Hello,
someone managed to read a book through Kindle's web site - read.amazon.com ?
I have just managed to read the title, and find the book's control. Annotations, table of content, previous or next page. But no text is read then.
I know there's the Windows desktop app, but if I have a computer which is not mine, I just wanted to read on the fly.
I have some study books and manuals which are on kindle and the web reader seems a solution - too bad I don't manage to read it; I have lastest Jaws 2025 release. Thanks.
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Last time I tried it, unless…
Last time I tried it, unless I'm confusing it with the web audible player or google books... if your book is accessible then as far as I know the kindle reader should be, probably as accessible as the kindle pc app.
the Kindle web reader is not accessible
Hi,
So, the Kindle web reader is not accessible. It used to be, but in 2021 they updated it, and the only way to read a page is to OCR the screen. The Kindle desktop app works fine with most fiction, but with most textbooks it doesn't work because it uses a different format. Your best bet is to read whatever book you have on your phone, since the Kindle app on the phone works with more books, or get it from another source entirely if you're using a Windows machine. Google Play Books is good on the web, I use it with Brave or Chrome and it's great. The problem is they don't have as many books as Kindle, especially textbooks.
confirmed: web reader not accessible
yes, Kindle ebook reader on web is inaccessible -makes no sense to OCR the page with a digital book-!
With the phone app I read many books, but for some of them, especially books concerning inclusive design, language and so on, stuff I need for work reasons, I'd need to read on PC
tried Kobo as well
PS I also tried Kobo reader both on web and phone app
it seems it is more accessible but looks like focus jumps here and there, especially when a book has many foot notes.
I have yet to try it in deep
Re Elena
Hi,
Yes, OCR is a hassle. I sent you a private message on this site if you don't mind, concerning this issue.
An alternative
Hi,
This may not benefit you regarding Kindle web reader, but if you can get your books through another source, preferably without DRM, then BookWorm might benefit you greatly.
It is an open source document reader with a host of features.
Link below:
https://github.com/blindpandas/bookworm/
Kindle for PC
I was going to suggest just using the Kindle for PC app, but yeah I just tried Web Reader and it wasn't accessible sadly. Do you use Kindle on your phone/any other devices?
When did the Kindle for PC stop working?
I haven't used the Windows version in a while, but the last time I used it they had added compatibility for screen readers like Jaws and NVDA, which they hadn't done for Mac at the time. Now Kindle for Mac has VoiceOver support ... up to a point.
Kindle for PC
Hi,
The Kindle for PC app still works fine, I mean, it doesn't work with most textbooks unless they're marked as screen reader supported, which most don't seem to be, but for fiction it works fine. The Kindle for PC desktop app has never worked for most textbooks anyway. It's the Kindle web app, when you go to read.amazon.co.uk or amazon.com, that's the Kindle cloud reader which is now totally inaccessible for reading. They did something to it in 2021, and it became unusable. I should point out that if a book isn't marked as screen reader supported, said book will often but not all the time, work with the Kindle app for iPhone, but not the Kindle for PC app.