11-22-2012, 03:41 AM | #16 |
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Isn't this implication that someone in their 70s is an idiot a little offensive? She's just as capable of reading the Kindle User Guide as anyone else, surely?
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11-22-2012, 09:28 AM | #18 |
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Harry & Martyd, if that is in response to my comment, I have done this for my non techie aunt on cell phones because she couldn't remember what to press and it helped her. I didn't imply that anyone was an idiot.
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Ok xendula, I get your point. Based on what I've read so far I'll go with a Basic Kindle, black only. I got mine at Staples. Load it up, set the font size and start the book. All she will have to operate is the on/off button and page turn. From there I think you can observe how much she is willing to learn. Since the OP is close by, I think they can move things along at the right pace. I guess what I don't like is a web diagnosis of this person's condition. Good luck Duckie Tigger. I applaud your efforts. |
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A big minus for the Kindle Touch is that it doesn't have a back button and that it's easy to turn pages unintentionally. It's the reading equivalent of being dumped into an unfamiliar desert without a map. Does the Paperwhite have a back button or some equivalent? |
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Decision is made, the only reader for her will be the basic Kindle in black. Now we are going to slowly find out if getting an ereader is what she wants. Only because she said that she really liked it, that it is easy to read, that she wants to start reading again does not mean it is so. I would like to eat healthier, but that does not mean it is going to happen. Who am I to expect that my mom is going to change if she doesn't really want to? At least now I know which device to get her once she says GO. |
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If the guide was on paper it might be different. Putting the guide onto the device itself is almost as bad as having instructions on how to hook up your dvd player to the tv appear on the tv screen to read.
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I was just making the point, really, that age has little if anything to do with technical competence. My next-door neighbour is in his 90s, has been a radio amateur for 60+ years, and builds his own PCs from components. |
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11-23-2012, 02:46 PM | #25 |
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As the daughter of an 86 year old father who decided to build, rather than buy, his latest PC this summer (and who retired before his workplace even had computers), I certainly don't assume that to be old = to be stupid. For my own sake, I sure hope not! But if you take the time to read the OP's description of his MIL's condition, you will see that she is experiencing some dementia, which affects short term memory and the ability to learn new things.
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To the OP, after owning a KB3, a K4 and now a K4NT . . . one of the readers with the keys (KB3 or K4NT) might be a better option. I often bumped the screen of the K4 when I didnt' mean to. I could get back to where I was easily enough, but might be frustrating to the older/non-tech reader. You know, the KISS Principle - Keep It Simple Stupid. John Doh, read on down and found, Quote:
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Well here it is. My MIL is not going to get an ereader anytime soon. At least not from us, and that means nobody else is going to even think about getting her one either. I have to say that it is not a bad thing for us. My wife, and in extension me, has always been the black sheep - it will never change. Nothing we do is ever good enough. Why did you do that, why didn't you do this. If you say that you are going to be back at 2, you better be here at 2 and not at 2:15. Except for all the white sheep she makes every excuse in the book - they are never wrong, even when they lie right into her face, even when she knows they lie, they are still so precious and perfect. She says that she does not want us to do something anymore - and when we honor her wish and tell her she needs to ask someone else to get it done, then it is our fault. As far as I am concerned she can just shove it. The only reason I am still doing anything for her is because my wife asks me too, but my wife is almost to the point that she doesn't give a hoot any more either.
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Too bad...
You could give her a book store giftcard and a booklight. Nothing screams love like a giftcard!!! If she refuses to use it, you could at least get it back and buy yourselves some books. |
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I agree with a giftcard but I wouldn't limit it to books. You can make a suggestion she get something to read with it but I find people like non restrictions when it comes to these type gifts. Walmart, Target or Amazon gift card is what we give or Visa gift card and pretty Holiday card for the gift card to go in. Last edited by Blossom; 11-26-2012 at 10:44 PM. |
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11-27-2012, 08:27 AM | #30 |
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Blossom, I was thinking book store gift card to kind of nudge her into the direction of reading, since that was the OP's intent, but I agree with you: in general I'd rather not be forced to only buy a specific type of item with a gift card I receive.
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