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gastan · 10-17-2012, 12:52 PM

Breakage or cost issues won't be Amazon's nemesis. They need to worry about the Americans With Disabilities Act and the National Federation of the Blind.

The NFB is very proactive in litigating ereader programs that they feel don't meet ADA requirements. They have been involved in more than several dozen cases in the last few years; and AFAIK they have always won. They isssued a press release just last month concerning the new kindles in which they stated: "...there is no evidence that these new Kindles are accessible."

http://www.nfb.org/national-federation-blind-comments-new-kindles

Based on this press release alone, I would expect that the NFB will be very active in policing any ereader program initiated by Amazon.

I haven't been able to find any "approved" list of ADA complient devices but the iPad seems to always be mentioned because it includes the Voice Over app which uses voice/sound cues which enable a disabled (blind) person to use it independently.

10-17-2012, 12:52 PM	#6
gastan Addict Posts: 221 Karma: 801624 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: US Pacific Northwest Device: LePan II, Kobo Aura	Breakage or cost issues won't be Amazon's nemesis. They need to worry about the Americans With Disabilities Act and the National Federation of the Blind. The NFB is very proactive in litigating ereader programs that they feel don't meet ADA requirements. They have been involved in more than several dozen cases in the last few years; and AFAIK they have always won. They isssued a press release just last month concerning the new kindles in which they stated: "...there is no evidence that these new Kindles are accessible." http://www.nfb.org/national-federation-blind-comments-new-kindles Based on this press release alone, I would expect that the NFB will be very active in policing any ereader program initiated by Amazon. I haven't been able to find any "approved" list of ADA complient devices but the iPad seems to always be mentioned because it includes the Voice Over app which uses voice/sound cues which enable a disabled (blind) person to use it independently.