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Make Your Own Kindle Audio Adapter in less than $5

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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