Sentences with phrase «blind readers»

With the Kindle 3 Amazon has added features that make Kindle accessible for blind readers and low vision readers.

«Axis 360 will revolutionize the way in which blind readers get books,» Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said in a release.

Blind reader Gary said «I feel like I have been set free in a sweet shop!

The only large capability addition is Bluetooth audio, which lets blind readers connect the Kindle to Bluetooth speakers or headphones to listen to audio narration.

Some reports also suggest that the new Kindle will come with Bluetooth support so blind readers can hook up a pair of wireless headphones to listen to books, along with a note - sending feature that will let you send yourself messages and highlights, which can be exported as PDFs or spreadsheets.

The updated e-reader is thinner, lighter and brings back accessibility to blind readers through Bluetooth audio support.

All the points listed in the previous section on Kindle usability for Blind Readers are obvious areas to tackle.

Clearly the Voice Guide is a significant aid for helping a blind person navigate the Kindle, but once inside a book with text - to - speech turned on, the blind reader has no reasonable navigational control at his disposal.

I am a blind reader.

These are just further suggestions to make Kindle even better for blind readers.

All said and done the Kindle 3 is the first eReader that delivers a cheap, powerful reading solution for blind readers.

The NFB has released a statement commending Amazon for making Kindle 3 accessible to blind readers — That's perhaps the surest sign that Kindle for Blind Readers is now a reality.

They are also expanding to low vision readers (super size fonts in Kindle and Nook), blind readers (voice guide and text to speech in Kindle), and other demographics.

This post focuses mostly on Kindle 3's accessibility features for blind readers.

Finally, the Kindle 3 has delivered on Amazon's promise of making the Kindle accessible for blind readers.

«It doesn't necessarily give you access to all the options,» he says, even though this is a slight improvement over earlier Kindle models, which required a sighted person to activate text - to - speech functions that blind readers could use, he says.

Blind readers are locked out of the print reading experience.

Is the new Kindle 3 good enough for blind readers to use by themselves?

The way the library was designed created barriers for blind readers and blind readers couldn't read books on Script.

Ok, I'm either going to point out the obvious here, or I've missed the point entirely... But isn't your average paper textbook even more inaccessible to blind readers?