Amazon releases Kindle Paperwhite with VoiceView - Page 3

tubemonkey · 05-10-2016, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by tomsem

Anybody going to order one?

No, since my Fire 6 already accomplishes the same thing.

jhowell · 05-10-2016, 09:55 PM

I wonder if there are any legal issues leading them toward only having TTS in conjunction with a mode for the sight impaired.

Barbara1955 · 05-10-2016, 10:50 PM

I tried to contact HELP on Amazon. Goes to a no where page

Barbara1955 · 05-10-2016, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

No, since my Fire 6 already accomplishes the same thing.

I got the Fire 10 so I could have TTS. But this will make my PW3 more useful to me.

Marcy · 05-11-2016, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Is VoiceView for Kindle the same as VoiceView for Fire?

If so, why spend $140 on the Paperwhite bundle when you can spend $50 for a Fire 7 and not have a dangling dongle?

It seems this would be a much better solution for disabled access, even for school districts. Simply buy a small number of Fire Tablets and have them available for any disabled students.

HarryT · 05-11-2016, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by disconnected

A lot of people without disabilities have been asking for this too -- people that want to read with e-ink and just turn on audio when doing housework or commuting. If they ever sell the adapter separately it's not much money to spend for upgrading an existing Kindle.

The fact that they quote a price for it very strongly suggests that it will be sold separately.

crossi · 05-11-2016, 09:20 AM

What I would like is not text to speech but speech to actions. I would like, at least for the kindle pc, to be able to control the program through verbal commands. Come on Alexa, you can do it. Windows Speech Recognition can do so to a limited extent. It can open Kindle for PC and once the book is open can turn the pages and close the program down, but I cannot find a way to select and open a particular book.

jhowell · 05-11-2016, 10:01 AM

I wonder if compatibility with this device is the reason that the row of dots was replaced by percentage read in recent Kindle firmware. The percentage should work better with a screen reader.

HarryT · 05-11-2016, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jhowell

I wonder if compatibility with this device is the reason that the row of dots was replaced by percentage read in recent Kindle firmware. The percentage should work better with a screen reader.

I really doubt it. That happened a long time ago.

jhowell · 05-11-2016, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I really doubt it. That happened a long time ago.

It changed in firmware 5.7.2, released in early February. I suspect that work on this device was begun long before that.

HarryT · 05-11-2016, 10:07 AM

I suppose it's conceivable that it's the reason. We'll never know.

A question for those whp still have a K3: how did it read it out in its voice navigation mode? Did it simply ignore it when reading the library page?

tubemonkey · 05-11-2016, 10:38 AM

What happens when the library drops OverDrive? They'll be stuck with a bunch of useless Kindles that they'll end up selling for pennies on the dollar, because Kindles only work at OverDrive libraries. So much for accessibility.

eschwartz · 05-11-2016, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

What happens when the library drops OverDrive? They'll be stuck with a bunch of useless Kindles that they'll end up selling for pennies on the dollar, because Kindles only work at OverDrive libraries. So much for accessibility.

Then I drop them.

Both because of dropping Kindle support, and because of dropping the digital library platform with far more books that I actually want to read.
Axis360 and 3M kinda suck.

tomsem · 05-11-2016, 03:18 PM

You can buy the audio adapter standalone now (I just did):

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZGVVG92/

Barbara1955 · 05-11-2016, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I suppose it's conceivable that it's the reason. We'll never know.

A question for those whp still have a K3: how did it read it out in its voice navigation mode? Did it simply ignore it when reading the library page?

It ignored the % & page Didn't read Title Some times its say Chapter but not always.

05-11-2016, 10:07 AM	#41
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I suppose it's conceivable that it's the reason. We'll never know. A question for those whp still have a K3: how did it read it out in its voice navigation mode? Did it simply ignore it when reading the library page? Last edited by HarryT; 05-11-2016 at 10:40 AM.

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Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	I tried to contact HELP on Amazon. Goes to a no where page

05-11-2016, 09:20 AM	#37
crossi Guru Posts: 997 Karma: 12000001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Wahington U.S. Device: kindle	What I would like is not text to speech but speech to actions. I would like, at least for the kindle pc, to be able to control the program through verbal commands. Come on Alexa, you can do it. Windows Speech Recognition can do so to a limited extent. It can open Kindle for PC and once the book is open can turn the pages and close the program down, but I cannot find a way to select and open a particular book.

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jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,159 Karma: 92500001 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	I wonder if compatibility with this device is the reason that the row of dots was replaced by percentage read in recent Kindle firmware. The percentage should work better with a screen reader.

05-11-2016, 10:38 AM	#42
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,853 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	What happens when the library drops OverDrive? They'll be stuck with a bunch of useless Kindles that they'll end up selling for pennies on the dollar, because Kindles only work at OverDrive libraries. So much for accessibility.

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tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,007 Karma: 27060353 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	You can buy the audio adapter standalone now (I just did): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZGVVG92/