"easier than ever" By that I presume they mean "possible".
Amazon has been dragging its knuckles for so long on this I'm not
exactly bubbling over with good feelings.
At 02:17 PM 5/1/2013, you wrote:
Hi: I installed and tested the Kindle app. I am excited and shocked to
say it works.
On 5/1/13, Rick Alfaro <[email protected]> wrote:
> FYI, amazing news, totally unexpected.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Rick alfaro
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [vi-kindle] New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading
> iOS Apps
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 07:53:46 -0700
> From: Russ Kiehne <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> To: Vi-Kindle <[email protected]>
>
> New Accessibility Features to Free Kindle Reading iOS Apps
> May 1, 2013 6:06:07 AM PDT
> Kevin G. - Community Manager
> says:
> (AMAZON OFFICIAL)
> Today we announced new accessibility features for the Kindle reading app,
> making
> it easier than ever for blind and visually impaired customers to navigate
> their Kindle
> libraries, read and interact with their books, and more. These new
> features
> are
> available starting today on Kindle for iOS, and accessibility enhancements
> will be
> available on additional platforms in the future.
> New accessibility features of the Kindle app enable blind and visually
> impaired customers
> to:
> - Read aloud over 1.5 million titles available in the Kindle Store using
> Apple's
> VoiceOver technology. Over 300,000 of these books are exclusive to the
> Kindle Store.
> Over 700,000 books are less than $4.99; over a million are less than $9.99.
> - Seamlessly navigate within their library or within a book, with
> consistent title,
> menu and button names; navigate to a specific page within a book and sort
> books in
> the library by author or title.
> - Read character-by-character, word-by-word, line-by-line, or
> continuously, as well
> as move forward or backward in the text.
> - Search for a book within their library or search within their book and
> navigate
> to specific text.
> - Add and delete notes, bookmarks, and highlights.
> - Use customer-favorite features like X-Ray, End Actions and sharing on
> Facebook
> and Twitter.
> - Look up words in the dictionary and Wikipedia.
> - Customize the reading experience including changing the font, text
> size, background
> color, margin, and brightness.
> - Use iOS accessibility features like Zoom, Assistive Touch, and Stereo
> to Mono,
> as well as peripheral braille displays.
> Other new features include:
> - Easily rate and review books by accessing `Before you go...' directly
> from The
> `Go to' menu
> - Enhancements to `Before you go...' including the ability to download a
> free sample
> and email yourself a reminder about recommended books.
> - Additional Font Selection for Japan - Hiragino Mincho ProN (Serif)
> These new accessibility features are available first on the Kindle app for
> iOS and
> accessibility features will be added to other Kindle apps in the future.
> Customers
> can download the new Kindle for iOS app for free from the App Store on
> iPad,
> iPhone
> or iPod touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore. Blind and visually
> impaired
> customers interested in using a Kindle app can also choose Kindle for PC
> with Accessibility
> Plugin, a free application for Windows PC's.
> You can download a quick reference guide here:
> Kindle for iOS Accessibility Gestures - Quick Reference Guide
> If you need assistance with this update, please drop by the Kindle Help
> Forum -
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/forums/kindleqna/ref=kindle_help_forum_gd
>
>
>
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