[Athen] Kindle questions

[Erik Ferguson]

I use Kindle on iOS with font adjustments, tint adjustments, spacing
adjustments and text to speech via the Speak Screen utility with the new
Speech Controller. I love it. Also, the Libby app for library books sends
quite a few books to Kindle on request and that’s awesome.

Hope this helps

Erik

On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 8:14 AM Deborah Armstrong <armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu>
wrote:


> I’m a dedicated Kindle user, but I want to know how well Kindle works for

> people with other print impairments.

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> How effective is the Kindle app for the Mac and for Windows for your

> students who use Voiceover, Zoom, other magnification and tools like K3000

> and Read and Write? I’m pretty sure there is no way for K3000 to read a

> Kindle book but I could be wrong.

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> Here’s why I need to know: here at home, I cannot effectively scan

> textbooks. I have a scanner, but personal deliveries are not a good idea

> with the shelter in place.

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> But in looking up my students’ textbook needs I increasingly see that the

> Kindle offering and renting a book on the Kindle is often considerably

> cheaper than renting or purchasing from our bookstore, even when it’s an

> ebook.

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> So I want to start recommending my students use the Kindle app and read

> more of their textbooks there.

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> For screen reader users, the Kindle app works well with JAWS and NVDA ,

> though of course not all material is totally accessible and it’s difficult

> to  get to a particular section – not as convenient as a Daisy book.

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> But it’s fine for courses like literature where you have to read a book

> straight through. Gets a bit harder if you need to find a particular story

> in a large collection like a Norton literature anthology.

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> And the app can be a bit tricky to navigate if you are new to your screen

> reader.

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> But you can read books on your phone or tablet as well.

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> What I need to know is how effective are the Kindle apps for people who

> don’t use JAWS or NVDA?

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> --Debee

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Erik Ferguson
Alternative Media Technician
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