[Athen] RE: Kindle software

[Robert Beach]

Thanks Julie.  I appreciate the input.  At least having sentence navigation (to a degree) is helpful.  Also, I was thinking that TTS was available regardless of the publisher's permission.



Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66112
913-288-7671
rbeach at kckcc.edu

From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Balassa
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:36 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] RE: Kindle software

Robert, I'll reply but not with a payload of firsthand knowledge. Students here are using it for mainly the smaller literature classics as the Kindle editions are so much less expensive than the printed books, and of course they have to buy the printed book as we need a receipt before we can release edited publisher files. The interface is less of a problem than the navigation of the book itself.

Student experiences here I think pretty much mirror the findings listed in this article: http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw120506. Unlike Pratik's experience, with the plugin they are able to enable speech even if the book itself has no TTS functionality.

jkb

From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu> [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]<mailto:[mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]> On Behalf Of Robert Beach
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:30 AM
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Subject: [Athen] Kindle software

Hello all,

I know this was discussed some time ago, but I need an update/reminder.

I know there is an accessibility patch for the Kindle software for PC that supposedly makes it work with JAWS.  I also remember the reviews weren't very exciting when I first heard it discussed.  What kind of luck are folks having with this setup?  Have there been any improvements?  What draw backs might I expect to find?

Thanks.


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66112
913-288-7671
rbeach at kckcc.edu<mailto:rbeach at kckcc.edu>

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