[Athen] The New Kindle DX

[Joshua Hori]

Hello Ron,

After reading the article, what promised accessibility features were left out? I see that their “experimental” feature Read-to-Me gives the reader TTS capabilities (with rights holder permission given), as well as 2 additional enlarged font sizes.

I have found nothing concerning navigational help for visually impaired users.

I do see that they are making Kindle apps for mobile devices. I would like to see how the Kindle app works with accessible features built into Apple and Android devices.

Joshua Hori

From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 7:54 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: [Athen] The New Kindle DX

So from the specs: http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Reading-Graphite-Globally-Generation/dp/B002GYWHSQ  it appears that this new Kindle does not have the promised device accessibility features.

Ron Stewart
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