Amazon
announced its Voiceview for Kindle , a feature for visually impaired owners of
Kindle. Voiceview can be accessed through Kindle audio adapter, which comes
with $140 Kindle Paperwhite 3 and additional $20 credit.
Now, Amazon is currently selling audio adapter which it has designed
especially for visually impaired person. By installing theses adapters Kindle
owners can have the advantage to read their audiobooks aloud to them. If you
face any problem in the installation of the adapter you can take the assistance
of Amazon Kindle Support .Normally the adapter available with Amazon
costs you around $20.
Audio
adapter is available as an accessary with Kindle Oasis and Kindle Voyage but it
is only available in the U.S .Also, if you have Kindle Voyage you need to
download TTS voice from Amazon.com and once it gets download it will comes as
an update file and you can install it on your Voyage and that’s all Voiceview
should work without any hassle however, if you experience any difficulty you
can also reach out to Amazon CustomerService Phone Number. However, you
can also make your own that too in half price by following simple instructions.
According to German ereader site ALLESebook have revealed that the Kindle audio adapter is really
merely generic USB audio adapter with a microUSB plug on one end and a
headphone port on the other. You can buy parts those are necessary
to build this adapter from Amazon itself for as little as $10. Also, if you can
wait a while for shipping then you can reduce the cost even further. For
example you can find audio adapters and USB adapters for around $2-4. Once
these are plugged into your system the device starts to read everything aloud
instantly. As earlier described these are specially designed for visually
impaired people so that means including the menu options will be read aloud
too. This may not be a perfect a perfect option for someone who is looking to
turn their ebooks into audiobooks, but it will definitely safe some cash though.
When
we talk about other models ,the latest official word from Amazon is that
the $79 basic Kindle will not be getting this feature because Amazon’s Peter Korn told the chronicles that Voiceview
requires 512MB RAM and basic Kindle has only 256MB RAM whereas, next basic
model “Woody” should have this feature.
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