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Originally Posted by kacir
Oh ... one more thing ;-).
When you purchase Kindle for her, you can send books to the Kindle by email. Just send document containing a free book to an email associated with the account and the book arrives at the Kindle wirelessly, automagically. And it gets stored in Kindle cloud, so she can download it again later.
So if I were in your situation I would investigate how she can operate Kindle, or perhaps look into an option to install alternative means for turning page for Kindle. It should be easy to manufacture a board where you attach the kindle and that has big, comfortable, easily operated mechanical lever for pressing the "turn page" button.
Or look into that frankenkindle mentioned in thread.
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I wasn't aware of the email option so that's something to bear in mind if she has any problem ordering via 3G, which is now a worrying possibility that surprisingly only just came to mind. Just because the device has 3G doesn't necessarily mean that she'll be able to follow the necessary process, because of limited dexterity and the fiddly keyboard. Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to E-Read. Sorry that's bloody terrible.
Well the only assistive page-turn device I came across was this:
http://www.broadenedhorizons.com/en/...urner-kindle-3
A little over the odds if you ask me and it looks like it was desinged to launch a nuclear missile, not turn a page in a book. I think I'll see how she gets on with the interface, then if problems, try to locate a cheaper page turn device, and failing that, investigate the USB keyboard hack further.
Thanks,
David.