[Electronics-talk] E-Readers

Thu Jan 12 00:02:40 UTC 2012

Vince,

What problems is she having with the Stream? She can email me at 
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com, and I will try to answer her questions.  
If I don't know the answer, I will forward her question to the 
Stream users list, and see if they can answer.

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 21:52:59 -0700
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] E-Readers

I think she has some issue with books on the Stream.  So, I think 
I'll get
her in touch with an advanced Stream user.
Vince

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Ballantyne" <sballan at nexicom.net
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] E-Readers

 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

 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frida Aizenman"
 <aizenman at earthlink.net
 To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
 <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
 Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 6:29 PM
 Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] E-Readers

 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/bm12010
5.htm
 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Nusbaum"
 <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
 To: "Discussion of accessible electronics andappliances"
 <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
 Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:11 PM
 Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] E-Readers

 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

 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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