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Originally Posted by canidae
Unfortunately mum has deteriorated and cannot speak much and has we hope temporarily lost the use of her hands.
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Do you mean that she is completely unable to move her arms and hands, or that she is not able to perform fine motor skills such as pushing buttons, but can still hold larger objects, such as the size of a pen, and move her arms in a controlled manner?
If it's the first, I don't have any suggestions besides the ones posted already. If the latter is true, the solution may be simpler.
My sister's mother in law suffered a stroke, and temporarily lost most of her fine motor skills in her hands and fingers, but she could still hold things when grabbed, and she could move her arms, all be it slowly. (It's going better now, a year later; almost back to normal.)
To make her tablet usable, her husband built a very heavy wooden tablet stand, and got a big stylus. The stand was heavy enough as not to move when the tablet is tapped with the stylus. Sometimes, that tap comes in quite hard, because she didn't have enough control.
The Kindle does not have a strong screen, but many tablets do. They are virtually scratch resistant and can't be damaged as long as you don't drop them. (And most styli have a rubber tip, even the ones for touch screens.)
Maybe it would be worth it to take a look into a 10 inch tablet, a very heavy stand (or maybe even an Ergotron display arm, so it can be moved, somewhat modified to hold the tablet instead of a display), and a big stylus to be used on capacitive touch screens. You could be done for a very low price compared to a page bot, and your mum would be able to select her own books.
The tablet can be powered continuously by just keeping it plugged into the wall socket.