[Athen] Kindle Release Notes Thus far

[Karlen Communications]

And what will it do with untagged PDF? Will its ability to "read" PDF
provide more or less accessibility to textbooks?

On the other hand if it reads tagged PDF this might be a way to influence
publishers to create tagged PDF?

Cheers, Karen

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Martinengo
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 12:01 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle Release Notes Thusfar

If it displays PDF out of the box, its not that big a whoop to offer
textbooks, but what will be interesting is if the read-aloud feature
will enabled or disabled on the textbook content... my guess is
disabled, but who knows?

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Kelmer, Susan M. <SKelmer at stlcc.edu> wrote:

> The press conference is being aired now, and I’m picking up a few

> interesting notes so far:

>

>

>

> 1.        Screen is 9.7 inches tall

>

> 2.       Auto-orient if Kindle is turned sideways

>

> 3.       If a book is offered for the Kindle, 35% of the book’s sales are

> going to Kindle owners (a SHOCKING amount)

>

> 4.       Cost is $489

>

> 5.       Books in PDF come with a native PDF reader on board.

>

> 6.       Can hold 3500 books (another shocking figure)

>

> 7.       25% more battery life, read for days without recharging

>

> 8.       More grey-scale, up to 16 shades of grey now.

>

> 9.       Read-to-Me feature that will read every newspaper, magazine,

blog,

> and book out loud unless disabled by the rights holder.

>

> 10.   More than 275K books, newspapers, magazines, and blogs available

>

> 11.   Price drops, most new releases plus the NYTimes bestsellers for 9.99

>

> 12.   1/3 inch thick, 10.2 ounces

>

> 13.   Amazon has partnered with Pearson, Wiley, and Cengage to provide

> textbooks on the Kindle.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Susan Kelmer

>

> Adaptive Technology Specialist/

>

> Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

>

> St. Louis Community College - Meramec

>

> 314-984-7951

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