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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
You know, I wondered at first how this different from close captioning of television. But why would the deaf actually bother with audiobooks? Wouldn't they just buy the book?
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Depends on the level of disability. It is not black and white. If you are partially deaf with bad eyesight, are you required to buy both audiobook and book? You need all the advantage you can get. Closed captioning doesn't have to be just written word. I imagine in the future you will have an AI version that will translate audio into sign language. They would surely sue again if the next Kindle app would have something text-to-ASL as that is a copyright violation as it is a "translation" or "performance".