
(Redacted sender "carollablady" for DMARC) wrote:
Hi William,
Is dictation available in the Fire 7" running version 5? Also, not to be
picly, but does the dictation handle punctuation symbols? It is a little
difficult to sort out, but nearly as difficult as a message I had yesterday
that had no spaces in it, grin. Now, That! was a difficult message.
Also, is my device supposed to be fairly slow in responding? I would think I
would have gotten the hang of it by now. I may just be spoiled by the speed
of my iPod. Also, the Fire is almost three times larger, so I may just be
having trouble in general. Thank you for your response, in advance.
Carol
On 5/24/2017 10:41 AM, William Brandes wrote:
Well I agree with Carrie on just about everything except I enjoy the email
client on the Kindle right now I am responding using the voice activation I
delete I archive and I read since I read this email from Carrie on my fire
that's from me my position that's from the side of the fence but anyway good
luck
On May 24, 2017, at 8:46 AM, Kerry Fielding <littlemisslovely1973@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi. Ok. Being both an IOS and kindle user I can probably answer all your
questions. Also, being in a similar position myself not so many
months ago I feel your pain.
Well, not really actually. I wanted a separate device purely for media
consumption. You know it is just nice to be able to put your phone down
sometimes and not be disrupted. Not to mention, if you have notifications
on your phone that can also cause volume issues when they come in. So, I
went for a fire tablet.
Firstly, AS I did purely want the device for media consumption, I could not
justify paying ridiculous amounts of money for an iPad. This was probably
the biggest factor in my buying decision. Secondly, buying audible and
kindle books is easier on the fire. You cannot purchase this content on
your IOS without first logging into amazon via safari and then locating the
book. While you do have to tackle the audible and kindle store
using a web browser, the whole process for me is much less cumbersome as you
siply tap on the link and you are taken straight to the web store and to the
page where your book can be bought. I can’t comment about Alexa on the fire
tablets as at this moment, the UK customers do not have access to it though
they will on june 7 if you want to go and buy a new fire tablet. Failing
that, we have to wait until they roll out the new OS for the fire tablet
which is apparently coming in June.
If you plan on using the fire tablet for email, then I’d recommend the iPad.
I find the email client pretty infuriating and if I use it at all, it’s
simply to sort and filter, deleting any mail I’m not interested in reading.
Hope this helps.
From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
On Behalf Of V Nork (Redacted sender "ginisd" for DMARC)
Sent: 21 May 2017 20:00
To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vi-kindle] comparing i pad mini or i pad to the amazon fire tablets
Hello all, a decision before me is whether to purchase an ios tablet like
the I pad mini or I pad or an amazon fire tablet. I especially wonder if
buying audible or kindle books is easier on the amazon fire tablet than
than an ios device, or is it about the same? Also, I want the tablet of some
kind to manage an echo, since my computer is older and still works but has
security issues since it is XP. I don't yet have a smart phone. My only
other devices are vr streams, which do not really figure in here. A lot to
throw at you all, thanks for any light you can throw my way. Best, Ginnie.
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