Hi Christina, Is the new e-reader you're describing the Barnes & Noble Nook? Just asking, because the features you describe sound really interesting, but the previous posts have been about the Kindle.
Cheers, Esther Christina wrote: > 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 > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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