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

Thu May 2 01:23:31 UTC 2013

Hi Greg:

As one who deals  with pain on a daily basis, always listen to your body.
Just remember the fact that you are still here to talk about it says you
have been greatly blessed.

We will not be having a May meeting as we will be working hard at our
parents seminar on that day at 6600 N. Mannheim Rd. at the Holiday Inn
Express hotel.  See the announcement below:

The National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Presents a Seminar for
Parents and Teachers

"Dare to Make a Difference"

Saturday May 11, 2013

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 P.M. -- Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites Chicago
O'Hare

On Saturday, May 11, 2013, the National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
will hold its annual parents' seminar at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel and
Suites Chicago O'Hare, 6600 Mannheim Road, Rosemont, IL 60018. The seminar
will be a day-long event consisting of meetings for teachers and parents of
children with visual impairment or blindness. Topics will include
socialization, education, assistive technology, development of requisite
blindness skills, and much more.

Children ages three to eleven are invited to participate in Kids Camp. This
all-day program will provide children with the chance to try new activities
and to meet other young people who are also visually impaired or blind.

          Young people between the ages of twelve and eighteen may take part
in The Teen Scene.  This program is run by our Illinois Association of Blind
Students for young people.

          Cost:  $30 adults, $15 ages 12-18, and $10 for ages 3 to 11,
including box lunches.  Overnight accommodations are available for $99 at
the Holiday Inn Express and Suites by calling (877) 786-9480.  Indicate that
you are asking for the National Federation of the Blind rate. For those
traveling from outside the Chicago-metro area, financial assistance may be
available.  Please apply through the Chappell Memorial Awards at
www.nfbofillinois.org <http://www.nfbofillinois.org/>  on or before April
20th, 2013

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is a 50,000-member organization
that works to insure the full participation of blind people in all aspects
of society. The National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC)
is a division of NFB that has been helping to spread a positive message
about vision loss to parents for more than twenty-five years. 

          If you would like to attend the seminar, please submit the
registration form by May 1. For more information, please contact Debbie Kent
Stein at  (773) 203-1394 or dkent5817 at att.net.  Vision impairment can be
reduced to a nuisance with proper training.   Please come and learn how.  

-----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 < <mailto:dravant at ameritech.net>
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

>  <mailto:dravant at ameritech.net> 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.

P.S. Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund
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