[Nfbmo] Kindle

[Cari Kness]

Hi Kim,
What time do you want me to be there?
Peace,
cari
At 03:58 PM 12/23/2010, you wrote:
>Merry Christmas to you Matt.  Enjoy the Kindle.  I cannot see enough to use
>it, but were going to keep pressing on Amazon until one day it is as
>accessible for us as it is for you.  It will be wonderful when we can
>introduce this kind of technology into the classroom, knowing that it is
>just is available for totally blind people as it is for those with normal
>vision.
>
>Enjoy your spare time reading.  I'm ready for a little time to do that
>myself.  Merry Christmas, my friend
>
>Gary
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>Of Matthew Sievert
>Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 2:23 PM
>To: NFB Of Missouri Mailing List
>Subject: [Nfbmo] Kindle
>
>Hello everyone!
>
>I bought an Amazon Kindle after playing with one at the Best Buy. I have had
>the Kindle app on my iPad and iPhone for awhile, but don't like the
>fuzziness of the antialiasing of the text or the light from the backlight
>shooting out at my face from the screen all the time.
>
>The kindle is awesome. I can't imagine  what school or college would have
>been like if I had this device in the classroom. To instantly enlarge text
>in books is amazing! The Kindle will also read and accept audible.com books.
>It has built in speakers and a headphone jack.
>
>This tool is really neat. I can't speak for the totally blind folks, but for
>partially sighted users, this device is one of the coolest things I have
>seen recently.
>
>It is very simple to use and it only costs $139.00. The average book for the
>Kindle costs between $10 and $15 dollars.
>
>Everything is delivered wirelessly. You don't need a computer to use this
>device. For $189.00 The 3G version uses the cell phone network to download
>and synch your content. No contract, no extra monthly fee.
>
>If you have partial vision I would highly recommend visiting a Beat Buy and
>checking out the New Amazon Kindle.
>
>Thanks for reading and everyone please enjoy your holidays.
>
>Matt
>
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>
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