[Nfbf-l] Exciting news about Kindle

[john schwery]

Kirk, I believe what you heard was voice 
guide.  The voices for reading a book would be Tom and Samantha.

earlier, Kirk, wrote:
>Jodie and Jim, I just bought my son one for his deployment to Aphganistan.
>He played the voice over for me as I was curious about it. It sounds like a
>standard synthasized voice over such as JAWS. I only heard it from the menu
>however, not from any books. Your friend in the cause, Kirk
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
>To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:27 PM
>Subject: [Nfbf-l] Exciting news about Kindle
>
>
>This is awesome! Dear blind-interest at amazon.com subscriber,
>
>Amazon.com is releasing a new version of Kindle for PC that adds
>accessibility features designed for blind and low-vision customers.
>
>Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin is a free, downloadable application
>for your Windows PC.  It provides the following accessibility features:
>text-to-speech reading with adjustable voice settings, voice-guided menu
>navigation, large font sizes, high contrast reading mode, keyboard
>navigation, and accessible shortcuts.
>
>With this software, for the first time ever, the entire collection of
>English language books in the Kindle Store can be read aloud.  With over
>750,000 English language titles, Amazon offers the largest selection of
>accessible ebooks.  In order to use the text-to-speech feature, an external
>screen reader program must be installed and running on the Windows PC.
>
>The free download is available at:
>http://www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility
>
>We welcome your feedback at: kindle-PC-accessibility-feedback at amazon.com
>
>Sincerely,
>The Kindle Team
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Nfbf-l mailing list
>Nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org
>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>Nfbf-l:
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/kvharmon54%40gmail.com 
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Nfbf-l mailing list
>Nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org
>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfbf-l:
>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-l_nfbnet.org/jschwery%40embarqmail.com

John
Currently in Ocala, Florida Partly Cloudy, 73°F Wind:W-270° at 7mph
War doesn't determine who's right but who's left.
Created by Weather Signature v1.33 • http://www.weathersig.com