VoiceView Screen Reader on Kindle

Overview

Amazon documents VoiceView as screen reader support for Kindle: with VoiceView you can navigate your Kindle device and listen to content over a compatible Bluetooth audio device. This turns a visually-oriented e-reader into a navigable audio-first experience for blind and low-vision users. Benefit: more independent reading and device navigation without additional hardware. Lesson: accessibility features are most usable when built into default device flows.

Why it matters

If reading hardware is sight-dependent, blind and low-vision readers face fewer choices and more friction accessing books. At scale, spoken-output paths expand access in education and leisure reading. Call to action: treat reading as multimodal and ensure core actions remain accessible: search, sync, bookmarks, and page change.