Amazon has been making steady improvements to the accessibility of the Kindle e-books and the Kindle reading experience. Earlier this year they added support for ALT text for images to Kindle e-books, which were made available to blind and low vision customers on Kindle for PC and on Fire OS with VoiceView. Now there is support for accessible math equations.
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Amazon Adds Accssibility Upgrades To Some Kindle Hardware
For years, blind and visually impaired people who wanted to use a Kindle were left with a lot of frustration and even hassle. Amazon released their Kindle readers with only the barest of text to speech. Amazon did make their apps on iOS and Android accessible but only after significant push back from the visually impaired community. That, however, looks like it’s going to change. Recently, Amazon has announced, publically, that they are bringing VoiceView to their Kindle e-readers, starting with Kindle Paperwhite, so that visually impaired customers can enjoy reading on Kindle devices.
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