[Nfbf-l] Subject: [BattingTheBreeze] Omnipage / Kindle

[Sherri]

Kirk asked me to pass this on. Apparently, good diea for low-vision users who can hopefully see the screen. Those who can't ... Maybe someday Amazon will make this device truly accessible.
Sherri

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Paul Kaminsky 
To: BattingTheBreeze 
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 10:59 PM
Subject: [BattingTheBreeze] Omnipage / Kindle


  


For Low Vision Blind Vets the Amazon Kindle 
has a feature that now links to Omnipage 
software. Omnipage is a software used to 
convert scanned text to speech and saves the 
documents as in a pdf file format. It is 
much like another software program called 
Open Book. Below is something stumbled on 
while at www.scansoft.com:
Steps to send a document to your Amazon 
Kindle
*Note: you must have an Amazon Kindle and a 
corresponding Kindle account to see the 
results on a Kindle.

a.. Select the "Kindle Assistant" from 
under the "Tools" menu.

Click here to see what it looks like.

OmniPage will automatically build a 
one-click Workflow called "Send to Kindle". 
You can accept this name or rename it as you 
prefer.

b.. Under "Document source" select "Load 
Files" to convert a file on disk, "Load 
Digital Camera Files" to convert a digital 
camera image from disk or "Scan" to scan a 
document directly to the Kindle
c.. Enter your unique Amazon Kindle email 
account. You should have received this when 
you registered your Kindle with Amazon. If 
you do not have this information please check 
with Amazon customer service or support. You 
can also find out more information on 
emailing personal documents to your Kindle by 
going to www.kindle.com and clicking on the 
"Manage Your Kindle" tab.
d.. Enter a "Document name" as it will 
appear on the Kindle. You can change this at 
any time by modifying the resulting Kindle 
Workflow.
e.. Click "Save and Run" to convert and 
send a document immediately or click "Ok" to 
run the process at a later time.

The resulting Kindle is now available as a 
regular OmniPage Workflow and can be run over 
and over again by choosing it in the Workflow 
drop down menu and clicking on the start 
button in the OmniPage Toolbox.

If you started with a scanning step the Send 
to Kindle Workflow can be assigned to a 
button on the scanner for one-button 
conversion to the Kindle. If true document 
portability is your goal there will be no 
accessory more important to your Amazon 
Kindle than OmniPage.

Amazon is currently in work on a newer 
version of the Kindle e-book reader. This 
newer version will be totally accessible to 
the blind.

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