Hello List, My husband has seen a demo of the new e-reader coming out. He's says it's excellent. He said that if a particular publisher wants to turn off the text to speech option then it's still no problem for the blind community using a screen reader because they can still use the built in screen reader to read the text of the book. He says you can make notes and such. He also said that if you're reading a book on your mac and then stop say on page86 then you have to run out you can then go straight to your cell phone and start where you left off and have your notes and such. At least that's how he best understood it. I'm personally quite excited about it. I believe, or guessing that for the most part the e-reader itself is complete or close to it since DH saw a demo of it, however, they're working on getting the books ready for download. I'm not positive on that info but they are definitely working on getting as many books as possible that will be available for purchase/download. Something like that anyways. I can't wait. :)
If it's ready before Christmas then I know I'll be asking for gift certificates to buy books. :) So, I'm not holding my breath for the amazon reader. I had hoped that they would have come out with something by now but i hope to support the K e-reader now. I imagine that eventually Amazon will feel forced to make their product accessible as it is not a good option for universities. Also, DH was told that the new e-reader is accessible with Voiceover and not just mac compatible. :) Christina On Nov 18, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Well, except that it *is* mainstream. Or will be. The application, > according to articles I've read about it, will be available, for > free, to anyone who wants it. Don't know how much more mainstream > one can get, especially since then, if anyone can get the > application, anyone can likewise get the books to read on it. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > On Nov 18, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Jake wrote: > >> That's hardly mainstream though. Still, I think you are probably >> right, the way Amazon caved to the author's guild doesn't leave much >> hope for accessibility. The only hope we may have would be to change >> the author's guild's attitude, but somehow I think that's even less >> likely than getting through to Amazon. >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 18, 6:29 am, Buddy Brannan <bu...@brannan.name> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> . >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group >>>> athttp://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=en.
