Thread: K4NTB works for older person?
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Old 12-01-2012, 12:44 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
Q: Is a K4NTB right for older person?

I am trying to find an e-reader for my mother-in-law. She is in her low 70's, retired, and used to read a lot (and I mean a lot). A few years back her eyes got bad enough as to make reading her (mostly) paperbacks very complicated. She stopped reading, and now my wife and me are trying to get her to read again - mainly for something to do and for improving her disappearing memory. My theory about it is: Don't use it, you lose it. (brain, memory, thinking, ...)

I showed her the KT, and she can comfortably read it even without her glasses at 4th or 5th smallest font-size. She likes the idea of beeing able to read again. Not so sure about a touch screen though - the most advanced technology in her house is a cd-radio and the remote of her tv. She got no idea what to do with a computer, tablet, smart phone, internet. Is a K4 intuive enough to figure out how to look for a book, open it and read it if we were to show her what buttons to press? The books she likes we would need to preload for her and put in some kind of collections. The Kindle would just be standalone, no wifi no computer to charge it.

What are your thoughts - is that a feasible challenge, or am I better off not trying to bring her into this century? Anybody has experience with seniors like mom, that read on ereader, but are otherwise oblivious of electronic gadgets / computers? Does the K4 have a similar range of fonts and sizes as the KT?
Forget the touch interface for seniors (think early Parkinsons or Coffee nerves ).
The NT is better for less steady hands.

I finally got Mrs Duck to use (a reader) the NT (fits your age profile)

Get ANY 1Amp+ USB Wall charger adapter (you don't need the white one )
Without having the Internet (WiFi), you will need to preload and stop by with a Laptop (with a bigger Library OR Sender her to the local WiFi hot spot.
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