Furthermore, this isn't really Mac related, so I wasn't sure about posting anything about it. > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Text-to-Speech Support on Kindle coming for Vision Impaired users > Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:58:43 -0800 > > Hello Esther, > > Well, I can only speak for myself, but the reason why I didn't get too > excited about the news of the updated stand-alone Kendall device is because > I don't want yet another piece of technology to carry with me. I would be > happy if they'd just make the Kendall App accessible. > > I do not wish to sound ungrateful for any advancement in accessibility but > to me, it would make more sense to make the Kendall app accessible first, > work out any bugs then port to the physical, expensive hardware product. > > Bah Humbug, (Smile) > > Mark > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 12:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Text-to-Speech Support on Kindle coming for Vision Impaired users > > Hi, > > I'm surprised that I haven't seen any mention on this list of Amazon's > announcement that they will update the Kindle 2 and Kindle DX to > include an audible menu that will use text-to-speech and add new large > fonts to better support vision-impaired users, and will implement > these changes in 2010. This has been covered in a few places since > yesterday. > > Here's the press release at Amazon: > > http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=136 > 2556&highlight= > > A few links to articles reporting on this: > . Yahoo (basically the news release) > http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Blind-and-VisionImpaired-bw-2422175966.html?x= > 0&.v=1 > . Techflash (has some commentary from the NFB, student reaction, and > other description) > http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/12/kindle_to_feature_new_tools_for_bli > nd_visually_impaired.html > > and here's some of the older (November 2009) criticism of the Kindle's > text-to-speech access from geek.com: > http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/kindle-dx-text-to-speech-access-critici > zed-20091111/ > > Cheers, > > Esther > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >
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