[Athen] Kindle DX - hands on!

[Ron Stewart]

Afternoon, when you create the MP3 files from the text materials the DRM is
not transferred over though that is being worked on.

 

The difference is the Kindle is currently a closed environment and the
ability to turn off/on the TTS is an internal function to the device.  The
properties will be enabled/disabled in the transaction between the device
and the document provider.

 

Ron Stewart

 

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Nettie Fischer
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:57 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle DX - hands on!

 

Hello all -

 

I have a question regarding the TTS situation with readers.

 

I have a Sony ebook and it has MP3 capabilities.  If I use my software
(i.e., text aloud) and download books, copy paste into software and save as
an MP3 file which I would transfer to my ebook and "listen" to the book -
Sounds very plausable to me but to date have not tried it.

 

I use Cutepdf to convert text files to pdf files and have copy pasted the
files in textaloud for wave files and have been able to listen to a story,
that is why it sounds like a virtual 'roundabout' to me.

 

Comments are invited and welcome.

 

Nettie 

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Doug Hayman <dhayman at u.washington.edu>
wrote:

Did you all see this news about the publisher being able to remotely disable
the text to speech function on their titles used in Kindle:

http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2009/05/13/kindle-2-vs-reading-disabled-stude
nts/



Doug Hayman <dhayman at u.washington.edu>
Technology Specialist
DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology)
UW Technology Services
Box 354842
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 221-4165
http://www.washington.edu/doit 



On Fri, 15 May 2009, Kelmer, Susan M. wrote:

I was just informed that I am getting a Kindle DX.  I am not allowed to
tell anyone else in the department.  My coworker across the desk is
playing 20 questions to find out what it is I'm getting, but I can't
tell her, and it's driving her crazy.  They unit has been ordered but
right now Amazon isn't shipping them.  Hopefully it will be in my hands
SOON.



So, should I gear up for a presentation on the Kindle for AHG this fall?
I wasn't going to submit a proposal this year, but with this thing
falling in my lap, well, I can't really say no to doing a presentation
on the device, right?  Would anyone be interested in such a
presentation?



Susan Kelmer

Adaptive Technology Specialist/

Lab Coordinator, Campus Labs and Classrooms

St. Louis Community College - Meramec

314-984-7951





 

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