Thanks Eric for your clarification on the Kindle PC software.
I sure was chomping at the bit to get started with it.
What can we do to help?
Vicky Vaughan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Damery" <edam...@freedomscientific.com>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Fw: Introducing Free Kindle Software
withAccessibility Features
Please, don’t assume it works by our design. We have a different view on
an application being accessible. The Kindle PC application (menu and
dialogs) is accessible with the Screen Reader, the books themselves
however, are not. The books (those which the publishers have allowed), are
read using Text To Speech provided by Kindle. In the case of other books,
the application is still accessible (menu and dialogs), but the books are
not at all.
The quality of this speech from the Text To Speech they provide and the
lack of control leaves much to be desired. We have expressed to Amazon and
Kindle, that screen reader users would like to use their screen reader for
speech, Braille, and control of navigation. This current solution, while a
commendable effort, is very misleading to say the least. For those of you
try it out, I encourage users to try it and then point out your opinions
to them directly.
Regards,
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com
[mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:41 AM
To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Fw: Introducing Free Kindle Software
withAccessibility Features
Here is a new and presumably Jaws accessible application.
I would prefer a fully portable e-book reading device such as my sighted
colleagues have available to them and will probably so inform them, I
don't much fancy sitting at a computer for my recreational reading but
there may be many on this list who will find this of interest and value.
Dale leavens.
----- Original Message -----
From: Amazon.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:38 AM
Subject: Introducing Free Kindle Software with Accessibility Features
Dear blind-inter...@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 www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility.
We welcome your feedback at kindle-pc-accessibility-feedb...@amazon.com.
Sincerely,
The Kindle Team
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