is that out yet? On 18 Nov 2009, at 13:29, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> Keep dreaming. The Windows version isn't accessible either. I think > our best hope so far for mainstream books in huge quantities is the > new eBook reading software from KNFB. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:46 AM, Howard Dupuis wrote: > >> News of an upcoming Kindle reader for the Mac has me hoping -- like >> Charlie Brown with the football? -- that Amazon will get this one >> right. They promised back in March that they'd get the text-to-speech >> feature working on the Kindle menus, but that has come to nothing. >> The >> Kindle app for the iPhone/iPod Touch offered some brief hope, but >> that, too, was a bust. Now, this news has me wondering if maybe, just >> maybe, Amazon will remember the blind community and ensure that the >> upcoming Kindle reader for the Mac works with VoiceOver. (I just >> wrote >> to them about this, though I expect to get nothing more than a >> perfunctory "thanks, we've forwarded your message along to our Kindle >> team" by way of reply. Still, I persist.) >> I own a Kindle, and have used it a bit, but it is a terrible pain >> without being able to access the menus. Missed a sentence? Want to go >> back a page? Want to re-read that particularly interesting paragraph? >> Hah! Good luck. You'll likely forget what it was you were after by >> the >> time you are able to get somewhere. If the Mac reader works with VO, >> and if it synchs back to the Kindle ... >> Yes, you may say I'm a dreamer. >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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= >> . >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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= > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=.
