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Oh ... one more thing ;-).
When you purchase Kindle for her, you can send books to the Kindle by email. Just send document containing a free book to an email associated with the account and the book arrives at the Kindle wirelessly, automagically. And it gets stored in Kindle cloud, so she can download it again later. So if I were in your situation I would investigate how she can operate Kindle, or perhaps look into an option to install alternative means for turning page for Kindle. It should be easy to manufacture a board where you attach the kindle and that has big, comfortable, easily operated mechanical lever for pressing the "turn page" button. Or look into that frankenkindle mentioned in thread. |
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Click on User CP at the top of almost any page. Next click on Edit Options. Scroll down to where it says Private Messages, under Messages & Notifications. Make sure there's a check in the box next to Enable Private Messages. While your on this page, scroll all the way to the bottom and find Miscellaneous Options. Make sure that the top line under Message Editor Interface says either Standard Editor or Enhanced Interface. At the very bottom of the page click on the Save Changes button.
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02-12-2012, 01:18 PM | #51 |
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I may have resolved it. I had "enable private messaging" ticked, but there's another box underneath that you can tick to limit private messages to just moderators and contacts. I think it must be ticked by default. I've unticked it now.
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Well the only assistive page-turn device I came across was this: http://www.broadenedhorizons.com/en/...urner-kindle-3 A little over the odds if you ask me and it looks like it was desinged to launch a nuclear missile, not turn a page in a book. I think I'll see how she gets on with the interface, then if problems, try to locate a cheaper page turn device, and failing that, investigate the USB keyboard hack further. Thanks, David. |
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Bear in mind that even with limited dexterity and strength she might be able to operate receiving of mail or purchasing books - for a short time once in a while. But turning page is different story. You repeat exactly same small movement again, and again, and again and again ... for hours at the time. But, as somebody said, she can activate TextToSpeech(*), turn down the volume and read alongside the voice. That text to speech will make sure that the page will be turned automatically in reasonable intervals. By the way, if she tells you (or any helper) her password, you can purchase books for her and the books will be automagically delivered to Kindle. You can also "purchase" freebies for her. There is enough of those to keep somebody busy for 25 hours a day Quote:
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I have arthritis in my wrist. I also have a degenerative bone disease there too. It causes excruciating pain at times, numbness, weakness and weird twitches. I have both the Sony T1 & the Kindle Non-Touch.
From my perspective - I'd say go with the Kindle. I find it easier to hold on pain days. Understand that everyone's pain is subjective and varies and changes by the day etc. What you or I may experience may differ greatly. What works for me may not work for you etc. I'm sure you know this already. Does she ever have to wear braces to immobilize her wrists? That's sometime to consider as well. If so, when holding the reader while sitting up, it's easier to press the button to turn pages on the Kindle. The idea is for this woman to read, no? She needs it to be an easy, pleasant and enjoyable experience. Neither of the readers I have offer 3G. Kindle does in the Touch & the bigger keyboard models. I think the bigger one may be too hard for her to hold in terms of weight an awkwardness. My understanding is that the side page turn buttons can easily be accidentally pressed when holding the reader by the side on the keyboard models. This isn't the case with the non-touch. You can grab it by the side and not accidentally turn the page. I think that's an advantage. I don't find turning pages to be a problem on either model but sometimes my hand twitches and I lose my grip on the reader. With the Sony I flip pages when I drop it on my chest in bed or accidentally press the home button or some other button on the bottom when trying to recover and grab the reader. I don't have the problem *yet* with the Kindle. It may happen but hasn't so far. The buttons are smaller and there's space between them on the Kindle compared to the Sony. Turning pages on the Kindle is not difficult. It doesn't take a great effort to press the button, but then there's the pain being subjective thing. I think it might be easier for her to manipulate the 5 way D pad to search for books on the Kindle than messing with a touch screen on a painful, arthritically shaky hand day. You could get her a stylus to us with a touch model though. Something else to think about. Sorry for being so long but I hope I've been a bit helpful to your decision making process. At least, it'd give you something else to throw into the mix. |
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I know people who use the text to speech option on the Kindle at the gym. You turn the volume down and set the speed at the slowest pace. The pages are turned for you, no buttons to press. The folks I know who do this are using the Kindle Keyboard. I would hope that it would work with the Kindle Touch. It will not work with the Kindle Non-Touch because that does not have text to speech.
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That's interesting - so it can't be all that bad if people are using it by choice in that scenario. Now I thought the Kindle Keyboard was the same thing as the Kindle Non-Touch. Don't tell me ther'e another one to add to the mix!? Thanks David. |
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The kindle non-touch doesnt have a keyboard, just navigation and nextpage prevpage buttons.
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