Question for Owners of the Kindle Fire?
Hello Guys, I'm strongly considering getting a Kindle Fire. Need to know how accessible it is to the blind community. Also does it come with the VoiceOver feature that reads both the menus and ebooks? Had to send back my Kindle DX a few months ago because Amazon for some strange reason left out the VoiceOver feature. If someone owns the Kindle Fire, can you please give some feedback on how accessible it is? Thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Question for Owners of the Kindle Fire?
Hi. I don't know much about this product at all and don't possess one and don't plan to but I did hear a report on a BBC radio programme that was aimed at the blind. It seems that more and more authors are not allowing their eBooks to carry voice over and the reason seems to be, these same authors make a load of money from audio books and if the voice over facility was available on eBooks then they would lose out on sales of audio books. Before you decide to invest I would suggest you go to the Amazon's site and see just how many of the books you would like to purchase are voice over enabled. Sorry my contribution is limited but I thought I should pass on the little I know. Walter. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Saylien Brown Sent: 12 December 2011 18:53 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Question for Owners of the Kindle Fire? Hello Guys, I'm strongly considering getting a Kindle Fire. Need to know how accessible it is to the blind community. Also does it come with the VoiceOver feature that reads both the menus and ebooks? Had to send back my Kindle DX a few months ago because Amazon for some strange reason left out the VoiceOver feature. If someone owns the Kindle Fire, can you please give some feedback on how accessible it is? Thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Question for Owners of the Kindle Fire?
Thanks for sharing this info. Well I do enjoy listening to some audio books on my Kindle, but most of the NY Times Bestsellers aren't released in audio book. The voiceover feature allows me to listen to them, without having to wait 4 - 6 months for an audio book. Haven't come across an ebook or magazine that has disabled this voiceover feature (I buy everything through amazon,) but if I do, you best believe the author will get an ear full from me. At 02:58 PM 12/12/2011, you wrote: Hi. I don't know much about this product at all and don't possess one and don't plan to but I did hear a report on a BBC radio programme that was aimed at the blind. It seems that more and more authors are not allowing their eBooks to carry voice over and the reason seems to be, these same authors make a load of money from audio books and if the voice over facility was available on eBooks then they would lose out on sales of audio books. Before you decide to invest I would suggest you go to the Amazon's site and see just how many of the books you would like to purchase are voice over enabled. Sorry my contribution is limited but I thought I should pass on the little I know. Walter. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Saylien Brown Sent: 12 December 2011 18:53 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Question for Owners of the Kindle Fire? Hello Guys, I'm strongly considering getting a Kindle Fire. Need to know how accessible it is to the blind community. Also does it come with the VoiceOver feature that reads both the menus and ebooks? Had to send back my Kindle DX a few months ago because Amazon for some strange reason left out the VoiceOver feature. If someone owns the Kindle Fire, can you please give some feedback on how accessible it is? Thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org