The Kindle for PC program voices whatever it voices with its own voice. It does not rely on screen reader access. With that program, some reading is possible.
As amy Mason pointed out in the January, 2012 Braille Monitor: "The Amazon Kindle for PC provides a slightly better experience in so far as it is possible to go forward and backward in a book, read continuously or by page, and read sentences. Amazon has chosen to allow JAWS and NVDA users to navigate menus with the screen reader, but it has implemented its own commands and voice to read the actual text on the screen, meaning that there is no Braille support for the experience, and users are unable to read in smaller increments than by sentence. Thus, although some rudimentary access to Kindle books is available, it is not nearly enough to use the books for anything but the most casual reading." For the best summary on this topic, read that article: http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm12/bm1201/bm120105.htm Dean Follow me on Twitter: deantopdot To find out about the week's news in adaptive technology, subscribe to Top Tech Tidbits for Thursday by sending a blank message to tttt-j...@topdotenterprises.com. (make sure you have 4 t's in the Address -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:15 AM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Kendal reader? Is the kindle reader accessible with jaws on the PC? For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
