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

Fri Jul 30 01:00:55 UTC 2010

I really hope so. I'm frustrated with the limited amount of books that I
have access to. I'm a huge fan of books. I can forget about life for a
while, and go off on adventures, while I'm reading. I love books where i can
truly care about the characters. I reallyhope this goes through. I'm tired
of only beign able to read part of a series or having to stop due to the
poor quality of the books that were scanned.

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Wurtzel
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 7:58 PM
To: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] FW: creative writing Kindle book reader
fortheblind

Hi Ann,

If things go as advertised, this will, indeed, allow faster and broader
access to books from Amazon.  According to the release, the menus talk and
the present inaccessible model would provide Text to Speech (TTS), so the
new model should do the same.  

NFB, as part of the reading rights coalition is working on the copyright
issue.  The Librarian of Congress just said that blind people must have
access to all books.  So, J.J.'s point is correct, we will see, but I expect
that we will see an improvement in access, even if it is an incremental
gain.  If the machine works, as advertised, we will certainly have more
books available than we do now.  The quality and quantity is the real
question.

Warmest Regards,

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Ann Petrous
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] FW: creative writing Kindle book reader
fortheblind

I see. Well, I hope that it will give us the ability to use it like sighted
folks. It would be nice to be able to purchase any book I want, and not have
to wait forver to finish a series or to start one, only to have to wait half
way through.

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of J.J. Meddaugh
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] FW: creative writing Kindle book reader
fortheblind

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
A premier Code Factory, KNFB Reader, and Sendero distributor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Petrous" <annpetrous at gmail.com>
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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-----
> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Fred Wurtzel
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:21 PM
> To: 'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] FW: creative writing Kindle book reader for the 
> blind
>
>
>
> -----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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