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<div>Hi, all!</div>
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<div>Amazon released their Kindle 2 this morning -- a neat improvement
over the first generation model. Find a summary at this link,
including some videos of the device in use:<font color="#000000"><b>
http://tinyurl.com/amazon-kindle-2-summary</b></font></div>
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<div>I'm interested to know what others think of the pros and cons of
this device for students with LD issues. On the one hand, it now
has text-to-speech built in, and there's the "cool factor"
which makes it more likely to be used as a piece of mainstream
technology (vs. being "assistive technology"). On the
down side, I don't believe words are highlighted as they are read
aloud, and it's not clear what the limits are on uploading your own
material and what you can do with it. (Apparently you can view
the documents -- PDFs, Word, and others -- but can you listen to
them? The summary doesn't say.)</div>
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<div>I look forward to seeing someone put Kindle 2 through its paces
when it's officially released in a couple of weeks.</div>
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<div>- Shelley</div>
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<div>Shelley Haven ATP, RET</div>
<div>Assistive Technology Consultant</div>
<div>Sunnyvale, CA</div>
<div>408-737-2092</div>
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