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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I don't see how a color screen no matter how fast would help a blind person to read on an ereader.
I also don't think that ereaders are the only devices using screens, speakers, fast microprocessors, etc. Development will continue I am sure and be used in ereaders.
And human nature being what it is someone will be working on meeting the minimum ACS requirements in the hopes of cornering the library market for ereaders so a waiver means only that libraries are not required by law to buy only ereaders that are ACS compliant. If one can be made someone will eventually make it.
I think the legislation itself would do more to slow down ereader development by making them more expensive, heavier, and less robust software wise. Unlikely as it sounds some manufacturers are having a hard time producing stable software as it is.
The ereader market is slowing down to a point that ereader manufacturers have to make their products better to sell them.
Someone will make a more ACS compliant ereader and someone else will top them. Trying to force every ereader to be ACS compliant will just cause more manufacturers to turn to tablets instead and slow development more.
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You misunderstand more than just my posts.
It's not ACS compliant, it's compliant with accessibility for disabled people. ACS stands for Advanced Communications Services.
The situation is this: if a device has a browser it means at this point in time that it offers Advanced Communications Services, and therefore it needs to be accessible to people with disabilities according to the FCC rules.
The coalition of e-reader manufacturers is saying that the browsers that they install on e-readers aren't offering good access to Advanced Communications Services, as they put it "the user experience would not be robust". And they do this because of the specs.
If someone improves an eink e-reader with color and a faster refresh rate, by the definition expressed by the manufacturers it will no longer be an e-reader, so if the petition is accepted e-readers as a class of devices will never be significantly better than they are now.
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Imagine if every car sold had to be fully ACS compliant. And while they don't have to be, development is still going on and their are many cars with features for the handicapped. If for example every vehicle had to have a wheelchair lift, a lot more people would be walking.
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Interesting example, beside the fact that you assumed that ACS is an acronym that is related to people with disabilities.
While the average car that exits the assembly line is not accessible to people with disabilities you can add features for the handicapped.
TL;DR
ACS => must make device accessible for the disabled
Browser = ACS
Want exemption from accessibility laws for e-readers with browsers? => make sure that e-readers aren't going to have specs that are good enough for a good browsing experience and say it isn't really ACS.