[nfbcs] Kindle

[Buddy Brannan]

Nah. It'd be more like buying a car where the radio plays, the windows go up and down, but the engine doesn't run. 
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Sep 29, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Alan Wheeler wrote:

> Um, I know I'm stating the exceedingly obvious here, but that is a bit like
> buying food that you're allergic to, isn't it? 
> 
> I might do what that post suggested, but life is one big time crunch, so we
> have to see when I get to it. Good idea, though.
> 
> 
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> 
> The Kindle app is completely accessible, except for the part with the book
> in it, which won't read. All the buttons speak, though, so you can select
> and purchase and all sorts of things, you just can't, well, you know, read.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 29, 2011, at 10:02 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Buddy.  This person seems also to be saying that the Kindle ap 
>> from the IPhone or IPod is not accessible.  Is that the case?
>> Tracy
>> 
>>> Yes. The new Kindle Fire apparently has no accessibility at all. A 
>>> slap in the face, considering that stock Android has accessibility 
>>> features built in, but Amazon's custom version doesn't. See this post:
>>> 
>>> http://ppatel.tumblr.com/post/10771455940
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 29, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I see Amazon has a new Kindle out.  Someone said the over $99 models 
>>>> have TTS.  Are there still major accessibility problems with the 
>>>> Kindle, or could a blind person use it now without too much trouble?
>>>> Tracy
>>>> 
>>>> 
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