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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
This "Victor Reader Stream" works on the Kindle? I'm quite aware of screenreading software for the PC, I'm pointing out that the Kindle dosn't have the same capacity.
I also think you need to look further into the origional complaint...
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I read the links given and understand the original complaint. They complained that they felt the Kindles was useless if you are blind. I understand that completely.
No, the Victor Reader Stream does not work with the Kindle. It is a seperate device for the blind that allows them to hear all the text and to make and hear the notes for that text.
What I think you and some others are missing, is that the Kindle was never the only way for the students to access the material. The blind students have always had other ways to access the material. This can be through brail, large print, DAISY, audio book, CDs of people reading the text, TTS, having it on a PC with ZoomText, etc. The vision impaired students are complaining that other students have a new option for their texts, when they have had many options all along and don't need the Kindle at all. So I think that this is a baseless complaint here.
What I think happened, is that someone at the NFB sees a great potential in ereaders, but also see the problems with it for the blind. In order to put pressure on Amazon to make the changes they want, the NFB orchestrated these complaints to the universities. Considering how many devices they could lose out on selling, Amazon is eager to make the two schools happy. That in turn makes the NFB happy.