I don't know. Give it a try and let us know! Hope you enjoy the app, no matter how you get your books. Nook was accessible long before the Kindle, and I am fond of B&N simply because they made an effort that Amazon came to only after much procrastination and a good bit of obstinance! Penny
On 11/28/13, Russ Kiehne <[email protected]> wrote: > I get my books from Amazon because there prices are better and you have a > much larger selection of books. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Arrigo > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 9:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: barns and noble nook app > > Got the nook app and it's working great. The pause between pages takes a > little getting used to, but it's no big deal. This is an example of very > good development, the app is equally accessible on the 2 top mobile > platforms. One difference is that on IOS, the app uses voiceover to read the > > text, while on android, the app is self voicing and sends the text to the > TTS engine directly, although you can still use talkback to read parts of > the text. This leaves Amazon without excuse for making the app accessible on > > android, and until they do, I will get my books from barnes and noble. > On Nov 28, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't have a kindle fire hdx, but I know some people who do and it is >> accessible. >> On Nov 27, 2013, at 6:45 PM, "Jesus Garcia" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Interesting you are using a kindle fire without looking at the screen? I >>> >>> was >>> not aware that was possible? Perhaps if you do not mind we can take this >>> >>> off >>> the list I would be interested in discussing this topic. As satisfied >>> with >>> my apple products as I am including the phone, a iPad and mac I at some >>> point wish to take a look at android. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Mike Arrigo >>> Sent: November 27, 2013 16:43 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: barns and noble nook app >>> >>> Awesome, then that's the way I will go, since this will allow me to >>> read the books on both platforms. Hopefully Amazon will fix the >>> accessibility issues with their android app, it actually works on the >>> kindle fire HDX but for some reason they have not transferred this to >>> the stand alone android app yet. >>> Original message: >>>> Yes the nook app last time I used it was very accessible on IOS >>>> obviously >>>> you will have to purchase the book using the browser or on a computer, >>> since >>>> you cannot purchase using the app. But you can read it without any >>> problem. >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf >>>> Of Mike Arrigo >>>> Sent: November 27, 2013 15:51 >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: barns and noble nook app >>> >>>> Hey everyone, does anyone know if this app is useable on IOS? There are >>>> some e books I want to get, and, though I use IOS somewhat, Android is >>>> my primary platform. I can get the books through the amazon kindle or >>>> the nook. Unfortunately, the Kindle app is not accessible on android, >>>> though it is on IOS. On the other hand, the Nook app is accessible on >>>> Android. If only there could be one format of books that worked with >>>> all apps, but of course that's not the case. 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