[nfbmi-talk] FW: creative writing Kindle book reader for the blind

[Ann Petrous]

Does this mean that we will be able to purchase ebooks through amazon and
then we would be able to use the kindal? Woot woot and that is a great price
this makes me very happy because I will no longer have to wait for books to
be uploaded on to bookshare or the NLS website. If this means that I will be
able to download and purchase any book I want even on the day of it release,
I'm most excited, and say its about time. 

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Subject: [nfbmi-talk] FW: creative writing Kindle book reader for the blind



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From: explorations-in-creative-writing at googlegroups.com
[mailto:explorations-in-creative-writing at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Phil
Vlasak
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 1:32 PM
To: explorations-in-creative-writing at googlegroups.com
Subject: creative writing Kindle book reader for the blind

Hi Folks,
The new Kindle will be more blind friendly than the current version.
Kindle Wireless Reading Device,
Price: $139.00
Our all-new Kindle will be released on August 27th 2010.
Read-to-Me
With the Text-to-Speech feature, Kindle can read English newspapers, 
magazines, blogs, and books out loud to you, unless the book's rights holder

made the feature unavailable.
You can switch back and forth between reading and listening, and your spot 
is automatically saved. Pages automatically turn while the content is being 
read, so you can listen hands-free. You can choose from both male and female

voices which can be sped up or slowed down to suit your preference. In the 
middle of a great book or article but have to jump in the car? Simply turn 
on Text-to-Speech and listen on the go.

Voice Guide
With Text-to-Speech, Kindle can read out loud to you. New Text-to-Speech 
enabled menus allow customers to navigate Kindle without having to read menu

options. In addition to listening to books aloud, users now have the option 
of listening to content listings on the home screen, item descriptions, and 
all menu options.
Other features:
Wi-Fi, 6 inch Display,
Eight adjustable text sizes for comfortable reading
Battery Life of Up to One Month with wireless off,
Double the Storage - Up to 3,500 Books,
Storage approximately 3GB available for user content,

Massive Selection,
Over 630,000 books,
including 109 of 111 New York Times Best Sellers,
plus audiobooks, periodicals and blogs.
Over 510,000 books are $9.99 or less, including 80 current New York Times 
Best Sellers.

Free, Out-of-Copyright Books
Over 1.8 million free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are available such 
as Pride and Prejudice.

Listen to Music & Podcasts
Transfer MP3 files to Kindle to play as background music while you read. You

can quickly and easily transfer MP3 files via USB by connecting Kindle to 
your computer.

Audio 3.5 mm stereo audio jack, rear-mounted stereo speakers.
Content Formats Supported
Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), MP3, 
unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG,
BMP through conversion.


http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Display-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M

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