Ditto on digital editions. I can even read with my Braille display in there. Adobe did a very good job with their accessibility.
-----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brad Martin via Jfw Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 9:23 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Cc: Brad Martin Subject: Re: Does Kindle Work Well With JAWS? 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/201507 07/61aa6b43/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... 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