Thread: Universities say no more Kindles till blind students can use it.....
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Old 11-13-2009, 10:11 AM   #70
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
Yes, the problem was it was a course requirement, Dathi, rather than that it was about ereaders per-se. Of course, this is why I support open hardware platforms, people can and do would build support for TTS into firmware for blind people (I believe there's an android-native TTS interface reader in alpha testing right now, actually).
Not entirely accurate. Syracuse University, one of the schools mentioned in this story, said that they won't be buying the Kindle for their library because of complaints.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=120340625
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Syracuse University's library decided not to purchase any more Kindles after complaints by disability groups. Library spokesperson Pamela McLaughlin explains the text-to-speech function is just about impossible for a blind person to use.
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