[Trainer-Talk] New Issue Reading Kindle Books On iPhone with VoiceOver

[Scott Davert]

I agree with Dean. Besides, if you are doing it for personal use only, it's not like you are  into their making money. In fact, if you purchase a book because you know you can convert it, you are helping them by saving them the effort of having to make the content accessible. Honestly, if it's available on Bookshare as well, I'd just get the content from there. I realize that not all Kindle content is available on Bookshare, though, in which case I'd also use the convertion tool. I miss reading content in the Kindle app on iOS fluidly, but if they won't fix it, I also will not support them by purchasing things from them unless I have no choice.  I've also emailed Amazon, hopefully if enough of us make noise, something will be done.

Scott 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 2, 2018, at 11:22 AM, Dean Martineau via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I haven't researched the legality. Converting books in this way is doubtless
> in violation of the Kindle User Agreement, that document that I haven't read
> and virtually nobody ever reads.  If one were to use the conversion
> facilities to disseminate pirated copies of the books, that would certainly
> be illegal.  I don't think the simple act of converting a book into a format
> in which I would prefer to read it is in violation of any law.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Olusegun
> -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via Trainer-Talk
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2018 9:55 AM
> To: 'List for teachers and trainers of adaptive technology'
> <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. <ukekearuaro at valtdnet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] New Issue Reading Kindle Books On iPhone with
> VoiceOver
> 
> Isn't using Codex to convert Kindle books illegal?  Just an enquiring mind
> seeking to be reasonably educated on the subject matter.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Olusegun
> Denver, Colorado
> 
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