[gui-talk] Kindle books

[Baracco, Andrew W]

It is the sighted guy's equivalant of the Victor Stream.  The display
looks just like a printed book, to give a familiar frame of reference.

Andy
 

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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:21 PM
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Well, I think the idea is that you can purchase and download books from
Amazon; put them on this reader and take several books along with
you...just as we do with the V R Stream.  I'm sure it is the software,
in the reader, which makes it work.  But, you have to have the little
screen and controls to read the books.

Cindy
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so apparently you need to have this hardware reader in order to read a
kindle book, which is in some proprietary format? I would think there
would
be software that could do the job just as well...
Thanks.
--le

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From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425 at verizon.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 5:38 AM
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Hi,

Kindle is a hardware reader.  It looks like a book, but has a screen
instead
of pages.  There are controls to allow the reader to turn pages and to
move
from one book to another.  That's really about all I know about it.
But, it
has no speech and is not accessible.  It's also more expensive than the
Victor Stream.

Cindy
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Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:49 PM
Subject: [gui-talk] Kindle books


Hi all -- Has anyone had experience good or bad reading books on Kindle
sold
by amazon?
Is Kindle a software reader, or a hardware device like an ipod?
Is it accessible? I'd like to get an armload of books but since I would
be
scanning them anyway, I would prefer getting them in some electronic
format.
What is Kindle anyway?
I guess I'll go back to amazon and read up on it, but I wanted to ask
the
list first.
Thanks in advance.
Oh, and the books aren't on bookshare -- I checked.
--le


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