[Jobs] Has anyone purchased the new kindle dvice for reading books?

[caribou_yukon]

Has anyone out there seen the new Kindle book reading device from Jeff 
Brazos and Amazon.com?  It appears that it would have been the dream answer 
for those who are visually impaired if ONLY they had added audio. If you 
haven't seen it go to: amazon.com/kindle. Is it possible for the LOC folks 
who are working on the next stage of talking books to have gotten with Jeff 
Brazos? It seems that they are on the cutting edge. Brazos' device would 
allow you do read in bed at night, or on a plane or when stuck in an 
airport. None of thethings coming out by the LOC or talking books will allow 
that without 13 zillion pieces of hardware which is not always easy to carry 
and doesn't always work in certain situations. I am am just amazed at the 
leap forward Brazos has taken and I have seen nothing in the adaptive 
literature that comes close to this. Kindle is only 10 0z in weight and you 
have have as many as 200 or more books on it at a time along with magazines, 
newspapers etc. The newspapers on Kindle are complete note just partial 
articles or a few articles like with Newsline which I dearly love. Kindle 
(save the lacking audio function) makes everything else I know of pale by 
comparison. How can this all pass us by without the adpative community being 
a part of it????

Elaine Miller
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark of Blind Ambitions Groups " 
<mark.marvel at blindambitionsgroups.org>
To: "'Jobs for the Blind'" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Is there anyone out there involved in Real Estate?


> Great advice. Thanks for the Ideas. It will give me another excuse to talk
> with Ebby Holliday.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mark Marvel
> President
> Blind Ambitions Groups
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> James Konechne
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 8:17 PM
> To: Jobs for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Jobs] Is there anyone out there involved in Real Estate?
>
> Hi Mark,
> I dont' think it matters so much whether the real estate person is blind 
> or
> not, just talk to ppl in your area that are in real estate and that are
> successful long-term.  Ask them if you can buy them dinner and ride around
> with them for a few days and ask questions.
> Take good notes.  I know brokers that said they learned more this way than
> any other way.
> Good luck.
> James K
>
> On 11/19/07, Mark of Blind Ambitions Groups
> <mark.marvel at blindambitionsgroups.org> wrote:
>> Hello Listers,
>>
>> I am talking to a client who is interested in finding out more about
>> the real estate market and opportunities for that blind in the world of
> reality.
>> Does any currently work in this field or know of someone who is? Tell
>> me about your people.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Mark Marvel
>> President
>> Blind Ambitions Groups
>> 1222 Commerce Street
>> Suite 406
>> Dallas, TX 75202
>> Toll-free: (888) 760-9252
>> Phone: (214) 760-9252
>> Fax: (214) 760-9254
>> Mobile: (214) 796-5868
>> Email: mark.marvel at blindambitionsgroups.org
>> Website: www.blindambitionsgroups.org
>> "We may have lost our sight but we have not lost our VISION"
>>
>> To join our Blind Ambitions Groups list, send an e-mail to:
>>
>> blindambitionsgroups-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
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