[nfbcs] Kindle Fire and BrailleBack

[Elizabeth Campbell]

I'm sorry that I missed the presentation, and I will contact Amazon about
the importance of providing comprehensive Braille support.

I am considering purchasing a Kindle fire because the tablet is inexpensive,
and one can do more than use it as an e-reader.

Can someone tell me if it's possible to do word processing on the Kindle
Fire? I know that one can read email and access the calendar.

Best

Liz

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Coffman via
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Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:54 AM
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Cc: Nancy Coffman <nancy.l.coffman at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Kindle Fire and BrailleBack

At the presentation Amazon gave during convention, it sounded like braille
axis is in its infancy. Keep contacting them, and encourage others to
contact them also. It is important, especially for something that
specializes in reading.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 16, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Dan Tevelde via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> I recently received a Kindle Fire for Christmas.  Amazon customer service
indicated that I could use it with a Braille display by installing
BrailleBack from the Amazon App Store.  I did this and my Braille Sense u2
Mini and the device paired immediately.  I was not able to get BrailleBack
to correctly display text when I was navigating the Kindle, or trying to
read a book.
> Over the past few months I have contacted both Amazon and Google for help.
Amazon said that there are known issues with their version of BrailleBack
and were working on a solution.  I didn't hear from them again so I
contacted them last week.  They told me to try changing the Kindle so it
could load BrailleBack directly from the Google play store.  I did this and
BrailleBack is still not working very well.  Some commands issued from the
Braille display don't work at all.  I consulted the BrailleBack manual on
the Google website to verify the keyboard commands.  I also enabled the
Braille keyboard in hardware settings on the Kindle.
> I can't seem to find anyone who really understands the situation.  If any
of you could help, I would appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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