Amazon adding audible menus, bigger font to Kindle
By Chris Davies, Slash Gear, on Monday, Dec 7th 2009

Amazon have announced an incoming update for their Kindle ebook reader, which will add an audible menu system so that blind users will better be able to navigate the device and play back audio books. The update will also add a seventh font size, which will be double the scale of the current largest font on the Kindle. The changes come in response to positive feedback from blind and partially-sighted users.

Given the features aren’t expected until Summer 2010, however, we do wonder whether this announcement was pushed out to coincide with reviews of the Barnes & Noble nook, perhaps the first significant wireless ebook reader competitor to the Kindle’s crown. You can find our nook review here.