Hi: I installed and tested the Kindle app. I am excited and shocked to say it works.
On 5/1/13, Rick Alfaro <rick.alf...@gmail.com> wrote: > FYI, amazing news, totally unexpected. > > > > Best, > > Rick alfaro > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [vi-kindle] New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading > iOS Apps > Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 07:53:46 -0700 > From: Russ Kiehne <russ94...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: vi-kin...@freelists.org > To: Vi-Kindle <vi-kin...@freelists.org> > > New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading iOS Apps > May 1, 2013 6:06:07 AM PDT > Kevin G. - Community Manager > says: > (AMAZON OFFICIAL) > Today we announced new accessibility features for the Kindle reading app, > making > it easier than ever for blind and visually impaired customers to navigate > their Kindle > libraries, read and interact with their books, and more. These new > features > are > available starting today on Kindle for iOS, and accessibility enhancements > will be > available on additional platforms in the future. > New accessibility features of the Kindle app enable blind and visually > impaired customers > to: > - Read aloud over 1.5 million titles available in the Kindle Store using > Apple's > VoiceOver technology. Over 300,000 of these books are exclusive to the > Kindle Store. > Over 700,000 books are less than $4.99; over a million are less than $9.99. > - Seamlessly navigate within their library or within a book, with > consistent title, > menu and button names; navigate to a specific page within a book and sort > books in > the library by author or title. > - Read character-by-character, word-by-word, line-by-line, or > continuously, as well > as move forward or backward in the text. > - Search for a book within their library or search within their book and > navigate > to specific text. > - Add and delete notes, bookmarks, and highlights. > - Use customer-favorite features like X-Ray, End Actions and sharing on > Facebook > and Twitter. > - Look up words in the dictionary and Wikipedia. > - Customize the reading experience including changing the font, text > size, background > color, margin, and brightness. > - Use iOS accessibility features like Zoom, Assistive Touch, and Stereo > to Mono, > as well as peripheral braille displays. > Other new features include: > - Easily rate and review books by accessing `Before you go...' directly > from The > `Go to' menu > - Enhancements to `Before you go...' including the ability to download a > free sample > and email yourself a reminder about recommended books. > - Additional Font Selection for Japan - Hiragino Mincho ProN (Serif) > These new accessibility features are available first on the Kindle app for > iOS and > accessibility features will be added to other Kindle apps in the future. > Customers > can download the new Kindle for iOS app for free from the App Store on > iPad, > iPhone > or iPod touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore. Blind and visually > impaired > customers interested in using a Kindle app can also choose Kindle for PC > with Accessibility > Plugin, a free application for Windows PC's. > You can download a quick reference guide here: > Kindle for iOS Accessibility Gestures - Quick Reference Guide > If you need assistance with this update, please drop by the Kindle Help > Forum - > http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/forums/kindleqna/ref=kindle_help_forum_gd > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
