Thread: Consumer Reports: Nook Beats The Kindle
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Old 06-17-2011, 06:20 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I'm afraid I really can't agree with you. I honestly don't believe that "helping the disabled" was even the tiniest consideration behind the creation of eBooks.

But touch screens don't rule out blind users. I'm sure you've seen, for example, what a superb interface the iPad offers for the blind user "out of the box". It's won all sorts of praise from blind organisations for that.
ePub 3 merges the DAISY specification into ePub 3 spec. DAISY is specifically designed to make ebooks accessible.
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