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Help with Kindle Fire for grandmother who is blind (self.Blind)
submitted by ICatchMemories
Hi, my husbands grandmother is 75 years old. She is considered legally blind but can see some colors. She lost her vision about 10 years ago. I would like to buy her the new Kindle so she can listen to some books. Will the Kindle Fire read her all the text? Or do you have suggestion of another device that would work better? Nook or Ipad? Also, is there any specific apps that would work for helping her?
Thanks.
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stupidpoopoohead 3 points 5y ago
She can get a free audio book reader from the Library of Congress. She would probably also qualify for a free Book Share account. Once she has book share download the Read2go app onto an old iPhone. Teach her how to use accessibility features so she can choose her own books then when she wants to read Fifty Shades of Grey no body has to feel weird, lol.
ICatchMemories [OP] 1 points 5y ago
Thank you!!
Shadopamine 1 points 5y ago
Has she tried audible? I prefer books that have a person actually performing them compared to a computer reading them out. The cheapest way to go about it is buy the a Kindle book that has whispersync for voice (is the same product as audible and you can use either app) works out about a third of the price compared to just buying the audible book up front
clairefrancis 1 points 5y ago
Hi there, reading is one of the biggest challenges for people who are blind or visually impaired. Although there are many tools available to help, I definitely found the solution with these $1. It's a tiny but powerful camera with artificial vision powered technologies. It reads text from almost any surface whether it be an email, a newspaper or a street sign. It recognize faces, objects, money notes and colors which is a pretty useful feature not only for people with no vision but also for $1.
mikedoise 1 points 5y ago
The Kindle fire has an amazing experience for blind and visually impaired users. Out of the box, the Kindle Fire tablets have fairly large text, but they have a screen reader called VoiceView that reads the screen to the user. We have found that VoiceView works very similarly to iOS, which is the operating system on the iPhone and iPad that runs VoiceOver, a screen reader that is known to let a lot of blind users use their devices. The Kindle Fire also has Alexa built in so that a person can talk to their device. Alexa can be used to read Kindle books, and can activate books purchased from Audible which ar audio books. VoiceView will also read your Kindle books along with Alexa. Please let me know if you would like any further information.
deathstick_org 1 points 5y ago
The Kindle Fire does read the text and has a screen reader in it, There is a built in tutorial for the screen reader, you will need to turn it on for her, but then it should work.
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