Learning Ally/Bookshare with Kindle?

[Anonymous]

We recently signed up with Learning Ally and Bookshare for my kid with dyslexia. I'm having a hard time getting it connected with the Kindle though. He has a Kindle Fire.

If you were able to make it compatible, would you mind sharing how?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I heard only the Samsung tablets work with bookshare but I could be wrong. If you don't get an answer here, maybe try your local library for help.

[Anonymous]

We had no trouble getting the android app for learning ally from the google store. Is kindle fire android-compatible?

Whenever I've had a tech problem with learning ally, the people at the customer service phone number have been extraordinarily helpful. Have you called them?

I don't know anything about bookshare, sorry.

[Anonymous]

The Bookshare iPad Ap was easy to install and use. I'm not familiar with Kindle though.

[Anonymous]

Contact your local AT person - they can give you support on the best AT supports for your tablet!

[Anonymous]

If your student is in MCPS you can contact the HIAT office and ask for help with Bookshare, as you were probably qualified through the school system. Even if you don't live in MCPS, you might find some answers on the HIAT webpage http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/hiat-tech/

[Anonymous]

OP here- I've talked with the rep from Learning Ally and they don't use software that is compatible with any of the Kindles. Very disappointing. We already have 2 kindles for the kids. I would need to get them an iPad or a Nexus 7 or a Galaxy. All of those are pricey and I don't think they are great for reading. Also just wanted a reader, not something with games and internet.

I should have checked before getting it, it didn't dawn on me that they would have online books but they wouldn't be compatible with the most common e-reader.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the update, OP.

Assistive technologies should be available on every device across every platform. Maybe someone within this network can help: http://www.decodingdyslexia.net/info.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I've talked with the rep from Learning Ally and they don't use software that is compatible with any of the Kindles. Very disappointing. We already have 2 kindles for the kids. I would need to get them an iPad or a Nexus 7 or a Galaxy. All of those are pricey and I don't think they are great for reading. Also just wanted a reader, not something with games and internet.

I should have checked before getting it, it didn't dawn on me that they would have online books but they wouldn't be compatible with the most common e-reader.

I'm shocked -- can't you install regular Android apps on the kindle?

But thanks for sharing, because I was thinking about getting a kindle.

[Anonymous]

Not sure this is relevant, but my son uses learning ally on his I phone and reads from a hard copy of the book at the same time. It has worked well for him. He also sometimes accesses learning ally on his mac computer or on our dell desk top computer. He always reads along in the "real book" which seems to be what they prefer at his school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- I've talked with the rep from Learning Ally and they don't use software that is compatible with any of the Kindles. Very disappointing. We already have 2 kindles for the kids. I would need to get them an iPad or a Nexus 7 or a Galaxy. All of those are pricey and I don't think they are great for reading. Also just wanted a reader, not something with games and internet.

I should have checked before getting it, it didn't dawn on me that they would have online books but they wouldn't be compatible with the most common e-reader.

I'm shocked -- can't you install regular Android apps on the kindle?

But thanks for sharing, because I was thinking about getting a kindle.

Nope. The company that developed the Android version could decide to make one for Kindle - but Kindle would be able to decide if it can be sold on their App Store.

Kindle Fire has the fewest apps in general. That could change but most tech watchers are skeptical it will ever get the traction of Android or iOs among the developer community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I've talked with the rep from Learning Ally and they don't use software that is compatible with any of the Kindles. Very disappointing. We already have 2 kindles for the kids. I would need to get them an iPad or a Nexus 7 or a Galaxy. All of those are pricey and I don't think they are great for reading. Also just wanted a reader, not something with games and internet.

I should have checked before getting it, it didn't dawn on me that they would have online books but they wouldn't be compatible with the most common e-reader.

I'm shocked -- can't you install regular Android apps on the kindle?

But thanks for sharing, because I was thinking about getting a kindle.

Nope. The company that developed the Android version could decide to make one for Kindle - but Kindle would be able to decide if it can be sold on their App Store.

Kindle Fire has the fewest apps in general. That could change but most tech watchers are skeptical it will ever get the traction of Android or iOs among the developer community.

Does anything in this article, about getting apps from the google play store onto a kindle, help? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396276,00.asp

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I've talked with the rep from Learning Ally and they don't use software that is compatible with any of the Kindles. Very disappointing. We already have 2 kindles for the kids. I would need to get them an iPad or a Nexus 7 or a Galaxy. All of those are pricey and I don't think they are great for reading. Also just wanted a reader, not something with games and internet.

I should have checked before getting it, it didn't dawn on me that they would have online books but they wouldn't be compatible with the most common e-reader.

I'm shocked -- can't you install regular Android apps on the kindle?

But thanks for sharing, because I was thinking about getting a kindle.

Nope. The company that developed the Android version could decide to make one for Kindle - but Kindle would be able to decide if it can be sold on their App Store.

Kindle Fire has the fewest apps in general. That could change but most tech watchers are skeptical it will ever get the traction of Android or iOs among the developer community.

Does anything in this article, about getting apps from the google play store onto a kindle, help? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396276,00.asp

OP here, thanks for the link, but unfortunately we don't have any Android devices that we could try to use that method with. I don't think I'm tech savvy enough to root a kindle either. I'm due for a phone upgrade though, I may switch from my IPhone to an Android.