Hi, I have a Kindle; it was gifted to me. It isn't very accessible. The menus do not speak. However, you can download books from amazon.com (the kindle section) which can then be "synced" to the kindle wirelessly through a visual menu. It is possible to memorize steps to get to a book or start the speech etc. but it is not accessible enough for me to recommend it.
The deal with the books is that you can buy from Amazon's Kindle section books magazines etc. Then read it on the kindle. You can also email a book in text or Word or PDF (some problems exist with that format) format and they'll put it in a Kindle format for you for ten cents. For me it's fun, my husband and I share it and he is willing to assist me in accessing menus (it's still a new device to me). I can operate the Kindle myself once I've chosen a book to read I can turn the unit on from sleep or from the off position, access the speech menu and turn the page. But, again I wouldn't recommend it you'd definitely be better off using a Victor Reader or an iPod shuffle or Nano. I'm hoping I can nudge Amazon into making the device more accessible (it wouldn't take much!) Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 3:42 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Kindle I get the impression it isn't all taht great and for the price, you might as well get a Victor Reader or this new product Gw Micro will be coming out with. You would probably get more more benefits. However, of course you can also load audio books onto an iPod. On Mar 20, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > > I don't see why they wouldn't be if it's text, unless it was a jpg or > some kind of image. Now I'm curious. Has anyone tried this? > > On 20/03/2009, Maurice Mines <min...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Only some books can be read with screen reading access and I guess >> they have just come out with a piece of software that allows you to >> read them visually on the mac and the pc. Don't know if those >> versions >> are accessible. >> >> On Mar 20, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Tiffany D wrote: >> >>> >>> Today I saw something on amazon.com called Kindle. When I looked it >>> up, I discovered it's some kind of book-reading device and that you >>> can download books directly from amazon. Can these downloaded files >>> be read on a Mac? If not, is the device itself accessible and can >>> the >>> books be ported to another device? Thanks. >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
