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		<title>Accessing the New Kindle DX</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I garnered some First Impressions of the New Kindle DX from the NYTimes&#8217;s Gadgetwise Blog. According to the post, the new Kindle DX&#8216;s main feature is its larger size. The DX has a 9.7-inch display, which the company says is 2 1/2 times the size of the Kindle 2. But the device doesn’t feel or look as large as a sheet of copier paper. It won’t give you the feeling of reading an entire page of a newspaper. You read the paper by flipping through it, article by article. With a price tag just south of $500, this e-book reader ought to have some bang for these big bucks. The larger screen is great, but what does this mean for the visually impaired? The Kindle already comes with a hobbled text to speech function and a narrow choic of font sizes. Rumors have it that Amazon engineers are looking at adding an audio interface option. Digging a little deeper on the Kindle DX s web site, I found a list of the DX&#8217;s fetures that might be useful for the visually imapired. Auto-Rotating Screen By simply turning the device, you can immediately see full-width landscape views of maps, graphs, tables [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle&#8217;s Crystal Ball: Accessible Navigation</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/03/kindles-crystal-ball-accessible-navigation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted on The Mac-cessibility Site, Anazon&#8217;s Kindle team is working on some accessibility improvements. The main focus seems to be on voice feedback during navigation. The lack of an audio interface meant that the Kindle text-to-speech feature, Talk to Me, would not be accessible to blind users without the help of a sighted person. Introducing audio feedback completes the loop for the independent use of the Kindle by the visually impaired. According to the Amazon Kindle&#8217;s Blog: We&#8217;ve heard from many of our blind or vision impaired customers who are excited about Kindle 2&#8242;s text to speech technology. Some of these customers have asked that we make Kindle even easier for them by adding navigation accessible to the blind. We want to let those customers know that this is something we are working on and we look forward to making it available in the future. &#8211;The Amazon Kindle Team As is pointed out on The Mac-cessibility Site,  this features&#8217;s usefulness depends on the available of TTS-enabled content on the Kindle. As Amazon has surrenedered contorl of TTS to the publishing industry, it is vital that publishers and authors grant TTS access to their Kindle publicaitons for this accessibility improvement to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessing your Kindle on the iPhone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted today on Slashdot, Amazon Releases iPhone Kindle Software. &#8220;The Amazon Kindle 2 just started shipping last week, but Amazon surprised everyone late on March 3rd by placing the Amazon Kindle software for the iPhone in the Apple App Store. With the Whispersync technology you can now keep your Kindle and iPhone ebooks in sync and read everywhere you go. Readers on the iPhone also now get access to over 200,000 ebook titles on the Amazon Kindle storefront. Check out the hands-on image gallery and video of the Amazon Kindle software on the iPhone and Kindle 2.&#8221; via Slashdot &#124; Amazon Releases iPhone Kindle Software. The Slashdot article links to a decent review of the new app and how it words. But how accessible is this new app? Being visually impaired makes me skeptical of reading on my iPod Touch. But it is not impossible, there are several decent e-book reader apps already on the iPhone platform, including the feature rich, but content poor, Stanza and the content rich, but accessibility poor, Shortcovers. My wife has a first generation Kindle, so I tapped into her account to test out the new Kindle app. The only accessibility feature the Kindle app [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessibility @ Amazon: The Kindle, Audible.com &amp; a Chief Accessibility Officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos at Amazon Does Amazon have a Chief Accessibility Officer? Someone who oversees accessibility issues across the company? It does not seem so. With Amazon at the heart of both online shopping and digital books (audio and e-books), you need a strong corporate position on accessibility. Not only is there a moral duty for this, but a fiduciary one as well. The market for accessible products is only beginning to bloom as the baby boomers stat to retire. As tech savvy customers age and their eyesight fades, there will be a strong market impetus towards offering accessibility. The first issue facing Amazon is this Kindle controversy over the Talk to Me feature. Offering this capability makes the Kindle 2 nearly the holy grail of accessible reading devices for the visually impaired. Yet, allowing the publishers to disable text to speech reduces the accessibility of the device and may lose a significant market for the Kindle. Amazon needs someone who can find solutions for this situation. Perhaps Amazon should partner with the National Library Service for the Blind to provide TTS-enabled books to qualified individuals until the publishers see that Talk to Me is in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petition to Make the Kindle Fully Accessible</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A peeition to Make the Kindle 2 Fully Accessible has been started. We, the undersigned, ask Amazon Technologies, Inc., and its affiliates, to modify the new Kindle 2, and add the ability to have all menu choices spoken with voice prompts, so that all blind and sighted individuals may purchase, and make full use of this innovative product. Amazon could really extend the text-to-speech function with variable speed playback. The Kindle could also use an audio interface for the profoundly blind. The scalable font size could have larger options. I, for one, would appreciage an inberted colors scheme with light font on a darck background. Some of these features would be easier than others for Amazon to implement. But they won&#8217;t implement any without understanding the need. Help them. Sign the petition. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Kindle&#8217;s Crystal Ball: Accessible NavigationBookshelf AccessKindle sparks a flame war, but fails to light the fire for accessibility &#8211; AFB&#8217;s BlogRead it to Me: Kindle 2.0 has Text-to-SpeechCOAT Petition: Access to Technology Legislation]]></description>
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		<title>One Small Step Back for Amazon, One Giant Leap Backwards for Access</title>
		<link>http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2009/02/one-small-step-back-for-amazon-one-giant-leap-backwards-for-access/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Amazon announced that it was surrendering to the Author&#8217;s Guild &#8211; Amazon Backs off Text-to-Speech Feature in Kindle &#8211; Bits Blog &#8211; NYTimes.com. The new Talk To Me feature, a form of text to speech, in Amazon&#8217;s Kindle will be disabled at the whim of the publisher. How many publishers will not exercise the option to kill TTS? This will likely undo the biggest advance in accessible reading devices since the large print book. Therefore, we are modifying our systems so that rightsholders can decide on a title by title basis whether they want text-to-speech enabled or disabled for any particular title. We have already begun to work on the technical changes required to give authors and publishers that choice. With this new level of control, publishers and authors will be able to decide for themselves whether it is in their commercial interests to leave text-to-speech enabled. We believe many will decide that it is. If the publishers do choose to kill TTS, Amazon should enable this feature for the blind. They should partner with the NLS. Anyone who qualifies for the NLS&#8217; services should be able to register with Amazon for TTS enabled books. Somehow I do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle sparks a flame war, but fails to light the fire for accessibility &#8211; AFB&#8217;s Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following up on my rant against the Blount Op-Ed piece, the AFB has a well-written (much better than mine) blog post on the same issue: Kindle sparks a flame war, but fails to light the fire for accessibility &#8211; AFB&#8217;s Blog. While the Kindle offers text-to-speech options, it doesn&#8217;t include talking menus or fully accessible controls, which makes it impossible for people with vision loss to use independently. The good news is that it&#8217;s an easy fix for Amazon since the Kindle 2 is already voice enabled. AFB, and other blindness organizations, are urging Amazon to address this immediately. With baby boomers aging and the number of people experiencing vision loss expected to increase significantly, more and more people will need technology like the Kindle to have talking menus and full speech capability. Not only is the post worth reading, but there is a link to a petiion asking Amazon to extend the Kindle&#8217;s acessibility features. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Bookshelf AccessBlount Bluntly Dismisses the Blind on the NYTimes&#8217; Op-Ed PageBlog AccessibiltyKindle&#8217;s Crystal Ball: Accessible NavigationAccessibility @ Amazon: The Kindle, Audible.com &#038; a Chief Accessibility Officer]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Controversy Catching Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The brouhaha over the new Kindle&#8217;s text-to-speech function possibly violating copyright has really caught fire. The issue hit the papers as well as the blogosphere. The Wall Street Journal carried the sotry with New Kindle Audio Feature Causes a Stir. Several fellow accessibility blogs have picked up the issue. The Talking Books Librarian asks &#8220;Kindle 2 text to speech: is it a copyright violation or help for those with disabilities?&#8220;. Mac-Accessibility call for an email campaign in Author’s Guild Opposes TTS for reading Electronic Materials. The geek and sci-fi blogs are burning up on the issue as well. Wired reports on the Copyright Fight Brewing Over Amazon&#8217;s Kindle 2. Geek News Central brings up: The Kindle, Copyright, and Neil Gaiman. Speaking of sci-fi author, Neil Gaiman, he has has a Quick argument summary on his blog. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Slashdot &#124; Author&#8217;s Guild Says Kindle&#8217;s Text-To-Speech Software IllegalBlount Bluntly Dismisses the Blind on the NYTimes&#8217; Op-Ed PageKindle&#8217;s Crystal Ball: Accessible NavigationBookshelf AccessOne Small Step Back for Amazon, One Giant Leap Backwards for Access]]></description>
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		<title>Slashdot &#124; Author&#8217;s Guild Says Kindle&#8217;s Text-To-Speech Software Illegal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotted on Slashdot, Author&#8217;s Guild Says Kindle&#8217;s Text-To-Speech Software Illegal. &#8220;The Author&#8217;s Guild claims that the new Kindle&#8217;s text-to-speech software is illegal, stating that &#8220;They don&#8217;t have the right to read a book out loud,&#8221; said Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild. &#8220;That&#8217;s an audio right, which is derivative under copyright law.&#8221; Forget for a moment that text-to-speech doesn&#8217;t copy an existing work. And forget the odd notion that the artificial enunciation of plain text is equivalent to a person&#8217;s nuanced and emotive reading. The Guild&#8217;s claim is that even to read out loud is a production akin to an illegal copy, or a public performance.&#8221; why is there such a conflict between accessibility and copyright? It seems to me the lot of accessibility issues are a side effect of copyright protection. Digital rights management, (DRM), as always impeded the flow of accessible information. The Library of Congress has thousands of volumes of text in audio format, but does not release it digitally because of fears of copyright infringement. Publishers are afraid of accessible electronic books in open formats, such as PDF, for the same reason. The music industry seems ready to abandon DRM. Apple&#8217;s iTunes has begun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessible e-Reading: Google Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Google announced that its Book Search would be available for iPhone and other mobile device users. I like to read, so I thought I would see how it works and how accessible it is. I looked at another e-book reader, Stanza, in an earlier post, so I will look at the differences. As noted in the NY Times article on the accouncement, Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones, the key feature is the use of text rather than images. Unlike the version of Google Book Search for PCs, which displays scanned images of book pages, the mobile version simply displays text, allowing users to download printed material more quickly over wireless networks. [PC Workd also has a good summary of the announcment.] Google has done this for the same reason as Adobe does in its Reflow command, using text allows the text to be reformatted easily for different screens and devices. Using text has a great side benefit as well, making the text accessible to accessibility modifications and to screen readers. I have never been able to use Google Book Search on my computer since the images are not amenable to my color and font [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read it to Me: Kindle 2.0 has Text-to-Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NY Times, along with every other news source, is reporting on the new version of Amazon&#8217;s e-book reader, the Kindle.Buried among all the other changes is one important accessibility feature: text-to-speech. According to the Times: Giving Voice to the Kindle: The Kindle 2 also has text-to-speech built in. “Any book, blog, magazine or personal document can be read aloud,” Mr. Bezos said. Users can switch between reading text and hearing it read by a fairly computerized voice. “It’s very easy to go back and forth between reading and listening,” Mr. Bezos said I have tested out the first version, as my wife has the Kindle 1.0. With its adjustable font size set to the maximum, I can read the text fairly easily with my low vision reading glasses. I look forward to testing out the new text-to-speech feature when I find someone with the new version. The new Kindle&#8217;s text-to-speech offers two voices, male and female, and does not offer variable speed playback. I really like the variable spped playback on the iPod, though I wish it had more than three settings. We will have to wait on reviews of the reading quality, but Nuance, who provides the Kindle&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mighty Magnifiying Mouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s Comfort Optical 3000 Mouse allows the user to zoom in on the cursor with the click of a mouse button. Although, I have not tried it yet, it seems like a great little feature for visually-impaired users. I am quite happy with my wireless Logitech mouse. It is quite configurable, so I could probably assign one of its many buttons to Vista&#8217;s magnification program, thus replicating the Comfort Optical 3000&#8242;s magnification feature. I do not find myself using the built in magnifaction software much, soÂ  I have not tried this out. Also, if you are a big user of screen magnification software, like zoomtext, this mouse may be more complicating thatn helpful. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Scroll Wheel Image ZoomDual Monitors &#038; the Visually ImpairedOne Order of Accessibility To Go, PleaseAutomatic AccessibilityDo You Dislike Notepad? Go for EditPad Instead.]]></description>
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		<title>Blind Photography Listmania</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have begun compiling a list of books (and DVDs if there are any) by and/or about blind photographers. Blind Photographers, named for the flickr group for visually-impaired photographers, currently only has four titles, including Seeing Beyond Sight and Shooting Blind. Please check it out. PS Let me know if you have any additions. If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Low Vision Gadgets: Amazon ListmaniaFlickr: Blind PhotographersThe Touch Sight cameraBest of Blind PhotographersBlind Photographers: The New York Times on Kurt Weston and Blind Photography]]></description>
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		<title>Low Vision Gadgets: Amazon Listmania</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am creating an Amazon Listmania list, Lov Vision Gadgets, for all those nifty little things that I fund unexpectedly helpful as a visually-impaired person. This is not a list for those expensive low vision aids. Instead, I want to highlight items not marketed for the visually impaired, but are still quite useful. The first item on the list is the LED headlamp about which I recently posted. Suggestions are welcome! If you find this post useful or interesting, please consider buying me a cup of coffee.Related Posts:Blind Photography ListmaniaSpelunking Your BooksMighty Magnifiying MouseAccessibility @ Amazon: The Kindle, Audible.com &#038; a Chief Accessibility OfficerThe iPad &#038; the Ultimate Low Vision Aid]]></description>
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