My Son's Kindle Talk To Me

Both my son and oldest daughter are visually impaired. They have jumping eyes, glaucoma, and most notably, neither one has the iris portion of their eyes. It's hereditary traced through my wife up to her grandfather. It is random, and can not be predetermined prior to conception.

My son will use my amazon.com  Kindle DX with the 9-inch screen a lot quicker than he will a book or listen to an audio-book. He adjusts the text size to where he can see the text, and the screen automatically changes from landscape to portrait as he repositions his body. He tends to move about a lot.

The MP3 player in the experimental menu, we have not tested  yet, but still look forward to this feature being enhanced. Then we can listen to music while reading.

Even though, the text is adjustable in size, he still has a problem with reading some words. To complement his reading, he will turn on the speech capability, so he can listen to what he is reading. He enjoys this not only for this reason, but it helps him with learning new words. We believe that if they had devices like this at his school, it would make his learning experiences improve.

Another feature that he finds handy is the built-in dictionary and thesarus. By placing the cursor in front of a word he can see its definition at the bottom of the screen.

I always tell him and my daughter that Big Daddy, the Last Partner loves it. More on her later. You can see the kindle at this store: CLT Views Hot Items Online Store, or amazon.com.