I'm ambivalent about touch screens, but this...
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Originally Posted by Marcy
As to the visually impaired, anyone impaired enough that they can't read the index of books and get their finger on the 1cm strip of screen devoted to each book, is in the legally blind range and not the target audience of an ereader.
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Hey, I love the Sony too, but let's not get carried away here to protect it, ok? Sony doesn't have to be, but the Kindle has been a Godsend for too many people who are legally blind, like my grandfather and others I've seen online.
I'm not legally blind - barely need glasses - but have an illness that hits my optic nerve and sometimes all but blinds me or often makes it painful to read or even open my eyes.
It's not cool to say we don't belong in the ereader market. Amazon is accommodating us and that should be credited - not blown off as useless because Sony doesn't choose to accommodate us too.
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Originally Posted by Marcy
No, I do understand. The Sony is fine for someone visually impaired, but who sees well enough to read on the larger font sizes. It isn't enough for someone who can't read the book titles.
And since the Sony doesn't do text-to-speech at all, that is a non-issue for this device. It isn't meant for the legally blind. The legally blind that want text-to-speech won't be getting a Sony and it has nothing to do with the touch screen.
If vision is so bad you can't see the screen, I can't imagine enjoying text-to-speech via a synthesized voice on a regular basis. Why not just get audiobooks instead and stick them on a cheap MP3 player? Why pay for an ereader where most of the cost is due to the screen *that you can't see*?
-Marcy
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I enjoy it on a daily basis. I even use it when I'm feeling and seeing fine. I can't stand audiobooks. The narrator's interpretation makes it worse than just listening to television. And navigating them isn't as easy as navigating the kindle.
Sorry, but nothing irks me more than to be told to give up on ebooks and just read an audiobook - they're not the same.