Hi. Turn on speech on that device! You will have to innstruct a
sighted member of your family to go into settings, accessibility and
go into Voice View and turn it on. From there you can select a male or
female voice but I think the default is female Amie which I believe is
from Ivona. You can download apps like Youtube, Twitter and Facebook
and all are accessible. You can have more than one user account on the
device. I can't answer the parental controls question as I haven't had
the need to use them but they are there within the settings menu. My
Kindle Fire 7 cost £50 and is fully accessible and this shows that the
world of accessibility for blind people has come a long way in a short
space of time.
On 20/11/2015, G. McFarlane <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I'm looking for a bit of clarity here.
I have purchased one of the new Amazon Fire tablets, which runs Android. It
also has many Amazon presets I believe.
I purchased it for my young sighted granddaughter but know I'll have to
keep
an eye on it for updates, app purchases, parental protection settings etc.
I have used android a little, but could someone please keep me right on the
following questions?
1. IDoes tthis tablet run standard Android/Google speech packages or
does Amazon have its own app, or hinder the use of the android/google ones.
2. 2. If Androoid/google apps are appropriate, which ones and is
there
a simple guide to get started with them for a blind person.
3. 3. I envisage not using the speech until needed, allowing my
granddaughter a non-speech environment. Could someone tell me the actions
to switch it on and off. (Also perhaps point the way to other gestures in
a
document as well)
4. 4. Which parental protection apps might be useful and accessible,
especially for limiting internet sites to those appropriate for a young
person?
5. Thanks for any help provided.
6. Gordon McFarlane