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The Hooded Claw · 11-11-2009, 01:26 AM

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Several schools are saying they will not buy more Kindles for students till Amazon makes it more friendly to the blind (probably by causing the device to speak menu choices aloud). This will surely get Amazon's attention since they are pushing the KDX for students and textbooks. On the other hand, it will probably fuel the frenzy of publishers who think TTS will cut into audio book sales. This is a case where it can be argued that the change would definitely cost them audio book sales!

An interest group representing the blind is filing a lawsuit for discrimination over the Kindles-in-universities program.

11-11-2009, 01:26 AM	#1
The Hooded Claw Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 6050 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oklahoma! Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Android phone with Kindle app, Kindle 4 in reserve	Universities say no more Kindles till blind students can use it..... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...zjOJwD9BT4BD81 Several schools are saying they will not buy more Kindles for students till Amazon makes it more friendly to the blind (probably by causing the device to speak menu choices aloud). This will surely get Amazon's attention since they are pushing the KDX for students and textbooks. On the other hand, it will probably fuel the frenzy of publishers who think TTS will cut into audio book sales. This is a case where it can be argued that the change would definitely cost them audio book sales! An interest group representing the blind is filing a lawsuit for discrimination over the Kindles-in-universities program. Last edited by The Hooded Claw; 11-11-2009 at 01:29 AM.