[Nfbk] Kendel for PCAccessibility

[Lora Felty]

No, but I've heard about it.  Have you used it?  If so, did it work for you?
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  From: nfbk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Sandra Williams
  Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:30 AM
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  Have you tried the  BLIO download?  

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  From: Lora Felty <lorafelty at windstream.net>
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  Sent: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:42:56 -0400 (EDT)
  Subject: Re: [Nfbk] Kendel for PCAccessibility




  I do 

  not plan to purchase one.  I'm just interested in reading a book that I am 

  unable to find from another source.  Thanks.
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      [mailto:nfbk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of slerythema
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      Monday, September 26, 2011 3:25 AM
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      PCAccessibility


    The 

      Kindle (K I N D L E) is barely accessible for low vision. While you can 

      increase the print size, the menus are still small print (8 or 10 point font). 

      You could probably memorize some of the menus, but many of them change 

      depending on what book you are in. Buying a book is also difficult. Also, not 

      all books have the read-aloud function enabled and a lot of the controversy 

      from the author's guild over this has caused many authors/publishers to 

      automatically disable this feature without really understanding whether this 

      is good for their particular book and audience. These observations are all 

      based off my use of the Kindle that we gave my mother and I have to teach how 

      to use it. (Plus, my knowledge and access to the literary world as a 

      writer.)

    I 

      have not used the PC version. However, the Braille Monitor had an article 

      about it that stated is was better than the device but still had many issues 

      for true accessibility.

    Cindy S.
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      nfbk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 

      Lora Felty
      Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:00 

      PM
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      [Nfbk] Kendel for PCAccessibility


      Has anyone ever tried to use the Kendel for PC 

      program to read Kendel books from Amazon.  Someone told me that they 

      thought the ap for the PC was accessible, even though the actual Kendel 

      isn't.  Does anyone know?  


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