Amazon Kindle Accessibility

The Tech Doctor is pleased to welcome back Lisa Salinger and Allison Hartley to the podcast. Both Allison and Lisa recently purchased the Amazon Kindle Keyboard. This is the only model of the Kindle that is accessible to a blind person. As Lisa and Allison describe their experiences with the Kindle, it becomes clear that while we all wish that Amazon would do more to make all Kindles accessible, the Kindle Keyboard is accessible enough to allow a blind person to independently operate the Kindle Keyboard to successfully read the extensive library of Kindle books that have the text to speech flag enabled. While we do not have any inside information, we don’t know how long the Kindle Keyboard will be around as it is not a current model. I was unable to find one at my local Best Buy but was able to purchase a Kindle Keyboard online directly from Amazon. In 2010, Ricky Enger of Serotek did a comprehensive review of the accessible Kindle. The information is still accurate. Here is a link to the review. An Accessibility Review of the Amazon Kindle 3 Another excellent resource is The Kindle Accessibility Blog Finally, Accessible World has published two excellent podcasts on using the Kindle Keyboard. Accessible World Kindle Podcasts Thanks to Lisa and Allison for sharing their Kindle experiences. I am confident that you will enjoy this podcast.