[nfbcs] Kindle

[Jim Barbour]

I disagree with your analogy that it's like buying a care where the
engine doesn't run.

In this "car", the engine runs fine.  It's just that some of us (those
of us who are blind) can't use it.

In that sense, it really is like buying food you're allergic to.  You
may want to eat it, but you can't.  We may want to use the Kindle,
but we can't (at least not yet)

Also, keep in mind that the version of android the fire is running is
Gingerbread, which is android 2.3.  I believe this is earlier than
most of the accessibility improvements we've seen in Android.

We should all get on Amazon's case about the accessibility of their
hardware devices, but we've been doing that already haven't we?

Jim

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:17:21AM -0400, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> 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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> 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.
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Of Buddy Brannan
> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:06 AM
> > To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Kindle
> > 
> > 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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