Right, Its about getting money, not necessarily screwing blind people over. We just happen to be the major losers in the entire mess. I never said it wasn't about money. I just don't think its about our money. Our, being blind and print impaired consumers.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 24, 2012, at 1:35 AM, David Tanner <david.tanner...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I guess I am not as convinced as you are. The truth is it really is > all about the money, and rich publishers figure they aren't going to make > much money off of blind people anyway, so why should they give in because > they have the money and the control and they would just as soon keep it that > way. > > If blind folks would tell Amazon that the blind are going to start a campeign > to publically advertise the lame way that they have bowed to the publishers > and that every attempt would be made to convince people not to buy from > Amazon until they changed their actions then maybe they might get somewhere. > > But, I know a whole lot of blind people who complain about Kindell and go > right ahead and purchase all kinds of other things from Amazon. So, if they > really want to get the point accross they had better be willing to stop > making any purchases from Amazon until it starts to hurt a little. If you > tell them you want them to change then don't keep giving them any business > until they wise up and change Kindell. > > > David Tanner - Host > MainMenu > Technology from a blindness perspective! > www.mainmenu.acbradio.org > www.twitter.com/mainmenu > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 8:53 PM > Subject: Re: Kindle App on iPhone > > > lol, > > I agree its stupid but, I doubt these people huddled up in a corner and said, > " lets figure out away to steel money from a population base which extremely > small, and has a 70% unemployment rate. I just think their paranoid about > sighted people taking advantage of this, not how to make an extra buck off > blind folks. > > JMO. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: > >> That's not quite true. It's not because of copy right. The truth is this. >> It's because of the Author's guild. They don't want the blind to be able to >> read their books without extra costs. Their twisted reasoning is that the >> text to speech technology will rob them of sales. Every single organization >> of the blind is fighting this stupid infantile logic. >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >> >> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >> >> Skype name: >> barefootedray >> >> Facebook: >> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >> >> >> >> On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Hank Smith wrote: >> >>> so because of stupid drm copy write crap the blind can't read the ebooks? >>> On 3/22/2012 6:30 PM, Esther wrote: >>>> Hi Jeff, >>>> >>>> There are a number of ebook apps that specifically disable VoiceOver's >>>> ability to access the content in order to preserve digital rights >>>> management. This is also true if you try to use the Barnes & Noble Nook >>>> app, for example. You'll notice that usually you can access everything >>>> except for the actual content of the text. That's being blocked. You can >>>> verify this by taking a screen capture, and sending the results to an OCR >>>> app like Prizmo or TextGrabber. The OCR app will tell you what the >>>> contents are, but obviously you're not going to read the book by screen >>>> capturing every page and sending it to an OCR app. >>>> >>>> If you want to read another example of this viewpoint, that the ability of >>>> screen readers to access text would promote copyright violation, take a >>>> look at Greg Kearney's posted response from Fictionwise in the archives, >>>> sent in reply to his inquiry about ebook accessibility for their ebook >>>> reading app just a few months after the iPhone 3GS was released >>>> with VoiceOver support: >>>> • Fwd: Response for Support Ticket #102495 >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg06200.html >>>> Since this is the Mail Archive post, if you're reading on your computer, >>>> you can also use access key shortcuts of Control-N to read down the thread >>>> for other reader comments. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Esther >>>> >>>> On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>>> >>>>> Forget it. It ain't gonna happen. >>>>> >>>>> It ain't accessible at all. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>>>> >>>>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>>>> >>>>> Skype name: >>>>> barefootedray >>>>> >>>>> Facebook: >>>>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 22, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>> I downloaded the Kindle app so I can read some of the books that my wife >>>>>> is reading. I can't, however, figure out how to get it to work. Has >>>>>> anybody had success with the Kindle app? Is it accessible? 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