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prefer Kindle books to Learning Ally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Keith Bundy, MS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Poore-Pariseau, Cindy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Kindle Fire tablet accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">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)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:purple;background:white">The fact is that ours [people with disabilities] is the only minority you can join involuntarily, without warning, at any time</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:purple;background:white">—<i>Nancy
Mairs, author</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Disability Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Office of Disability Services, L115<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Bristol Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Fall River, MA 02720<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Email:
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy"> <a href="cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu">cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:#1F497D">Ê</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> Fax: (508) 508-730-3297</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gunderson, Jon R<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 27, 2015 9:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Kindle Fire tablet accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dean,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Here is a blog article from the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) dated 2013:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://nfb.org/blog/atblog/kindle-fire-hdx">https://nfb.org/blog/atblog/kindle-fire-hdx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Jon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> athen-list [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brusnighan, Dean A.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 27, 2015 8:21 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> ATHEN mailing list <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Kindle Fire tablet accessibility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dean Brusnighan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Purdue University, Young Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phone: 765-494-9082<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:dabrus@purdue.edu">dabrus@purdue.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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