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by Price Lisa :: Rate this Message:

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There is a forum on Amazon about their e reader - the Kindle 2 - I've posted a thread on there about having a remote controlled version available - feel free to add your comments and get some pester power going...

http://www.amazon.com/tag/kindle%20customer%20service%20q%20and%20a/forum/ref=cm_cd_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1GLDPZMNR1X53&cdThread=TxMZJXT9MRG5P7&displayType=tagsDetail

http://tinyurl.com/yl4aocs

Thanks

Lisa

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Lisa Price

Occupational Therapist

Access to Communication & Technology

0121 627 8235

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From: Mountford Tony
Sent: 27 October 2009 14:57
To: Hayward Claire; Price Lisa; Atkinson Julie; Lundie Victoria; Millward Helen; Newman Jemma; Palmer Phil; Rogers Lynne; Ryan Mike; Sherlock Chris; Stone Thomas; Thursfield Clive; Bryant Ian; Barrett Andrew; Ford Stephen; Hitchins Barry; Pike Alan; McGrath Kevin; Tucker Mark
Subject: RE: E - Readers

I think there are contenders other than Sony which are, arguably, better with somewhat easier buttons for direct access Lisa. Steve mentioned some but I can't remember their names now.

Also, I don't know if it's a common problem but one thing I noticed when I downloaded a couple of free e-books were that quite a lot of the text was ~~gobbledegook~~ ~~gobbledygook~~ illegible.

Big Tone

From: Hayward Claire
Sent: 26 October 2009 08:51
To: Price Lisa; Atkinson Julie; Lundie Victoria; Millward Helen; Newman Jemma; Palmer Phil; Rogers Lynne; Ryan Mike; Sherlock Chris; Stone Thomas; Thursfield Clive; Mountford Tony; Bryant Ian; Barrett Andrew; Ford Stephen; Hitchins Barry; Pike Alan; McGrath Kevin
Subject: RE: E - Readers

This would be very useful to several of my clients, one of whom was so wanting one she was going to look at see if any of them had decent enough buttons that she could dib with a mouthstick (although practically and posturally this would be a nightmare for her!).

From: Price Lisa
Sent: 22 October 2009 11:08
To: Atkinson Julie; Hayward Claire; Lundie Victoria; Millward Helen; Newman Jemma; Palmer Phil; Rogers Lynne; Ryan Mike; Sherlock Chris; Stone Thomas; Thursfield Clive; Mountford Tony; Bryant Ian; Barrett Andrew; Ford Stephen; Hitchins Barry; Pike Alan; McGrath Kevin
Subject: E - Readers

Tony and a Remap chap have just been demo-ing a Remap switch adapted Sony E Reader that has been linked into an Activ 500. It was great.

We were talking about it and the Remap engineer said that it was V V difficult to switch adapt it (ask Tony why). I was wondering if there is any merit in ACT trying to create a marketable version of our own, or to see if there is another sort of e-reader that we could more readily switch adapt??

The e-reader knocks the socks off the page turners, and they seem to be a more feasible solution to many of our clients needs.

At the very least it would be good to see if switch adapting them is something we could do here, and to have one to demo to clients.

What do you think??

Thanks

Lisa

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Lisa Price

Occupational Therapist

Access to Communication & Technology

West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre

91 Oak Tree Lane

Selly Oak

Birmingham

B29 6JA

Tel - 0121 627 8235

Fax - 0121 627 8892

e mail - lisa.price@...

web - http://www.actwmids.nhs.uk

Re: E - Readers

by Simon Judge :: Rate this Message:

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Good idea Lisa!

I can't post since I've 'never brought anything from Amazon' apparently!

Cheers.

Simon

P.S. Hopefully see you all at RAATE: www.raate.org.uk on 30th Nov/1st Dec

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From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. [mailto:ASSISTECH@...] On Behalf Of Price Lisa
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:54 PM
To: ASSISTECH@...
Subject: Re: E - Readers

Hi

There is a forum on Amazon about their e reader - the Kindle 2 - I've posted a thread on there about having a remote controlled version available - feel free to add your comments and get some pester power going...

http://www.amazon.com/tag/kindle%20customer%20service%20q%20and%20a/forum/ref=cm_cd_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1GLDPZMNR1X53&cdThread=TxMZJXT9MRG5P7&displayType=tagsDetail

or

http://tinyurl.com/yl4aocs

Thanks

Lisa

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lisa Price

Occupational Therapist

Access to Communication & Technology

0121 627 8235

This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail.

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From: Mountford Tony
Sent: 27 October 2009 14:57
To: Hayward Claire; Price Lisa; Atkinson Julie; Lundie Victoria; Millward Helen; Newman Jemma; Palmer Phil; Rogers Lynne; Ryan Mike; Sherlock Chris; Stone Thomas; Thursfield Clive; Bryant Ian; Barrett Andrew; Ford Stephen; Hitchins Barry; Pike Alan; McGrath Kevin; Tucker Mark
Subject: RE: E - Readers

I think there are contenders other than Sony which are, arguably, better with somewhat easier buttons for direct access Lisa. Steve mentioned some but I can't remember their names now.

Also, I don't know if it's a common problem but one thing I noticed when I downloaded a couple of free e-books were that quite a lot of the text was gobbledegook gobbledygook illegible.

Big Tone

________________________________

From: Hayward Claire
Sent: 26 October 2009 08:51
To: Price Lisa; Atkinson Julie; Lundie Victoria; Millward Helen; Newman Jemma; Palmer Phil; Rogers Lynne; Ryan Mike; Sherlock Chris; Stone Thomas; Thursfield Clive; Mountford Tony; Bryant Ian; Barrett Andrew; Ford Stephen; Hitchins Barry; Pike Alan; McGrath Kevin
Subject: RE: E - Readers

This would be very useful to several of my clients, one of whom was so wanting one she was going to look at see if any of them had decent enough buttons that she could dib with a mouthstick (although practically and posturally this would be a nightmare for her!).

________________________________

From: Price Lisa
Sent: 22 October 2009 11:08
To: Atkinson Julie; Hayward Claire; Lundie Victoria; Millward Helen; Newman Jemma; Palmer Phil; Rogers Lynne; Ryan Mike; Sherlock Chris; Stone Thomas; Thursfield Clive; Mountford Tony; Bryant Ian; Barrett Andrew; Ford Stephen; Hitchins Barry; Pike Alan; McGrath Kevin
Subject: E - Readers

Hi

Tony and a Remap chap have just been demo-ing a Remap switch adapted Sony E Reader that has been linked into an Activ 500. It was great.

We were talking about it and the Remap engineer said that it was V V difficult to switch adapt it (ask Tony why). I was wondering if there is any merit in ACT trying to create a marketable version of our own, or to see if there is another sort of e-reader that we could more readily switch adapt??

The e-reader knocks the socks off the page turners, and they seem to be a more feasible solution to many of our clients needs.

At the very least it would be good to see if switch adapting them is something we could do here, and to have one to demo to clients.

What do you think??

Thanks

Lisa

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lisa Price

Occupational Therapist

Access to Communication & Technology

West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre

91 Oak Tree Lane

Selly Oak

Birmingham

B29 6JA

Tel - 0121 627 8235

Fax - 0121 627 8892

e mail - lisa.price@...

web - http://www.actwmids.nhs.uk

This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail.

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