[Athen] The New Kindle DX

[Teresa Haven]

I haven't yet had the opportunity to test the Kindle Apps with Apple
devices, but the Kindle App for PC does not cooperate with JAWS; it
isn't even particularly keyboard friendly for those of us who don't use
a screen reader but also do not use a mouse.  

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From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Joshua Hori
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 9:40 AM
To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'
Subject: Re: [Athen] The New Kindle DX



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/B
002GYWHSQ  it appears that this new Kindle does not have the promised
device accessibility features.

 

Ron Stewart

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