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Your Kindle has an onscreen keyboard. When you tap within the Search field or begin other actions that require you to type in information, the keyboard automatically displays at the bottom of the screen. Tap the keys to enter your selection and use the appropriate buttons to continue on to the next action. As you type, word suggestions based upon your entries display above the keyboard. Tap the word you want to select. The VoiceView screen reader enables you to navigate your Kindle using special gestures, receive voice guidance when you interact with items on the screen, and listen to millions of books. You can pair a Bluetooth audio device for use with the VoiceView screen reader when setting up your Kindle. You might have a lot of books in your library, so you can tap the three line menu on the right, above the book list, to change the way the books are presented. You can change the sorting, for example, as well as view the books in grid or list form, or arranged by your collections, if you’ve organized them that way.
Tap Want to Read when you find a book that interests you. You can also tap the Shelf icon to mark a book as Read, Currently Reading, or Want to Read. Tap Read to view only your read items. Tap Unread to view only your unread items. Books you finish are automatically marked as read.
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Volume button: Controls volume on your Kindle. You can also control volume from your Bluetooth device, if supported. To raise the volume of your audiobook, tap . To lower the volume, tap . If you own only the Audible book, the word “Audible” will display to the right of the book name when in List View, and an Audible banner will appear at the bottom of the cover when in Grid view.
Wi-Fi Networks: Use this option to connect to a Wi-Fi network, display a list of available networks, and view the name of the Wi-Fi network you are currently connected to, if any.You may also see multiple-choice hints for words with more than one possible meaning when we’re not quite sure which is the right one. For those words, we show you our best guess above the word. When you tap the hint, all possible meanings of the word display and you can let us know which one is most helpful in the given sentence. To turn off multiple-choice hints, open the Aa menu, navigate to the “More” tab and select Word Wise, then disable Show Multiple-Choice Hints. Tutorial: This tutorial contains helpful information on using your Kindle when VoiceView is enabled, including gestures, text entry, and usage tips. You can exit the tutorial at any time using the Exit button at the bottom of the screen.