FYI, The TTS engine used by Amazon on this device is Nuance. With a foot
print of such a device being small, this device will very likely to have the
Vocalizer voices--the same voices that the Stream and the Plextalk Pocket
uses. While the text to speech capability is supported, menus are exempt.
With the level of dynamic content available for the Kindle, it's difficult
to imagine that a device without menu/other access (including web page /RSS
reading) can be called accessible.
Pratik
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Inclusion of some unknown text to speech does not an accessible book
reader make.
At 01:22 PM 2/10/2009, Jody W. Ianuzzi wrote:Having the thing read
books outloud, while interesting does not mean a blind person could
use it. It isn't mentioned, but unlikely that speech has been added
to any of the controls so we couldn't order books etc.
Dave
>Finally, mainstream products with speech. JODY
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>Dear Amazon Associate:
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>We're excited to introduce Amazon
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>Kindle 2, the next generation wireless reading device. With a sleek and
thin
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>design that makes Kindle 2 as thin as a typical magazine and lighter than a
>paperpack, the new Kindle has seven times more storage and now holds over
>1,500 books. It has a longer battery life and faster page turns. An
advanced
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>display provides even crisper images and clearer text for an improved
>book-like reading experience. And Kindle 2 even reads to you, with "Read to
>Me", our new Text to Speech feature.
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>With Kindle 2 we kept everything readers love about the original Kindle-the
>convenience of reading what you want, when you want it, the immediacy of
>getting a book wirelessly delivered in less than 60 seconds, and Kindle's
>ability to "disappear" in your hands so you can get lost in the author's
>words. We're also excited to announce that the Kindle Store has over
230,000
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>ebooks available.
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>Read-to-Me
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>Now Kindle can read to you. With its new Text-to-Speech feature, Kindle can
>read every book, blog, magazine, and newspaper out loud to you. You can
>switch back and forth between reading and listening, and your spot is
>automatically saved. Pages automatically turn while the content is being
>read, so you can listen hands-free. You can speed up or slow down the
>reading speeds or choose a male or female voice. Anything you can read on
>Kindle, Kindle can read to you, including books, newspapers, magazines,
>blogs and even personal documents. In the middle of a great book or article
>but have to jump in the car? Simply turn on Text-to-Speech and listen on
the
>go.
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