try consider QRead from getaccessibleapps.com On 7/8/15, Brad Martin via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: > For what it's worth, the IRS has made several of the books I use > available as an Epub, and Adobe Digital Editions works fairly well for > me as an Epub reader. > > Brad > > On 7/7/2015 5:56 PM, Soronel Haetir via Jfw wrote: >> My experience with the accessible kindle app isn't quite that bad but >> still kindle is far from my first choice of format. >> >> But then I have not tried it for anything reference or learning type, >> only fiction so finding an exact spot hasn't been relevant to me. >> >> Honestly my first choice is plain text, then RTF, followed by doc and >> PDF. I have not tried epub, mostly because I have been unable to find >> an epub reader that sounds at all accessible (my book port is supposed >> to be able to deal with epub but I have not tried it). >> >> Plain text does have the disadvantage of not being able to deal with >> math type stuff very well, for that sort of thing both RTF and doc are >> excellent. But I also understand why publishers don't make material >> available in those formats, as they provide no real DRM protection. >> >> On 7/7/15, Adrian Spratt via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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 >>> >> > > -- > Brad Martin > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > My Facebook page where I post online shopping coupons and deals: > facebook.com/ucoupons <http://www.facebook.com/ucoupons> > My SmarterBucks signup link <http://bit.ly/1w5FCPu> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20150707/e78c95b6/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >
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