When people read books, they obtain first permission from the author and
publisher to do so. Such is spoken on the Library of Congress recordings,
and Audible has first obtained permission from those entities to have the
book put in to audible format. This is why Universities must obtain
permission from the publishers to receive electronic books. I trust this
clears up the mystery for you. I am no copy write attorney. But, this is
my understanding of the situation.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS) via Jfw" <[email protected]>
To: "Guerra Access Technology Training" <[email protected]>; "The Jaws
forWindows support list." <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 8:09 AM
Subject: RE: Kindle Books, not all have audio!
Somehow that is considered by some a copyright violation--nonsense. If a
live person reads it to me, that's okay, but if Computer Jane reads it
I'm some kind of criminal; how does that work?
Ted
-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Guerra
Access Technology Training via Jfw
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 1:00 AM
To: 'Tim Ford'; 'The Jaws for Windows support list.'
Subject: RE: Kindle Books, not all have audio!
Their was a movement several years ago about a rally against the Authors
Gild since they were mandating that not all authors should be made to make
their books with Audio. Hence this is the result of the authors guild
still not fixing it
Respectfully,
Guerra Access Technology Training LLC
An Authorized state of Minnesota Vendor for Technology Training
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Ford via
Jfw
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:56 PM
To: Adrian Spratt; The Jaws for Windows support list.
Subject: Kindle Books, not all have audio!
I was very excited when I successfully installed and used the Kindle P PC
software. I read some of the three books that come pre-loaded. I was
able to do that just fine.
I then bought a Kindle book, a 2014 copyright date. It showed up on my
Kindle software. I went to read it, and got no speech. I called Amazon,
and found that not all Kindle books, even new ones, have the audio. There
is nothing to warn a blind purchaser that they are buying a print only
version. When I called Amazon, they confirmed the book I had purchased
had no audio. The rep said the only way to tell is that when you are in
your shopping cart, there is apparently a separate button to buy the
version with audio included. I told him Amazon should put up a warning,
since the absence of an audio version button would not warn someone like
me who assumed all new Kindle books came with the audio included.
So, excitement is all gone. Amazon did of course refund my money, and
said to check back every couple of weeks to see if the seller had
responded yet to Amazon's request to add an audio version. Oh well.
Tim Ford
-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Spratt via Jfw
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 7:59 PM
To: The Jaws for Windows support list.
Subject: RE: Accessible method of converting Kindle book?
Thanks for posting this useful information, but it leaves a question. If
this Kindle comes with its own two voices, why is JAWS needed? Or put
another way, are you saying we can ignore Amazon's voices and work just
with JAWS? That's what I'd want.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andre
Jarreau via Jfw
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:11 PM
To: 'Nicole Massey'; 'The Jaws for Windows support list.'
Subject: RE: Accessible method of converting Kindle book?
Yes there is a Kindle version with built in JAWS accessibility. It's
called Kindle_for_PC with JAWS screenreader plug-in already installed in
it.
JAWS works pretty well with it. Call Amazon Cust Support and ask for the
Kindle_for_PC with JAWS screenreader plug-in download. They will assist
with getting everything onto your computer and stay with you until you get
it up and running.
Be ware the Kindle speech synthesizer has only two voices, Male and
female.
Neither is very good and understanding what is written sometimes takes a
little time. But overall it does work fairly well with JAWS.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicole
Massey via Jfw
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 7:49 PM
To: 'Tim Ford'; 'The Jaws for Windows support list.'
Subject: RE: Accessible method of converting Kindle book?
Well, the Kindle player for Windows should let you access it, though I
don't know how accessible that application is. Anyone got any experience
with it?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Ford
via Jfw
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:46 PM
To: The Jaws for Windows support list.
Subject: Accessible method of converting Kindle book?
I want to read a book that so far as I can tell, is available only in
print or Kindle. It is a 2014 copyright date. Is there any method,
accessible with JAWS, by which I can purchase the Kindle version, and
convert it to some file I can access?
Tim Ford
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