[NJTechDiv] Kindle books

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Lori.

When I want a Kindle book, I go to Amazon on my PC, find out how much it costs, and buy it.  Then I read it on the Kindle app on my phone.  

I wanted to buy direct from the app, but Amazon said No.  Whatever.

Tracy

 

 

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Hey Tracy and everybody and then be!!! I just got the Kindle app, please keep this in the group I share it with my sister. She does the paperwork and I do the rest. I use my AL EXA app and my Amazon ELEX a machine to read my kindle books. I find it very very difficult even with the boys Daniel to use the app, I’m doing better than I used to. But to get the books I want to download, sometimes you only get samples, sometimes you don’t know if they cost anything please help if you get a chance. Please and thank you!!!

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On Feb 23, 2021, at 9:54 PM, Rick Fox via NJTechDiv <njtechdiv at nfbnet.org> wrote:



Hi Tracy,

I read Kindle books in Braille all the time. I have the app on my phone, which is connected via bluetooth to my Braille display, including the EReader. The pages turn automatically.

RJF 

 

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Subject: [NJTechDiv] Kindle books

 

I’d like to read a book that isn’t available from either NLS or Bookshare.  It is available in Kindle, but I’ve never used that.  I guess I’d run Kindle on my iPhone.  

Could I use it with a braille display paired with my phone, like the eReader?  I gather that’s not as simple as reading an NLS or Bookshare book, and I’d have to do something special every time I turned the page?

And, if I didn’t use the braille display, then I’d just get the crummy speech from Voiceover or whatever?  OK for lots of things, but not so great for recreational reading.

Anyone have experience with Kindle books?

Tracy

 

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