Difference between revisions of "Mobile Devices and Tablets"

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|- | colspan="6" | <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">E-books can be viewed on all Nooks, but text-to-speech is only available on Nook Color or Tablet.</span></span><br/>
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*<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">PDFs can be read in ezPDF Reader</span></span><br/>
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*<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">DOCs can be read with QuickOffice (using text-to-speech)</span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">DOCs can be read with QuickOffice (using text-to-speech)</span></span><br/>
*<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Go Read app (for HD) reads aloud DAISY e-books and provides some screen navigation tools</span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Go Read app (for HD) reads aloud DAISY e-books and provides some screen navigation tools</span></span>
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Revision as of 14:40, 1 April 2014
Apple Logo.png

iPad

AMAC e-text books are in zipped format. To download zipped files onto an iPad, use a zip utility app such as WinZip (free version). After opening the files via WinZip, the files can be viewed in iBooks, ClaroSpeak, or ClaroPDF.

  • PDFs can be read in iBooks using VoiceOver
  • PDFs can also be read in ClaroSpeak or ClaroPDF apps (request free code from AMAC)
  • Word DOCs can be read in Pages using VoiceOver

Note: You must enable VoiceOver for certain accessibility features to work.

Android.png

Android tablets (Samsung Galaxy, Motorola Xoom, etc.)

See directions for unzipping and opening AMAC books above.

  • PDFs can be read in ezPDF Reader
  • DOCs can be read with QuickOffice (using text-to-speech)

Note: You must install and enable TalkBalk for certain accessibility features to work.

Kindle2.jpg

Amazon Kindle

E-books can be viewed on Kindle Touch or Fire, but text-to-speech is only available on Kindle Fire.

  • PDFs can be read in ezPDF Reader
  • DOCs can be read with QuickOffice (using text-to-speech)
Nook Logo.png

Barnes and Noble Nook

*PDFs can be read in ezPDF Reader
  • DOCs can be read with QuickOffice (using text-to-speech)
  • Go Read app (for HD) reads aloud DAISY e-books and provides some screen navigation tools











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