[gui-talk] The New Amazon Kindle 2 Has Arrived

[Loy]

It uses the ATT voices. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy at charter.net>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] The New Amazon Kindle 2 Has Arrived


Wonder what voice it uses? There was no mention about the menus  
speaking, and if those don't speak, there would be no way that I know  
of to download books, without speaking menus, the feature won't help  
much.
On Feb 10, 2009, at 5:23 PM, mworkman at ualberta.ca wrote:

> I believe it was on this list that a discussion took place about the
> possibility of having access to Kindle books.  Well, from the  
> article below,
> it looks like we have another way to increase our access to print,  
> though I
> really have no idea how easy or difficult one of these things is to  
> operate.
>
> Marc
>
> Dear Amazon Associate:
>
> We're excited to introduce Amazon
>
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/r.html?R=21BL5JYTHSE01&C=1BZ4TTD4EFK9Y&H=U2kiiEIFB
> aupOb0BfPMDYMAUApYA&T=C&U=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct 
> %2FB0015
> 4JDAI%2Fref%3Dpe_1130_11308840>
>
>
> Kindle 2, the next generation wireless reading device. With a sleek  
> and thin
>
> design that makes Kindle 2 as thin as a typical magazine and lighter  
> than a
> paperpack, the new Kindle has seven times more storage and now holds  
> over
> 1,500 books. It has a longer battery life and faster page turns. An  
> advanced
>
> display provides even crisper images and clearer text for an improved
> book-like reading experience. And Kindle 2 even reads to you, with  
> "Read to
> Me", our new Text to Speech feature.
>
> With Kindle 2 we kept everything readers love about the original  
> Kindle-the
> convenience of reading what you want, when you want it, the  
> immediacy of
> getting a book wirelessly delivered in less than 60 seconds, and  
> Kindle's
> ability to "disappear" in your hands so you can get lost in the  
> author's
> words. We're also excited to announce that the Kindle Store has over  
> 230,000
>
> ebooks available.
>
>
> Read-to-Me
>
> Now Kindle can read to you. With its new Text-to-Speech feature,  
> Kindle can
> read every book, blog, magazine, and newspaper out loud to you. You  
> can
> switch back and forth between reading and listening, and your spot is
> automatically saved. Pages automatically turn while the content is  
> being
> read, so you can listen hands-free. You can speed up or slow down the
> reading speeds or choose a male or female voice. Anything you can  
> read on
> Kindle, Kindle can read to you, including books, newspapers,  
> magazines,
> blogs and even personal documents. In the middle of a great book or  
> article
> but have to jump in the car? Simply turn on Text-to-Speech and  
> listen on the
> go.
>
>
>
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