[Athen] FW: Introducing Free Kindle Software with AccessibilityFeatures

[Kestrell]

Has anyone installed and run this on a computer using Jaws? I have been 
trying to do so all morning and keep getting stuck in an infinite loop re a 
message that some component of Microsoft Windows Journal Viewer is not 
available.

Kestrell

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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:52 AM
Subject: [Athen] FW: Introducing Free Kindle Software with 
AccessibilityFeatures



> Colleagues,

>

> This is an extremely important first step toward full accessibility to 

> many books.  While I'd like to see Amazon provide ubiquitous access by 

> making their mobile devices and mobile software (along with the Mac 

> software) accessible, it gets blind or visually impaired people the 

> beginning of the dream of having the same access to electronic books as 

> their sighted peers.

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Amazon.com [mailto:store-news at amazon.com]

> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:38 AM

> To: pratikp1 at gmail.com

> Subject: Introducing Free Kindle Software with Accessibility Features

>

> Dear blind-interest at amazon.com subscriber,

>

> Amazon.com is releasing a new version of Kindle for PC that adds 

> accessibility features designed for blind and low-vision customers.

>

> Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin is a free, downloadable 

> application for your Windows PC.  It provides the following accessibility 

> features: text-to-speech reading with adjustable voice settings, 

> voice-guided menu navigation, large font sizes, high contrast reading 

> mode, keyboard navigation, and accessible shortcuts.

>

> With this software, for the first time ever, the entire collection of 

> English language books in the Kindle Store can be read aloud.  With over 

> 750,000 English language titles, Amazon offers the largest selection of 

> accessible ebooks.  In order to use the text-to-speech feature, an 

> external screen reader program must be installed and running on the 

> Windows PC.

>

> The free download is available at: 

> http://www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility

>

> We welcome your feedback at: kindle-PC-accessibility-feedback at amazon.com

>

> Sincerely,

> The Kindle Team

>

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