[Ohio-Talk] Is Kindle accessible?

[Marianne Denning]

 Oh I used Siri on my iPhone to find out that you can use your Amazon echo to read Kindle books. It works on any Kindle book that has voice I’m sorry text to speech capability and that is most kindle books.g

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> On Oct 8, 2021, at 9:19 PM, Cheryl Fischer via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Can you listen to a Kindle book using the Echo Dot?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Annette Anderson
> via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Friday, October 8, 2021 7:32 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Annette Anderson <aanderson at csjtech.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-Talk] Is Kindle accessible?
> 
> Is there a way to tell if a book is accessible before you buy it?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Christopher Sabine via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Friday, October 8, 2021 5:45 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Christopher Sabine <info at onhconsulting.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-Talk] Is Kindle accessible?
> 
> Yes. The Kindle App, Kindle for the PC and all Amazon Kindle products are
> very accessible. The only issue is there are some Kindle books which are not
> formatted for use with screen readers. In fact, I happen to be reading a
> copy of the Epic of Gilgamesh on the Kindle Ap on my iPhone as we speak.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Cheryl Fischer
> via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Friday, October 8, 2021 5:50 PM
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> Subject: [Ohio-Talk] Is Kindle accessible?
> 
> Can blind people use Kindle to read books? Does anyone on this list use a
> Kindle?
> 
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