Hello,
Is it me, or latest Kindle for PC lost accessibility? At least with JAWS, it's impossible to read through a Braille display, as we could read before (virtual cursor, with arrow keys) you basically have speech working, it reads a page whenever you press the Tab key, a page read all at once. But if you want to stop line by line, or read in Braille, no way. It's very difficult to read a book, currently. Any solution? I can't downgrade. Or I even can read by iOS but it's not the same!
By Elena Brescacin, 10 July, 2026
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Considerations
Have you considered giving NVDA a try? I understand you are a JAWS user, but for the purpose of reading a Kindle book, it might behoove you to give NVDA a try. The learning curve is not too terribly steep, coming from JAWS, and if it works for you, then you will have your Kindle books back. 🙂
New Kindle VS legacy Kindle
Which Kindle app are you using; the new one from the Microsoft Store or the older legacy one previously available from Amazon?
I tried the new app from the Microsoft Store and the books themselves are completely inaccessible with NVDA. But navigating around the library works fine for most parts.
I hardly used Kindle so this doesn't affect me much as most of the ebooks I read are .epub files downloaded from Bookshare or transfered over from Apple Books and I primarily use Thorium.
Re: Kindle books
I am the opposite, I read Kindle books all of the time. However, I tend to use my Alexa app on my iPhone to play my Kindle e-books, which gives me a more audiobook-esque experience. 📚🤔
new kindle from store
yes, I think it's the new one coming from store. I did not download it, it has been auto-updated.
Btw, I'd be curious - I have this thorium but if I ever can transfer books from apple books, I then could abandon kindle.
Alexa? I know that option, I could turn books into audiobooks, but then I lose control completely (even knowing the right spelling of places and people's names), sorry, Alexa is NOT reading. I'm a proud taliban braillist (they call me this way).
At least with books!
And yes, I saw DotPad multiline display. But too expensive, I won't spend 5K euro just for books.
I have also services for DRM free ebooks here in my area as well, but it means waiting for others to convert them in accessible format. Not the way.
Re: new kindle from store
Currently transfering books from Apple Books to Windows requires a Mac.
There are probably third-party Windows tools that can do this without having a Mac, but I don't know how trustworthy or how accessible they are; every time I searched on Google the results that came up are less than satisfactory (either outdated steps that don't really work, or pages from vender websites which of course promotes their own tools, or guides that seem to recommend similar tools).
To each their own...
I would love to be able to read books with Braille. Alas, I have very little touch sensation in my fingertips.
So, I prefer audiobook experiences, though I have used VoiceOver with one of the more pleasant Siri voices to read a Kindle book directly from the Kindle iOS app.
Don't judge me... 😝