[vip_students] Re: FW: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle Software for PC with Accessibility Features

From: "\(NCBI\) Paul Traynor" <paul.traynor@xxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:49:21 +0100
Hi All,

Please no illegal sites mentioned on this list.

Paul.


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[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frank Kelly
Sent: 03 August 2011 14:51
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Subject: [vip_students] Re: FW: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle
Software for PC with Accessibility Features

hi Geraldine

long time no hear
try bt junkie
used with the torrent software


regards

Frank Kelly
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From: "Geraldine Looney" <dolphincoaching@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 1:09 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: FW: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle 
Software for PC with Accessibility Features


Hi Paul

Have you actually got ebooks from the Kindle app?

Can you suggest any other accessible resource to download the text of books
directly to the PC?

Geraldine



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[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of (NCBI) Paul Traynor
Sent: 03 August 2011 12:21
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Subject: [vip_students] Re: FW: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle
Software for PC with Accessibility Features

Hi Paul,

Just tried it out here recently and found it totally inaccessible. I am
talking about the Kindle for PC software mentioned further down in the
message body and not the Kindle hardware product here. I however have an
IPhone and can use the Kindle app fine on it.

Paul.


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[mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Dromey
Sent: 03 August 2011 10:51
To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vip_students] FW: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle Software
for PC with Accessibility Features

Below find a thread of messages regarding Kindle from earlier this year.
Anyone had experience of using it?

Paul

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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scanlon, Tony
Sent: 24 January 2011 12:17
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle Software for PC with
Accessibility Features

This message was posted on the Access UK list today. The link didn't open
for me but I will post it and if anyone wants to give it a try here is the
message. There have been no replies negative or positive as yet to the UK
list.

Hi all,


I have been advised that the new Kindle for pc software with accessible
features is useable outside of the U.S.  The download itself is not easy to
get, so below is a dropbox link which should help.  I believe it is 240 MB
so be warned.  I have not tried this myself but would be interested in
knowing how people get on.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3918790/KindleForPC-installer.exe




David

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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Flor Lynch
Sent: 21 January 2011 20:27
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle Software for PC with
Accessibility Features

Ciaran,

The issue essentially is copyright, and authors/publishers' control. The TTS
of the Kindle software accessibility pack is enabled (I hear) because of an
exception under the  US Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Thus the necessity to detect the presence of a screen-reader - either JAWS
or NVDA - by the program. This Kindle debate (and accessibility or lack
thereof, why restricted to the US only) has been going on for more than a
year at this stage. Apple product users have other ways of accessing many
ebooks, in the epub format.

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>From: "Ciaran Ferry" <Ciaran.Ferry@xxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 10:03 AM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle Software for PC with
Accessibility Features


That's a real pity Tony.

Hopefully it won't be too long before it's available this side of the
pond.

Wonder what the issue is - i would've thought that if electronic
versions of books were available in a certain jurisdiction that there'd
be no problem using this software to read them. Do you know if it's a
copyright thing, or just Amazon being awkward and / or lazy?

Do you know if different versions of the application are required for
each store i.e. one for amazon.com, one for amazon.co.uk etc?

Ciaran

________________________________

>From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scanlon, Tony
Sent: 20 January 2011 09:49
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle Software for PC with
Accessibility Features



Hi Ciaran

This was discussed on the UK Access List and it appears it will not be
available outside of the US.

This was the response from Amazon.

Tony



Here is the response which I received from amazon.com regarding
accessible

Kindle for PC



 "

 Thank you for your inquiry about Kindle for PC with Accessibility
Plugin.

At this time, we are unable to offer this software to our international

customers.

 To successfully register the application and purchase digital content
from

 Amazon.com, the 1-Click payment method listed on the Manage Your Kindle
page> must be a credit or debit card issued by a U.S. Bank with a U.S.
billing

address.



 We value our international customers and hope to make Kindle for PC
with

 Accessibility Plugin available internationally in the future.  To
receive

 emails from Amazon when updates on this topic are available, please
send an

email to blind-interest@xxxxxxxxxxx



> For additional information, please visit

> www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility/help.

>

> Thanks for your interest in Kindle."

>

> I would recommend that as many people as possible contact Amazon
requesting

> that this application be introduced here. The more e-mails they
received the

> more likely it is to have an impact.



________________________________

>From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ciaran Ferry
Sent: 20 January 2011 09:24
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Amazon Launch Kindle Software for PC with
Accessibility Features



http://www.fredshead.info/2011/01/free-kindle-software-with-accessibilit
y.html

Amazon.com has released Kindle for PC that adds accessibility features
designed for blind and low-vision customers.

Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin is a free, downloadable
application for your Windows PC. It provides the following accessibility
features: text-to-speech reading with adjustable voice settings,
voice-guided menu navigation, large font sizes, high contrast reading
mode, keyboard navigation, and accessible shortcuts.

With this software, for the first time ever, the entire collection of
English language books in the Kindle Store can be read aloud. With over
750,000 English language titles, Amazon offers the largest selection of
accessible ebooks. In order to use the text-to-speech feature, an
external screen reader program must be installed and running on the
Windows PC.

"We welcome your feedback at
kindle-PC-accessibility-feedback@xxxxxxxxxx".

The free download is available at
http://www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility
<http://www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility> . The download is large
because it comes with Nuance Tom and Jenifer 22khz voices. Important
keyboard shortcuts to know include:

* ctrl-r, reads using the supplied voice, not your installed
software synth.
* ctrl-d, adds or deletes a bookmark
* ctrl-shift-v, switches between Tom and Jenifer
* ctrl-shift-c, switches between continuous and single page
reading
* F5 syncs reading position with a Kindle on your account
* Left and right arrows move back and forth by page
* ctrl-I provides limited instructions





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- [vip_students] Re: FW: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle Software for PC with Accessibility Features
  - From: Geraldine Looney
- [vip_students] Re: FW: [vicsireland] Re: Amazon Launch Kindle Software for PC with Accessibility Features
  - From: Frank Kelly
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