On the Kindle device, the screen reader is a slightly modified version of Talkback which is the screen readre on Android. Kindle uses the Android operating syste. And yes, you can navigate by character, word and so on
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Rishi Kewalramani < rishi.kewalram...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > Regarding the text to speech feature in Kindle, is it possible to read by > character, word, line, sentence etc? just as we do with jaws or n V D a > etc. In other words is the screen reader of the kindle very flexible? > Or The only thing we will be able to do is start > and stop speech? > > Regards, > Rishi. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kiran Kaja" <kirankaj...@gmail.com> > To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerningthe disabled.'" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>; < > accessin...@accessindia.in> > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 11:29 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Query regarding Kindle/E-book Reader > > > > If you buy one of the Kindle Fire tablets, it comes with a built-in screen >> reader. it is a very good screen reader too. Alternatively, if you have an >> iPhone/iPad or an Android device, you can download the Kindle app and get >> access to the same books on your preferred device using either VoiceOver >> or >> Talkback as per your device preference. If you do have one of these >> devices >> already, I would try the Kindle app first before investing in a Kindle >> Fire >> device. >> >> It is true that Kindle has millions of books but you need to remember that >> they are not free. I have seen users in India complain that they don't >> have >> access to all the books and the prices are bit on the higher side. >> >> Regards, >> Kiran >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On >> Behalf >> Of kailas amolik >> Sent: 02 April 2015 06:27 >> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in; accessin...@accessindia.in >> Subject: [AI] Query regarding Kindle/E-book Reader >> >> Dear All, >> >> It would be appreciated if you could share your experiences/learning about >> Kindle-E-book Reader. Heard information is that it gives access to >> millions >> of books. Are there friends who have been using it probably who are in to >> academics? >> >> Do we have to install JAWS/NVDA as the case maybe, or does it have >> in-built >> audio reader exist? 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AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the >> mails sent through this mailing list.. >> > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile. > accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. 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