[Nfbmo] amazon books

[Matthew Sievert]

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all doing well.

With my current job I have the freedom to try out all the new technology to see if it meets the needs of my specific visual impairment. 

I can say that both audible and the amazon kindle have improved my access to content.

I can prepare dinner in the kitchen while listening to a book on audible, via AirTunes and my pc.

While waiting for a cab i can pull out my kindle and continue to read a book.  

Both of these tasks were not very easy to accomplish even as recently as college. 

I remember how long it used to take to get books on tape from "Recordings For the Blind." I also remember how long it took and the effort involved to enlarge print in text books.

We have so many cool devices to improve our quality of life. 

All these content delivery methods are not perfect for every individual, but they sure have helped me gain access to content easier than I ever have in the past.

Matt Sievert





On Apr 3, 2011, at 6:16 PM, "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> maybe so but I didn't have time to mess with something that wouldn't work quickly and am not going to buy a kindle when audible are authorized to play on my stream.
> 
> Bryan Schulz
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hertweck" <david.hertweck at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] amazon books
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> 
>> There is a kindle for pc accessability app out there.  It enables text to
>> speech for all books.  Also the menues are accessable with jaws
>> 
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>> Of Peter Donahue
>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 11:59 AM
>> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] amazon books
>> 
>> Hello Brian and everyone,
>> 
>>   Give me the Blio any day.
>> 
>> Peter Donahue
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 11:42 AM
>> Subject: [Nfbmo] amazon books
>> 
>> 
>> hi,
>> 
>> a tip about kindle books from amazon:
>> you cannot read kindle books on your computer with the kindle on pc program.
>> i was able to get a refund and obtained the same book from audible.com and
>> was able to access it with a victor reader stream.
>> 
>> Bryan Schulz
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