[Nfbf-l] Exciting news about Kindle

[Jim Ellsworth]

Hi Jody and all,

I wanted to make sure that everyone knows that the application has it's own
built-in text to speech.  You do not use your screen reader to read the
books.  I have not tried the new Kindle Reader out yet so I don't know what
it sounds like.  Apparently you use your screen reader only to access the
menus etc.

Thank you,
Jim Ellsworth

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Of Jody W. Ianuzzi
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:27 PM
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Subject: [Nfbf-l] Exciting news about Kindle

This is awesome! Dear blind-interest at amazon.com subscriber,

Amazon.com is releasing a new version of Kindle for PC that adds
accessibility features designed for blind and low-vision customers.

Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin is a free, downloadable application
for your Windows PC.  It provides the following accessibility features:
text-to-speech reading with adjustable voice settings, voice-guided menu
navigation, large font sizes, high contrast reading mode, keyboard
navigation, and accessible shortcuts.

With this software, for the first time ever, the entire collection of
English language books in the Kindle Store can be read aloud.  With over
750,000 English language titles, Amazon offers the largest selection of
accessible ebooks.  In order to use the text-to-speech feature, an external
screen reader program must be installed and running on the Windows PC.

The free download is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility

We welcome your feedback at: kindle-PC-accessibility-feedback at amazon.com

Sincerely,
The Kindle Team


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