[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Amazon Kindles
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:39:01 -0500
Hi Ann!
Yes, it's weird to have to turn the speech off, but, it makes sense in a
way, since the Kindle automatically turns pages when it is on.
When you had training on the Kindle, was the tts turned on for the
menus? If so, you could have selected a book from the menu buy hitting the
home key if necessary to get into the menu, then hitting the up or down
edge of the five-way to read the list of purchased books or book samples,
then, when you get to the book you want to read, hit the center of the
five-Way to start reading. At least, that's the way I do it with the
Kindle 3G. I haven't really seen any of the other models, so I don't know
how they work differently from the 3G model.
Debby
At 06:00 AM 10/2/2011, Ann Parsons wrote
Hi all,
This really should be taken over to Bookshare Discuss, but the whole point
of this discussion and the articles that were posted is that a machine
that is designed for the general public shouldn't have to be a kluge. You
shouldn't have to turn the speech off to go forward and then turn it on
again to continue reading. That's a kluge. It should work
seamlessly. If you once turn on the speech it should work in all
instances for all commands and all operations. This Kluge is unacceptable,
period!
I had the opportunity to use a Kindle to read an audio book. I could only
stop it and start it. I couldn't navigate within the book I couldn't
really switch to another book. Admittedly, I had about thirty minutes of
training, but this shouldn't have to be like this.
Ann P.
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