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Tarana · 10-31-2016, 10:09 AM

The basic kindle (7th gen) has no light (works for me 95% of the time). I don't read in bed ever. The primary difference with this model vs. older ones is that it has bluetooth so that you can use text-to-speech on any speaker with bluetooth.

If you recall, the old Kindle keyboard was the last ereader in the Amazon line to have a speaker so you've had to buy tablets if you needed/wanted text-to-speech. Now, you can link your ereader to a bluetooth speaker and have text-to-speech. Given that I have vision problems, it is a feature I use increasingly more frequently. Otherwise, the layout is the same as the paperwhite.

10-31-2016, 10:09 AM	#7
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,042 Karma: 38840460 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	The basic kindle (7th gen) has no light (works for me 95% of the time). I don't read in bed ever. The primary difference with this model vs. older ones is that it has bluetooth so that you can use text-to-speech on any speaker with bluetooth. If you recall, the old Kindle keyboard was the last ereader in the Amazon line to have a speaker so you've had to buy tablets if you needed/wanted text-to-speech. Now, you can link your ereader to a bluetooth speaker and have text-to-speech. Given that I have vision problems, it is a feature I use increasingly more frequently. Otherwise, the layout is the same as the paperwhite. Last edited by Tarana; 10-31-2016 at 10:30 AM.