[nabs-l] Isn't it ironic?

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Kirt and all,

It's really unfortunate that the speech was turned off on the book you
bought from the BLIO store. Not knowing much about the BLIO myself, I
wonder if this is an oversight on KNFB's part or if this is just
something some authors have done that KNFB isn't aware of? I also
wonder if this happens with many of their books or just a few? If you
are motivated (you might not be, having found a better solution, but
if you are) you may want to report what happened to their technical
support with an email or phone call.

Arielle

On 3/1/11, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
> To everyone again,
> (Courtney, I'll email you soon)
>   It's official.  The Kindel beats the Blio for accessibility.  I've
> never used the thing and I'm reading ok.  (amazon actually has
> documentation for the Kindel accessible plugin, unlike our very own
> KNFB blio)  So...yeah, maybe law suits are good every now and again.
> And maybe KNFB needs a good wakeup call...I know I'm going to be
> skeptical of anything else they put out after this debacle.
>   Best,
> Kirt
>
> On 3/1/11, Courtney Stover <liamskitten at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Kurt,
>>
>> I can tell you from personal experience that the Kindle AP is
>> phenomenal!  Yes, there are definite problems; the navigation needs
>> some work; it's hard to navigate by chapter instead of page etc. etc.,
>> but everything I've tried reading is accessible.  The voice isn't that
>> great, but it's definitely readable.
>>
>> If you have questions, feel free to E-mail me off list at
>> cstover165 at gmail.com  I certainly don't know everything, but I'll do
>> my best to help with what I do, and not to sound arrogant, I'm a very
>> good researcher, so if I don't know something, I should be able to
>> find out how to do it within twenty-four hours.  I do quite a bit of
>> free-lance tutoring of blind individuals on mainstream technologies
>> and am planning to add this to my services list soon, so any questions
>> you may have would also be very helpful in terms of understanding what
>> obstacles my students will face, and what general areas I should cover
>> in the lessons.
>> Courtney
>>
>> On 3/1/11, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear List,
>>>   First...I'm breaking my vow of NABS abstainance!  I'm just too
>>> weak-willed.  Anyway...today I'm here to vent about a few things, so
>>> if you don't want to read I understand.
>>>   First...isn't it ironic how the Blio reader was marketed by the NFB
>>> as the biggest thing since sliced bread?  It was supposed to totally
>>> transform reading for blind consumers!  And guess what?  I downloaded
>>> the accessibility version, bought a 16 dollar book that just came out
>>> today (Kingkiller Chronicle, if there are any other fantasy geeks on
>>> here), and hit the "read aloud" button...only to find out the
>>> publisher hadn't authorized text to speech reading.  Then I thought
>>> "no matter, it's a product that the NFB helped develop.  Surely I can
>>> have jaws read the plain text in the book."  Only to find out
>>> that...guess what?  It won't.  I did a little bit of messing around in
>>> the application and couldn't figure it out.  I'm a little
>>> disappointed.
>>>   But I want the book tonight!  So here's to wasting another 16
>>> dollars, downloading the Kindle accessible app, and hoping it works
>>> ok.  Wouldn't it be kind of poetic if Amazon, after being sued, makes
>>> a more accessible product than a company run in part by the NFB?
>>>   Best,
>>> Kirt
>>>
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Arielle Silverman
President, National Association of Blind Students
Phone:  602-502-2255
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