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

J.J. Meddaugh jj at bestmidi.com
Thu Jul 29 22:40:07 UTC 2010


There's still a long way to go. We'll know more when it's released, but many 
publishers still disable TTS access for their titles.

J.J. Meddaugh - ATGuys.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Petrous" <annpetrous at gmail.com>
To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] FW: creative writing Kindle book reader for 
theblind


> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Fred Wurtzel
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:21 PM
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> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] FW: creative writing Kindle book reader for the 
> blind
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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