Lori,
A free e-book alternative to the Kindle is the Digital Talking Book Player provided by the National Library Service and they are terrific. There is an unbelievable number of digital books available to play on them including many of the latest bestsellers, all free. You used to have to wait until a book cartridge became available and is mailed to you, but now you can simply go to the digital book download site, download the book you want, transfer it to a thumb drive and play it in the Digital Talking Book Player. One of the best features of these new players is the ability to change the speed of the playback (faster or slower) without changing the pitch of the voice. I can listen to books comfortably around 25% faster than at regular speed. The player and books are free but are only available to those who are blind or physically disabled. Contact your local library for details. Steve - C4, 22 years From: Lori Michaelson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 7:33 PM To: Quadius; quad-list Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] kindel issues Normally I would not be interested in reading things on the screen. For me, it is just not the same as reading a book the old fashion way. As well as a FREE book from the local library. But my life circumstances have changed over the last year and if I want to read books from my favorite authors as well as more recent releases... it looks like it will have to be via the Kindle download. I just downloaded their free application for doing that. By using their "application" ... I will be able to to read the books on the computer as well as having it work with Dragon NaturallySpeaking to "page down", etc. The downside is having to PAY for the many books that I could otherwise get at the library. And I also just won 3 brand-new hardcovers by great authors by entering an online contest! Well, either I will be able to read them in the normal fashion in the future when I can or lend them to a friend or something. I'm glad Lucinda mentioned downloading the Kindle application! Lori On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: I'm going to download the Kindle program for the computer, but it figured out how I could use the Kindle if anyone else is interested. I absolutely love the ability to use these electronic readers. As for reading on the computer with the Kindle program, I'm not sure, but I know the Kindle has the E. print which emulates paper. The computer has a backlight which tends to fatigue my eyes after while. I do appreciate you suggesting things though. If anyone's interested I could get pictures of the way I am using the Kindle. Quadius On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 6:15 PM, LJT <[email protected]> wrote: Why not download the kindle to a regular computer and read the books that way? At Amazon.com on the left hand side click on Kindle, then go to free reading apps. You can use it to read the books on any computer,or even a smart phone. Once you download the app, you buy books just like regular Kindle. Lucinda C-4,5 complete July 31, '05 Mpls., MN --- On Fri, 10/1/10, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: From: Quadius < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Subject: [QUAD-L] kindel issues To: "quad-list" < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 5:19 PM I was really excited about getting my Kindle yesterday, but that elation turned to utter disappointment when I discovered the Kindle has a sleep feature that was asleep if it's not used for 10 minutes. This would seem like no problem for most people, but when you're using a mouse stick and the button to wake the Kindle backup is underneath and has to be depressed and slid to the right for a couple of seconds this is virtually impossible. Anyone have any ideas? Quadius -- Lori Age - 46 C4/5 complete quad, 30+ years post Tucson, AZ
