Today Amazon updated their Kindle iOS app with
VoiceOver support.
VoiceOver is a gesture controlled screen reader for the
iPhone,
iPad, and
iPod Touch designed to help the blind and visually impaired. The
text-to-speech feature can benefit people with
dyslexia as well. Amazon describes the new features as follows,
"Accessibility features make it easier for blind and visually impaired customers to navigate their Kindle libraries, read & interact with books, and more. Enable VoiceOver in your device settings to begin."
VoiceOver support for the Kindle app comes shortly after the
Nook app was updated with
VoiceOver support. Despite
VoiceOver support it is possible that certain books may have
accessibility issues that make them inaccessible. Irronically, the Kindle
iOS app is now more
accessible for the
blind and
vissually impaired than physical Kindles. Kindle for
iOS is avalible as a free update in the
App Store.
Click read more to view screenshots of the Kindle app.
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