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

[Kendra Schafer]

Hi all! 
My sited sister has the Kindle. We have had our debates over  who is better, the iPhones or the Androyds. Even though she loves Androyds and I love iPhones, we both agree on one thing. The latest Kindle isn't accessable for blind people. The Kindle app is accessable for the blind. I don't like the Amazon website so I don't use it myself. I also don't like Audible because I don't like the lack of accessability that I ran acrosst every time I tried it. iBooks is a good book reader. I mostly stick with BARD for my audio books because they are the best for audible books. I do have to use my old PC for using  their website because it doesn't mix with IOS8 thanks to a couple of bugs on both the apps end and the IOS8s end. So I use my wish list a lot so I can download books and magazines. 
Kendra 


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> On Nov 20, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Mike Gilmore via Dtb-talk <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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