{"id":417,"date":"2015-01-09T03:12:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T03:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickmyreader.com\/?p=417"},"modified":"2021-03-03T10:08:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T10:08:25","slug":"kindle-for-elderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickmyreader.com\/kindle-for-elderly\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Kindle Friendly Enough for the Elderly?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SeniorI still remember how my grandma fell in love with the Kindle<\/a>\"\" last winter. It was December and I was visiting home for Christmas. She is 68 and staunchly proud of everything that is old, definitely books too. She is an avid reader and you will be surprised by how much she knows about books, authors, poetry, and lyrics.<\/p>\n

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She was not the kind who took well to modern technology. She struggled with Skype and Facebook<\/a>\"\", and the smartphone was a complete no-no. She still functions on landline telephones and an address book, and occasionally, the huge Nokia bar phone<\/a>\"\". No, it is not that we didn\u2019t offer her a better phone, we all wanted to, but she strongly refused saying that everything was the way she wanted and that she was set.<\/p>\n

One lazy evening, I was lying on the lawn, intently reading Shantaram on my Kindle Voyage<\/a>, when I felt a shadow blocking the heat beating down on my back. I looked back and saw my grandma standing there. After my \u201cHi, Ayi!\u201d, she asked me why I spend too much time on modern technology. She literally went \u201cYou should be reading books instead of spending too much time on your phones and tablets.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a Technical Writer by profession, the natural instinct to explain kicked in. I took the onus on myself to explain to her that I was reading an e-book, explained about some key features, took her to the App Store, checked out some Stephen King, and then asked her to try it for just that night. She asked me tons of questions and that got me to thinking whether our modern gadgets are friendly enough for older people. Was the Kindle designed friendly enough for use by people who are not comfortable with the fancy features of modern technology and may never even use the Bluetooth?<\/p>\n

With a Kindle<\/a>\"\", thankfully, the basic actions of what you do while operating an e-book is very similar to what you would perform while reading a real book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Task<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nPhysical Book<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nA Kindle<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.<\/span><\/td>\nTake a book.<\/span><\/td>\nTake the Kindle.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/span><\/td>\nOpen it.<\/span><\/td>\nSwitch the power button on.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/span><\/td>\nBegin reading. If it is a half-read book, then you begin reading from the bookmarked page.<\/span><\/td>\nSelect a book and begin reading. If you are already in the middle of reading a book, the bookmark will remember where you have left off and take you to that page directly; you do not have to select the book again.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/span><\/td>\nFlip pages.<\/span><\/td>\nTap or slide on the screen to flip pages. With the new Kindle Voyage, you squeeze the bezels slightly.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. <\/span><\/td>\nUnderline important points.<\/span><\/td>\nYou can add notes and underline important points too.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/span><\/td>\nClose book when you are done.<\/span><\/td>\nSwitch off the Kindle when you are done.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In addition to the basic act of reading, the Kindle has many pros that can enhance reading experience:<\/p>\n