[Electronics-talk] Link to article re ongoing Kindle issue

[Paul Henrichsen]

If the Kindle isn't or can't be made to be accessible, it would certainly be
easier for the itouch or iphone software developers to make their version
accessible to these devices.
That would be much less expensive than redesigning hardware.


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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John Riehl
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:23 PM
To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
Subject: [Electronics-talk] Link to article re ongoing Kindle issue

Here's a link to an interesting article which talks about some schools
refusing to use Kindle until it's made accessible. 

http://www.katu.com/news/tech/69733827.html 


John Riehl 

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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:39 AM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Verizon Droid and TalkBack

Actually, phone discussion is ok -- although it isn't the primary purpose of
this list.

David Andrews

At 11:59 AM 11/9/2009, you wrote:
>Hey Jim,
>
>May I suggest emailing <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com> to discuss this 
>further.  I'm pretty sure cell phones are not on topic for this list.
>
>Here is a blog from Google talking about TalkBack, with some links to 
>other sites, including the software.
>
>http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/10/talkback-open-source-scre
>enreader-for.html
>
>Jim
>
>On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 09:46:01AM -0700, Marks, Jim wrote:
> > Can anyone point me to more information about the Droid smart phone 
> > from Verizon?  It contains a built-in screen reader called TalkBack.  
> > There are several talking apps already developed for the Droid, 
> > which was just released last Friday.  It may be the affordable smart 
> > phone I've been hoping for from Verizon.
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Jim Marks
> > jim.marks at umontana.edu
> >


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