Thanks for putting it straight, Eric.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Damery" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Fw: Introducing Free Kindle
SoftwarewithAccessibility Features
Please, don’t assume it works by our design. We have a different view
on an application being accessible. The Kindle PC application (menu
and dialogs) is accessible with the Screen Reader, the books
themselves however, are not. The books (those which the publishers
have allowed), are read using Text To Speech provided by Kindle. In
the case of other books, the application is still accessible (menu and
dialogs), but the books are not at all.
The quality of this speech from the Text To Speech they provide and
the lack of control leaves much to be desired. We have expressed to
Amazon and Kindle, that screen reader users would like to use their
screen reader for speech, Braille, and control of navigation. This
current solution, while a commendable effort, is very misleading to
say the least. For those of you try it out, I encourage users to try
it and then point out your opinions to them directly.
Regards,
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dale
Leavens
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:41 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Fw: Introducing Free Kindle Software
withAccessibility Features
Here is a new and presumably Jaws accessible application.
I would prefer a fully portable e-book reading device such as my
sighted colleagues have available to them and will probably so inform
them, I don't much fancy sitting at a computer for my recreational
reading but there may be many on this list who will find this of
interest and value.
Dale leavens.
----- Original Message -----
From: Amazon.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:38 AM
Subject: Introducing Free Kindle Software with Accessibility Features
Dear [email protected] subscriber,
Amazon.com is releasing a new version of Kindle for PC that adds
accessibility features designed for blind and low-vision customers.
Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin is a free, downloadable
application for your Windows PC. It provides the following
accessibility features: text-to-speech reading with adjustable voice
settings, voice-guided menu navigation, large font sizes, high
contrast reading mode, keyboard navigation, and accessible shortcuts.
With this software, for the first time ever, the entire collection of
English language books in the Kindle Store can be read aloud. With
over 750,000 English language titles, Amazon offers the largest
selection of accessible ebooks. In order to use the text-to-speech
feature, an external screen reader program must be installed and
running on the Windows PC.
The free download is available at www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility.
We welcome your feedback at
[email protected].
Sincerely,
The Kindle Team
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