Rick, I tried it several months ago with a book I needed to read on short notice. I remember finding it extremely frustrating. As I recall, I couldn't stop and have it start at the same point, but perhaps there's a bookmark function that I somehow missed. As I recall, I also couldn't conveniently go back to re-read a sentence or paragraph. As Soronel indicates, the voice was horrible to listen to and hard to comprehend. In the end, I bought the paperback and performed OCR on it so that I could read it with JAWS.
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Miller via Jfw Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 5:51 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list.; The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Rick Miller Subject: Re: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? Have you ever tried to read an actual e-book from Amazon using the Kindle ap? If so, were you able to do it? Rick Miller -----Original Message----- >From: Soronel Haetir via Jfw <[email protected]> >Sent: Jul 7, 2015 9:56 AM >To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> >Cc: Soronel Haetir <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? > >Neither the regular or accessible kindle app REALLY "works" with jaws, >what THE accessible version does is detect that an accessibility >program is running (at least jaws, NVDA and window eyes are detected, >don't know about others) and then enables self-voicing. My chief >complaint is that the choice of voices is very limited and of even >lower quality than my book port. > >If I have the choice between kindle, PDF and text kindle is always my >last choice of formats. > >On 7/7/15, Rick Miller via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >> No. I just went straight to the regular Amazon page and to the book I >> wanted to download. Then I just downloaded the regular ap. If there is a >> thing with a disability plug-in, then I will just remove what I downloaded >> this morning. >> >> Rick Miller >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>>From: Gary King via Jfw <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Jul 7, 2015 7:29 AM >>>To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> >>>Cc: Gary King <[email protected]> >>>Subject: Re: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? >>> >>>Rick, >>>Did you get the Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin? If you didn't >>>download that version, go to >>> >>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200596280 >>> >>>and read the information on that page. There is also a download link. >>> >>>With this version of the program, JAWS reads the menus, while the built-in >>> >>>speech that comes with the program reads the text of the book. >>> >>>If you are reading a novel or other book that you can read straight >>> through, >>>the program works fairly well. However, if you need to go to different >>>parts of a book or search for specific content, forget it. Navigation is >>>limited, and JAWS can't read the text in the book directly. The JAWS OCR >>>feature can give you access to the text of each page, but multiple columns >>> >>>cause reading difficulties. >>> >>>If you have an iPhone or iPad, the iOS app works much better for reading >>>EBooks. >>> >>>Gary King >>>[email protected] >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Rick Miller via Jfw" <[email protected]> >>>To: <[email protected]> >>>Cc: "Rick Miller" <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 6:38 AM >>>Subject: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? >>> >>> >>>> Dear Listers: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I am considering trying to purchase an e-book in Kindle edition from >>>> Amazon. >>>> I have downloaded the Kindle ap, but first I need to sign in and >>>> register >>>> it. But first, I need to know from somebody if it has ever worked well >>>> with >>>> JAWS. I am using JAWS 16. Have any of you out there been able to use >>>> the >>>> Kindle ap and read an e-book using JAWS? If so, how well has JAWS >>>> worked >>>> for you. Would any of you recommend using Kindle with JAWS? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Rick Miller >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>> URL: >>>> <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150707/61aa6b43/attachment.html> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Jfw mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Jfw mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> > > >-- >Soronel Haetir >[email protected] > >_______________________________________________ >Jfw mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
