[Nfbmt] acb-l] iOS Kindle app now accessible

[d m gina]

Just before convention each year they have to have something to get 
excited about.
We know we came forward as you did Dan, where if I remember correctly 
no one wanted to come out to speak on behalf of the kendal.
I would like to see one though.
I agree with you though they are speaking out of turn.

Original message:
> Well, I have to say that there weren't any ACB members in Seattle on
> December 12, protesting Amazon's failure to move forward with
> accessibility.  Nor were they at the numerous meetings at the National
> Center with Dr. Maurer or Ann Taylor, et al that preceeded  that
> protest .  So they can hardly take the credit!

> I hope the specifics are accurate with respect to the accessibility of
> the Kindle app for iOS.  I admit I was skeptical when I read the
> posting on the Amazon site and found that it didn't even have basic
> html coding, such as for an unordered list.  But I'll leave off
> judging except on the app itself.

> Dan




> On 5/1/13, Jerry Hutch <modrepro at mt.net> wrote:

>> Interesting news article.

>> *************

>> Dear all,

>> We have spotted the pink unicorn. In this morning’s app updates,
>> Amazon’s Kindle app was announced as being accessible with Voiceover.
>> Initial testing suggests that remarkable work has been done. Book
>> reading, note creation, highlighting, sharing and other features are all
>> accessible. I am extremely pleased that blind and visually impaired
>> people now have some of the world’s largest catalogs of books available
>> to them via the Kindle App, Nook, and iBooks. Kindle devices still need
>> to be made accessible. All of ACB’s members can take credit that such
>> progress is being made in a short amount of time.



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