[Electronics-talk] E-Readers

[Sharon Ballantyne]

Hi,

Sorry I made an assumption you were looking at information for mainstream. I do have a victor stream which works fine but is another device to carry. I also have an iPad and an iPhone and while I ahve dabbled in a few ibooks, I usually use my kindle so am not well versed enough to give much feedback.

Not sure if your interest in ereaders may involve research or text purposes etc. but another thing about the kindle is that books that have since March 2011 now reflect page numbers. The page number feature does speak and is great if you actually want information as a resource.

The new competitor ereadersmight be much mroe advanced. To qualify someone's earlier feedback, while the kindle is not fully accessible to all levels it is very, very functional but I think much will depend on what your reading purposes are, as also mentioned.

When I got my ereader, you could not go to a store and see the actual ereaders as you can today. You would need to likely get someone to assist with setting up voice guide so that all your directions speak on the kindle  and I suspect for the sony, nook, and the kobo or any others this would also be the case.

Take care.
Sharon
On 2012-01-10, at 8:48 PM, cheez wrote:

> The person I'm inquiring for has a Stream, but it is unclear why the dislike for it.
> Thanks for your suggestions.  I will read the article also.
> Vince
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frida Aizenman" <aizenman at earthlink.net>
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>> May I suggest that you read the article below from the
>> Braille Monitor                                                 January 2012
>> Mainstream Access to E-Books--What Works, What Doesn't, and What Is Still Unclear
>> http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm12/bm1201/bm120105.htm
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
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>>> Uh, well of course you've got the Stream, BookPort, and the other eReaders specially designed for the blind.  But as far as mainstream eReaders, the only one I know of that is accessible is the iPad.  The Kindle and Nook both are inaccessible.
>>> 
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical nuisance."
>>> -- Kenneth Jernigan
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "cheez" <cheez at cox.net
>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:59:39 -0700
>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] E-Readers
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>>> I think this topic has been discussed before, however I don't remember what
>>> was said.
>>> Which E-Reader offers the most user-friendliness for a total?
>>> Vince
>>> 
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