The software that will come out from KNFB will have versions for Windows, Mac, Windows Mobile, and iPhone. Probably symbian as well, but I don't know. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On Nov 18, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: > Will the ebook reader have a version for Mac OS or just Windows? > On Nov 18, 2009, at 8:45 AM, william lomas wrote: > >> 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=. >> >> > > -- > > 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=.
