OT: HOT DANG!! My Kindle Has Shipped!!

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Scratch

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You may be wondering what the hell this has to do with flight sims huh? Well, what I am looking forward to is putting all my PDF files for the many payware a/c I have on this thing. It even has a feature that allows the material to be read to you. Ain't that sumptin?! Here is a link to the gizmo in question:
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Amazon...f_rd_r=1RD57NGHJMECZZKDYB79&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd

Oh yeah it's good for reading books too which happens to be my favorite hobby of all. I should be getting it on March 2, can't wait:jump:
 
Congrats!

Let me know what you think of it. I have toyed with the idea of getting one as well.
 
I've had mine for six months or so and really really like it. :jump:

It's a little hit or miss on pdf's as some just don't format properly and the index doesn't work well with them.

You can also see what's happening at SOH if you're away from your computer too.

cheers,
steve :wave:
 
Can you install a plane on it? :applause:


Looks pretty cool to me.......
 
With the amount of books I read every year this thing will save me alot of time and money. I guess with the read back feature it could be set up to do checklists too. It's gonna be interesting to find out.
 
My sister was telling about these things. My wife would have a fit if I suggested getting one though. I have so many paper books I haven't read, without getting an electronic one!

NC
 
I think people are missing an amazing point in this thread.......there's a Marine who can read!! hehe Make that two Marines because I'm a book worm. That thing looks cool as hell! I love gizmo's!
 
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pbearsailor said:
I've had mine for six months or so and really really like it. :jump:

It's a little hit or miss on pdf's as some just don't format properly and the index doesn't work well with them.

You can also see what's happening at SOH if you're away from your computer too.

cheers,
steve :wave:
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Steve question for you, have you used the Read back feature? I am deaf and use a Cochlear Implant, I do a great deal of support for new patients and I am always on the look out for new tools to help patients practice learing to understand speech after getting an implant. If the voice is not to "Computerized" this might be an excellent tool for Implant patients. The other question I have is when using Read Out Loud does the device highlight words as they are read?


Sorry for straying off topic folks but this could be an important tool for my CI friends, Steve if you have some experience with that feature I would love to know about it, please feel free to PM me so this does not hijack the thread any further.
 
Scratch, I would love to "hear" your impression of the Speech function of the device once you have it, if you get a chance to try that function, I would be most greatful for any feedback - PM if you have the time.
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gigabyte said:
Scratch, I would love to "hear" your impression of the Speech function of the device once you have it, if you get a chance to try that function, I would be most greatful for any feedback - PM if you have the time.
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Will do. One of the videos on the Amazon site uses the talkback feature and the voice does sound a little computerized, but not by a whole lot. I was surprised that it sounded more 'human' than anything else. You can also choose between a male and female voice.
 
gigabyte said:
Steve question for you, have you used the Read back feature? I am deaf and use a Cochlear Implant, I do a great deal of support for new patients and I am always on the look out for new tools to help patients practice learing to understand speech after getting an implant. If the voice is not to "Computerized" this might be an excellent tool for Implant patients. The other question I have is when using Read Out Loud does the device highlight words as they are read?


Sorry for straying off topic folks but this could be an important tool for my CI friends, Steve if you have some experience with that feature I would love to know about it, please feel free to PM me so this does not hijack the thread any further.
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Don't think you're too far OT, gigabyte, it's a Kindle thread. Mine is the first generation Kindle and Scratch will be getting the new Kindle 2 that's just coming out. Mine does not have the Read Out Loud feature on it, so we'll have to see what Scratch says when his arrives.

cheers,
steve :wave:
 
Update: Just got the damned thing in the mail today and it's busted. Oh the gods can be cruel sometimes:faint: That's what I get for using the US Postal service. Customer service at Amazon is super nice and are shipping me another one today. Now I gotta wait till Monday:banghead:
 
MudMarine said:
I think people are missing an amazing point in this thread.......there's a Marine who can read!! hehe Make that two Marines because I'm a book worm. That thing looks cool as hell! I love gizmo's!
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:costumes: Marines can't be too dumb. They can all speak Latin. :)
 
Yea that's how it went for me until I turned it on and all I got was a bunch of black bars followed by profanity from me that could've made paint peel. Customer service said it was probably dropped pretty hard. Oh the agony...........dang it:kilroy:
 
Thats terrible...Sorry to hear that...Shipping...Gotta love it....:argue:
 
Got it yesterday and I tell ya it is the best thing to come along since sliced bread and boneless ice cream!! The A2A manuals look really nice on it, hot dang, no more printing! I just email the PDF file to my Kindle address and Amazon converts them for .10cents and sends them straight back to my Kindle, pictures and everything. Using the text to speech feature, I can have the manual read to me while flying around. Kindle is my co-pilot:gossip::woot: Oh yeah, it reads books too:d I'm gonna take some pictures of how the Accu-sim manual looks on it and upload them here. This thing is seriously cutting into my flying time though.
 
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