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Originally Posted by Threepwood
I would love to see Immersion Reading support on an upcoming Kindle
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Me too. It would make a dubious feature (ability to play audiobooks on a Kindle, something analogous to a talking dog) into one I would actually use.
Accessibility of Kindles could be improved considerably if they implemented Bluetooth profiles for keyboards and ‘switch controls’ e.g.:
https://www.apple.com/shop/accessori.../accessibility
Also they need to add non-English language support for VoiceView (Spanish, French, Japanese, etc.). And yes, an Echo device could be another way to navigate.
As for Alexa, I have bought 3 Echos (none in use), and have more or less relegated my Fire HD8 to living in its charging dock. I don’t have much interest in ‘smart home’ applications, or in ordering stuff from Amazon by voice. Even controlling music by voice is not that a great an experience, particularly for Classical music, e.g. if you want to play a specific album with specific orchestra or performer etc, and none of Amazon’s devices really sweat the details of sound production. I don’t really see what their vision around this is, if they even have one other than that of the Borg culture (‘you will be assimilated; resistance is futile’).