[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Amazon Kindles
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:01:19 -0500
Hi Valerie and everyone!
I have both Kindle PC and a Kindle, so I have been buying books since late
last year. Bruce has a Kindle too, and he reads the books with TTS, since
he has limited vision.
Yes, Valerie's right. The publisher decides whether the speech will be
enabled or not.
It is stated upfront whether speech is enabled or not.
I'll give an example of a book I recently read, though I didn't read this
particular book on the Kindle, since I found it on BARD first.
Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph
of Trust
at Ground Zero
[Kindle Edition]
Michael Hingson
Thunder-Dog-Triumph-Ground-ebook/dp/B004Y1NWQU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1317329343&sr=1-1#
(Author),
Larry King
(Foreword),
Susy Flory
Thunder-Dog-Triumph-Ground-ebook/dp/B004Y1NWQU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1317329343&sr=1-1#
(Contributor)
4.4 out of 5 stars
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Digital List Price:
$22.99
What's this?
Print List Price:
$22.99
Kindle Price:
$7.99 includes free wireless delivery via
Amazon Whispernet
You Save:
$15.00 (65%)
Text-to-Speech:
Enabled
I have only found relatively few books where the tts is not enabled and
maybe my husband, Bruce has found a few more, but most seem to be
enabled. I don't know the percentage of enabled vs. not enabled. Neither
Bruce nor I can understand why a publisher would not want to enable the TTS
and sell more books.
Debby
At 11:52 AM 9/29/2011, Valerie Maples wrote
I think the TTS is still dependent on publisher releasing content for
speech, but not sure what percentage is that is not allowing TTS. I also
dont know if they state upfront whether TTS is not allwed or you find out
after the book has been downloaded.
Valerie
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From: Barbara B <scootergirlred@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, September 29, 2011 12:36:46 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT Amazon Kindles
For those of you who are interested, I have discovered that the $99 and up
kindles have the TTS and Zoom features.
Barbara
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