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Originally Posted by shalym
But TTS and audio capabilities would satisfy the ADA...no need to hook it up to Alexa. That's what I don't understand. What do you gain by hooking the Kindle to Alexa that you don't gain by simply giving it TTS?
Shari
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Less CPU usage, better voice/audio quality, easier to maintain and update.
Alexa audio is processed in the cloud and the only local resources are the streaming code.
And that is just the playback.
The voice controls are something that the lean Kindle hardware can't really handle. Period.
You keep focusing on the playback when the ADA issue is the interface navigation. Kindles have *visual* interfaces. Alexa would give them conversational interfaces which may not add much for the sighted but would dramatically aid the visually impaired...
...plus open the doors to institutional sales.
That last bit might just figure into Amazon's thinking.
Possibly.