[Nfbk] Kendel for PCAccessibility

[Scott Spaulding]

I have not used it alot, but it works. 

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On Sep 27, 2011, at 4:23 PM, "Lora Felty" <lorafelty at windstream.net> wrote:

> 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
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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)
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> 
> I do 
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> 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
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> The 
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>   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). 
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>   You could probably memorize some of the menus, but many of them change 
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>   depending on what book you are in. Buying a book is also difficult. Also, not 
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>   all books have the read-aloud function enabled and a lot of the controversy 
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>   from the author's guild over this has caused many authors/publishers to 
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>   automatically disable this feature without really understanding whether this 
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>   is good for their particular book and audience. These observations are all 
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>   based off my use of the Kindle that we gave my mother and I have to teach how 
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>   to use it. (Plus, my knowledge and access to the literary world as a 
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>   writer.)
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> I 
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>   have not used the PC version. However, the Braille Monitor had an article 
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>   about it that stated is was better than the device but still had many issues 
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>   for true accessibility.
>  
> Cindy S.
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> nfbk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
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> Lora Felty
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> [Nfbk] Kendel for PCAccessibility
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> Has anyone ever tried to use the Kendel for PC 
> 
> program to read Kendel books from Amazon.  Someone told me that they 
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> thought the ap for the PC was accessible, even though the actual Kendel 
> 
> isn't.  Does anyone know? 
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