[il-talk] Kindle app now accessible on iOS devices

Thu May 2 01:21:12 UTC 2013

hi greg,
It is great that you will soon be back with us. I hope you continue to make progress.

Denise Avant
dravant at ameritech.net

P.S.  Please give to the National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Annual
Appeal by sending your tax deductible donation to NFBI c/o Glenn Moore III,
Treasurer P.O. Box 1065 Elgin, IL 60121.

On May 1, 2013, at 7:59 PM, "David Meyer" <datemeyer at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hello Gregg,
> 
> I'm glad that you are feeling better and that you will likely make the next
> meeting.  As we will be having a parent seminar in May, we will not have a
> Chicago Chapter meeting.  The next meeting will be held on Saturday, June 8.
> The day will begin with a board meeting at 11:30 A.M. and the meeting will
> begin at 1:00 P.M.  As has been the case, the meeting will be at the
> Exchequer Pub and Restaurant, 226 South Wabash, Chicago.
> 
> It will be great to see you in June.   
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gregory D.
> Rosenberg
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:42 PM
> To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> Cc: Illinois Association of Blind Students List
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Kindle app now accessible on iOS devices
> 
> Good evening everyone,
> 
> First let me say that the doctors have managed to get my pain level to close
> to a manageable level. My body in its current state has proven to be a very
> reliable barometer. I tried making the last meeting, but my body still was
> not up for it. I am very confident that I will be at the next meeting coming
> up in May. Be careful and try not to get hit by a car while crossing the
> street. It has caused relentless pain for the last year and a half. 
> 
> I have upgraded my Kindle App on my iPhone 5. I have listened to 20 pages of
> the Linux Journal and a couple of randomly chosen books. It works really
> great :-) I highly recommend everyone upgrade or install the updated Kindle
> app. I believe every one will find it to be a very useful book reader to
> keep in your toolbox.
> 
> My toolbox contains "Safari" (SafariBooksOnline.com), "Read2Go", "Audible",
> "Kindle", "DaisyWorm", "Blio", "Learning Ally", "Voice Dream",
> "Readability", "Reader", "iTunesU" (some issues here), and "Voice Reader". I
> would love to learn of any readers that others have found to be useful in
> their tool boxes.
> 
> In closing the new Kindle app even reminds you to swipe down with a two
> finger swipe for continuos reading. 
> 
> I got all of the books I owned in print converted to an accessible digital
> format, if they were not available in the Safari Books Online commercial
> service. Safari Books Online is a really great technical book service. All
> together I have access to over 180,000 books using the various books source
> and book readers in my tool box.
> 
> P.S. I call the customer service folks for the Safari Books Online service
> and request a discount. I tell them I am blind. They have given me ~$80 off
> each year I call in to renew. I pay $399 instead of what ever their
> prevailing charge.
> 
> On May 1, 2013, at 13:16 CDT, Denise Avant <dravant at ameritech.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> I have received e-mails and tweets stating that the Kindle app is now
> accessible on apple i-devices. This is all I have for now.
>> 
>> Denise Avant
>> dravant at ameritech.net
>> 
>> P.S.  Please give to the National Federation of the Blind of Illinois 
>> Annual Appeal by sending your tax deductible donation to NFBI c/o 
>> Glenn Moore III, Treasurer P.O. Box 1065 Elgin, IL 60121.
>> 
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> P.S. We have moved.
> 
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