[Dtb-talk] Kindle: can it be used by the blind?

[Mike Freeman]

Yup; the Kindle iPhone app works surprisingly well.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Dtb-talk [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jim Barbour
via Dtb-talk
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:01 PM
To: Hyde, David W. (ESC); Discussion of Digital Talking Books
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Kindle: can it be used by the blind?

The Kindle Fire HDX is as accessible as any other android device.  I still
prefer the kindle app on my iPhone though.

Jim

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 08:43:04PM +0000, Hyde, David W. (ESC) via Dtb-talk
wrote:
> As far as I know, the Kindle is still pretty inaccessible. The app for the
iPhone works better. The iBook's app seems to work fine. I know  of nobody
who is using the Nook, or most of the other tablets.
> If you do not get more responses, send your question out to the computer
science list, or one of the education ones which get more traffic.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dtb-talk [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike 
> Gilmore via Dtb-talk
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 2:22 PM
> To: dtb-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Kindle: can it be used by the blind?
> 
> I must start out by saying I love my Stream.  However, it's kind of
disappointing that it doesn't support the ebook format of amazon.com.  And,
let's face it: some books may never go up on bookshare or it may take awhile
for them to go up there or perhaps audible won't record them or NLS.  
> Has anyone out there used a Kindle?  I've heard that it has a voice on it
that'll read the book and I was wondering is the machine easy to use for the
blind? If it's plugged into a computer can it be operated with a screen
reader and have the book read in, for example, Microsoft Word?
> 
> Or, alternatively, can ebook versions of novels, etc., be purchased from
amazon and downloaded onto a computer and be read in JAWS or Openbook?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mike
> 
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