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<DIV><SPAN class=834351707-26092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>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.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=834351707-26092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=834351707-26092011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Cindy
S.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> nfbk-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfbk-bounces@nfbnet.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Lora
Felty<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> NFB of
Kentucky Internet Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Nfbk] Kendel for
PCAccessibility<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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? </FONT></DIV><BR><BR>__________
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