Re: [IAEP] AP: Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it
If you are thinking along these lines, you should get in touch with Jason White, a student at Melbourne Uni. I can put him in touch with this list or pass on some details off-list. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16427/1090/ Regards Roland 2009/11/12 Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:44, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jEvsVQEnfo1Y-ibxGgcsCqTzjOJwD9BT4BD81 So, no text-to-speech on Kindle? Very silly. The blind will have to wait for the mp3 versions of books, then. Presumably an XO could be hooked up to a Braille output device via USB, using standard Linux drivers. That would make a nice GSoC project for next year. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has. --Margaret Mead ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] AP: Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:44, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jEvsVQEnfo1Y-ibxGgcsCqTzjOJwD9BT4BD81 So, no text-to-speech on Kindle? Very silly. The blind will have to wait for the mp3 versions of books, then. Presumably an XO could be hooked up to a Braille output device via USB, using standard Linux drivers. That would make a nice GSoC project for next year. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] AP: Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:44, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jEvsVQEnfo1Y-ibxGgcsCqTzjOJwD9BT4BD81 So, no text-to-speech on Kindle? Very silly. The blind will have to wait for the mp3 versions of books, then. Kindle 2, Kindle DX and the new international Kindle all have text-to-speech for the books. Two problems: The navigation menus (needed to enable text-to-speech for a book) themselves have no text-to-speech, so you need somebody else to enable it for you (this was pointed out in the article Sean Daly referred). The second problem is that publishers have to give permission for text-to-speech to be enabled for a specific book (afraid of losing audio book sales ...). Ton van Overbeek ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] AP: Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 13:35, Edward Cherlin echer...@gmail.com wrote: So, no text-to-speech on Kindle? Very silly. The blind will have to wait for the mp3 versions of books, then. The Kindle has text to speech, but they allow it to be disabledhttp://news.cnet.com/amazon-retreats-on-kindles-text-to-speech-issue/on a book-by-book basis by the publisher. Most publishers opt for this, in the hope of boosting audiobook / playaway sales. -- Luke Faraone http://luke.faraone.cc ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
