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Also, the Kindle allows
users to buy books the day they are released. Bookshare relys on
volunteers to scan books in one by one, so they may not have the newest
bestseller a user wants to read. Same with on-line newspapers,
journals, etc...
I have the Kindle app on my iPhone and
I absolutely love it and couldn't live without it now. So I
know how some of the patients feel that have approached the National
office because they love their Kindles and can't access them anymore.
Now, they will not have to give up their Kindles, which is a true quality
of life benefit for some of our PALS. SAJE was the only company out
there that was converting Kindles to switch access but at a cost of $400.00
for the conversion.
Alisa
Alisa Brownlee, ATP
Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology
Services
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National
Office and Greater Philadelphia Chapter
Direct Phone: 215-631-1877 From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Betts Peters Sent: Fri 1/29/2010 1:25 PM To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: kindle for PC's About ebooks – I recently learned about Bookshare.org, which provides low-cost ebooks to people with disabilities who can’t use normal books. For a $25 setup fee and a $50 annual fee, they get unlimited downloads of books, periodicals, and daily newspapers. Do any of you have experience with Bookshare? I would be interested to hear what you think of it.
Betts Peters, MA, CCC-SLP Assistive Technology Services Coordinator The ALS Association, Oregon & SW Washington Chapter 310 SW 4th Ave, Suite 630 Portland, OR 97204 503-238-5559 800-681-9851 Fax: 503-296-5590 Website: www.alsa-or.org
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From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Antoinette
Verdone
It allows you to purchase Kindle books and read them on your PC. Since I don’t have any Kindle books, I don’t know what the experience looks like, but my assumption is that they have a layout that is more like reading a book than scrolling on a screen.
Also, you cannot get many books in a pure PDF, so this would allow you to have electronic access to books that would otherwise not be accessible electronically.
I think this is a step in the right direction, but just wait and see what happens over the next two years! Ebooks are going to explode and a standard format will emerge (I hope), and then the sky is the limit!
Antoinette Verdone, MSBME, ATP Assistive Technology Specialist The ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter 42 Broadway, Suite 1724 New York, NY 10004 Phone: 212-720-3054 Fax: 212-619-7409 Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx
"One cannot consent to creep when one has the impulse to soar" -- Helen Keller From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taylor,
Barry
Can someone tell me what I’m missing here? What does Kindle PC give you that Adobe or similar won’t do?
Barry -----Original
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Yeah, it's finally here. Consumers can read a Kindle on their PC--no Kindle unit required.
Reeading is often the #1 question I get asked, so if the user has a computer that we can make accessible if they don't have hand function, they can now still read Kindle books.
Thanks, Alisa
Alisa Brownlee, ATP Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology Services ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National Office and Greater Philadelphia Chapter Direct Phone: 215-631-1877
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