I downloaded and read War of the worlds, using mostly Reed, although Daniel adds a certain authentic note to a British novel. I found it as good as any other reading.
Ted -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold via Jfw Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 10:24 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Carolyn Arnold Subject: Re: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? You know, I wonder if the time is going to come that our talking books are mostly done in synthesized formatting. I hope not, but could get used to it if I had to do so. "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right." Henry Ford. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Martin via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> Cc: "Brad Martin" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 9:20 PM Subject: Re: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? > My experience was quite the opposite actually. Now, let me say that for me > the male voice was better than the female voice in the Kindle for PC with > Accessibility plugin software, and as much as I hate slow speech, I found > the slower speed less jarring than the faster rate. The male voice is Tom > from the Realspeak set of voices, so it's like reading a novel being read > by the guy who reads bulletins on your weather radio. Certainly it's not > as good as a human narrator. Having said that, I have read entire books > that way, and particularly with nonfiction, I didn't find it too bad. > There are keystrokes (I can't name them right now because Kindle for PC is > on my laptop and I am not) to allow you to go back to the previous page, > and I think paragraph by paragraph. Also, when I close the book and reopen > it, I'm at least at the top of the page where I left off. It wouldn't be > my first choice for reading a book, but I haven't given up on it either, > and I do love that I can buy a book like my sighted friends and start > reading it in two seconds. I like it well enough to use it, but it's not > my favorite way to read. > > Brad > On 7/7/2015 5:13 PM, Adrian Spratt via Jfw 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/c0e8cb60/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
