I'm surprised no one has brought up the Chafee Amendment, which is part of U.S. copyright law, and actually does apply to the accessibility of books.
I'm also surprised that this issue has never been brought up with previous ebook devices that had text-to-speech, such as the Road Runner, the BookPort, the BookCourier, the VictorReader Stream, etc. Although they were/are specifically designed for the blind and print-disabled, there are no restrictions that prevent non-disabled people from purchasing these devices.
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