The voice was the same IVONA text-to-speech female voice used by default on the Fire tablet version of VoiceView. InstallationĪfter connecting the Audio Adapter's USB cable and a pair of earbuds to the Kindle, pressing the Paperwhite's power button, and waiting a few seconds, I was greeted with a welcome message and instructed to double tap the screen to load the VoiceView software. The Audio Adapter is rated for approximately six hours of continuous playback, which matched my experience. Understandably, using speech lowers this performance dramatically. The Kindle eReader is known for its battery life (the device can operate for weeks without recharging). The dongle draws its power from the Paperwhite, so you do not need to recharge or replace additional batteries. The Audio Adapter currently works only on 7 th Generation Paperwhites, though there are plans to extend the VoiceView to other Kindle models. Nor does the Paperwhite come with a USB wall adapter, only a cable, which you can use to charge the device from a computer USB port or a separately purchased wall adapter. I did have to grab a pair of earbuds, however, since, like the Paperwhite itself, the Kindle Audio Adapter does not have a speaker and earbuds are not included. Happily, Kindle eReaders usually come pre-charged, so I didn't have to wait to try the Audio Adapter. Power can move through a USB cable in either direction, but only in a single direction at one time, so the device cannot charge and voice simultaneously." According to Korn, "This is a limitation of the USB standards.
There is no pass-through, so you can't use your Kindle with speech while it is plugged into the charger. The Kindle Audio adapter is a 0.6-ounce dongle with an audio jack at one end and a short, micro USB cable at the other. There is a fairly wide bezel surrounding the device's six-inch, touch-enabled eInk screen. The Paperwhite has a single button–the power button–and one port-the micro-USB charging port, along the bottom edge of the device. The Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi is 6.7″ by 4.6″ by 0.36.″ It weighs 7.2 ounces, less than many paperbacks. Recently, I put a Kindle Paperwhite with an Audio Adapter through its paces. Additionally, there is already an extremely large Kindle user base, and, observes Korn, "As this population ages and vision dims many will wish to use the Audio Adapter so they can continue reading with the same device they have always used." Those who are currently using one of the several voice-enabled feature phones may also be interested in the Kindle Audio Adapter. They want a single device that will read a book and nothing else." This sentiment also explains the ongoing popularity of the Digital Audio Book Players provided by the National Library Service. Some visually impaired individuals don't want to use a multipurpose smartphone or tablet to read a book.
Also, according to Amazon Accessibility Architect, Peter Korn, "We were still getting a lot of requests for an accessible Kindle. Amazon, like Apple and Google, is pushing hard to have its devices used in the classroom, and the inaccessibility of the original Kindle devices was a definite drawback, if not a deal breaker, for many districts. Recently, Amazon introduced the Kindle Audio Adapter, a USB dongle that enables Paperwhite Generation 7 users to read Kindle books with a ground-up rebuild of the VoiceView touch screen reader. This left only one inaccessible Kindle reading device-the original Kindle e-book reader. Amazon went on to develop the VoiceView screen reader for its line of Fire tablets, which also now offer access to Kindle titles.
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After the Kindle iOS and Android apps were made accessible, the blind and visually impaired community was finally able to purchase and enjoy Amazon's unmatched library of e-books using either VoiceOver or TalkBack.
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