[Athen] Kindle Fire tablet accessibility

[Brusnighan, Dean A.]

Robert,

Does a Kindle book have to have TTS capability for the device's screen reader to work with it? Or are they separate issues?

Dean

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle Fire tablet accessibility

The Kindle app for the IOS devces is fairly accessible.  Just be aware that not all Kindle books hae TTS capability.  In fact, I hardly ever find a textbook that does have TTS.


Robert Lee Beach
Assistive Technology Specialist
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS  66112
913-288-7671
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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Poore-Pariseau, Cindy
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 8:59 AM
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I am wondering (outloud) if progress has been made on Kindle accessibility.  What makes me wonder about this is that I met with a blind student yesterday who prefers his texts as eTexts/PDFs, BUT for those we could not get as eTexts, his second choice was Amazon's Kindle version of the texts (for him, the Kindle versions are a better option than Learning Ally or Book share)

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gunderson, Jon R
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Kindle Fire tablet accessibility

Dean,

Here is a blog article from the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) dated 2013:

https://nfb.org/blog/atblog/kindle-fire-hdx

Jon


From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Brusnighan, Dean A.
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Subject: [Athen] Kindle Fire tablet accessibility

Hello All,

I've been asked by administrators to review a Kindle Fire tablet for accessibility and present a report. Potential users are students. That's all the information I have.

I'm aware of the history of accessibility concerns with various Kindle products, but I'm not familiar with the Kindle Fire. What are the accessibility concerns for it, if any? What experiences have you had?

Dean

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Purdue University, Young Hall
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West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108
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