Amazon Commits to Kindle Accessibility

Amazon has openly discussed supporting additional accessibility features for low vision users of the Kindle.  Some of my requests include:

1. Provide low light support – provide a white background for higher contrast.
2. Allow for larger font size selections.
3. Support font enlargement for lists and menu items.
4. Provide text-to-speech support for menu items.
5. Ensure that the Author’s Guild does not impact any of the existing text-to-speech features.

I encourage any and all who feel strongly about keeping the text-to-speech feature in Kindle to contact the Author’s Guild via email, or use the below contact information.

The Authors Guild

31 East 32nd Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Phone: (212) 563-5904
Fax: (212) 564-5363

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