I suspect that since they require that an external screen reader be
available on your PC, this is how they get around the copyright issue. In
other words, who would have an external screen reader except for a blind or
vision impaired person? Where on the Kindle stand alone device, anyone
could use the screen reader, on a conventional PC only blind people bother
with screen readers.
Bill
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:52 AM
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Subject: [VICUG-L] FW: Introducing Free Kindle Software with Accessibility
Features
Colleagues,
This is an extremely important first step toward full accessibility to many
books. While I'd like to see Amazon provide ubiquitous access by making
their mobile devices and mobile software (along with the Mac software)
accessible, it gets blind or visually impaired people the beginning of the
dream of having the same access to electronic books as their sighted peers.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:38 AM
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Subject: Introducing Free Kindle Software with Accessibility Features
Dear [log in to unmask] subscriber,
Amazon.com is releasing a new version of Kindle for PC that adds
accessibility features designed for blind and low-vision customers.
Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin is a free, downloadable application
for your Windows PC. It provides the following accessibility features:
text-to-speech reading with adjustable voice settings, voice-guided menu
navigation, large font sizes, high contrast reading mode, keyboard
navigation, and accessible shortcuts.
With this software, for the first time ever, the entire collection of
English language books in the Kindle Store can be read aloud. With over
750,000 English language titles, Amazon offers the largest selection of
accessible ebooks. In order to use the text-to-speech feature, an external
screen reader program must be installed and running on the Windows PC.
The free download is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/kindle/accessibility
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Sincerely,
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