Perhaps Amazon...

Mike CalvoAmazon.com

September 26 at 7:46am ·

Perhaps Amazon might like to share why the Kindle Fire HD still doesn't work for the over 21.5 million blind consumers in the United States? What will it take for Amazon to care about it's blind customers?
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Anthony Higgs, Nancy J. Lynn, Darren Paskell and 16 others like this.
Susan Johnson Crowe Well, IF I was blind, a kindle fire wouldn't be what I would purchase. What exactly do you need it to do that it doesn't do?
September 26 at 8:57am via mobile
Mike Calvo I don't understand what you mean. Blind people like to read books and shop just like everybody else. Try using one of these devices with your eyes closed. There is such a thing as ...See More
September 26 at 9:09am via mobile · 4
Susan Johnson Crowe I guess I don't understand what you are wanting so I'm just going to tiptoe off now. Have a nice day.
September 26 at 10:54am via mobile · 2
Mike Calvo Not a problem I simply want the product to be old to be used by a blind person using current technology that allows us as blind people to be on an equal level was cited consumers. ...See More
September 26 at 10:56am via mobile · 1
Sheila Renfro Pendergraph I am not sure I fully understand you either, however, you mentioned text to speech. MOST of the Amazon Kindles (again I said most) do have the power to do text to speech. I have let my Kindle read aloud to me on a few occasions. ... Is this what you are asking?
September 26 at 11:09am · 1
Mike Calvo Actually it's more than just text to speech. It's providing actual spoken guidance as I use the product. TTS for a sighted person and tts the way a blind person would use it are di...See More
September 26 at 11:33am · 2
Angela Tollis Some of the regular e-ink kindles have that but I don't know about the new Fires.
September 26 at 11:42am via mobile · 1
Angela Tollis Voice menu guides.
September 26 at 11:43am via mobile · 1
Sheila Renfro Pendergraph Angela, you are right, I had forgot that. I was looking at that about 2 weeks ago. I saw the feature and was not sure what it did so I turned it on.
September 26 at 11:46am · 2
Ricky Enger In early September Amazon rolled out several updates to its line of Kindle products in an attempt to upset the balance in the world of tablets. Unfortunately, the only thing the wo...See More
September 26 at 12:06pm · 2
Ricky Enger Late in 2011 the blindness community rumbled with speculation about Amazon’s search for a program manager with experience in accessibility. Surely this meant the company would soon...See More
September 26 at 12:08pm · 2
Ricky Enger Besides, Amazon has already proven it knows accessibility is an issue. The Kindle app for the PC was a nice preliminary gesture, though it does not take in to account that blind pe...See More
September 26 at 12:09pm · 1
Ricky Enger Amazon can do better. The blindness community expects better. To add your voice to the call for Amazon to make the Kindle line of products accessible to the blind, comment on this wall post.
September 26 at 12:11pm · 3
René Jaun Well; I, too, am rather disappointed to discover that another brand new Amazon product shows as much as no improovement concerning accessibility for people with disabilities. At th...See More
September 26 at 2:33pm · 2
Simon Lukas Jaeger I think we can conclude that amazon doesn't care about the blind. Therefore I, as a blind person, don't care about their DRM, and will continue to break through it and read their b...See More
September 26 at 4:05pm
Simon Lukas Jaeger I can almost understand amazon not making an entire platform accessible, E.G. The kindle fire. However, what I cannot understand is amazon's seeming refusal to make their iPhone ap...See More
September 26 at 4:09pm · 1
Chantel Cuddemi N!F!B
September 26 at 8:26pm via mobile
Riley Blake It's disappointing to me that a company would intentionally not make their products accessible for the blind. Yes, the sighted world is the majority, but yet, would it not be prud...See More
September 27 at 3:40pm via mobile · 1
Darren Paskell There is no longer any need for companies to boldly go where no other has ventured before when considering accessibility strategy. The list of main-stream technology manufacturers ...See More
September 28 at 8:08am via mobile · 1
Gregg Hayes I am a blind consumer who loves to read. I am very disappointed with Amazon's Kindle fire and Kindle applications for iOS and android. This tablet line and these applications are ...See More
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Mike CalvoAmazon.com

Perhaps Amazon might like to share why the Kindle Fire HD still doesn't work for the over 21.5 million blind consumers in the United States? What will it take for Amazon to care about it's blind customers?