Thread: Amazon, Kobo and Sony request e-readers be exempt from accessibility laws
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Old 08-07-2013, 08:55 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
I suspect it's a way to get them into schools without requiring accessibility features for those students whose disabilities wouldn't work with them as-is. (Also, a way to not have to carry voice options for the limited browser features. But AFAIK, they're not _required_ to carry that now; they'd just need it for certain kinds of gov't or nonprofit purposes... like assigning them to schools.)
Not so far as I can tell.

This waiver only covers the manufacture of devices and not who can buy them. It would only cover an exemption from a single regulation, not all accessibility regulations. Schools and libraries will still have to buy accessible devices:

http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...sibility-laws/
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