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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Fair enough as that is the current specific example I guess.
But it's also a pipe dream to ever expect many textbook publishers--among the greediest corporations out there--to make DRM'ed ebooks available. They'd rather someone pay the absurd price for a book full of crappy content to be read and record for the blind person vs having a non-DRM'ed e-book that would eventually get passed around to other students.
I think we'll see textbook companies be resistant to e-books period for quite some time because of that reason.
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The textbook companies are already required by Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) to provide the book and related materials in an XML format to NIMAC. The file can then be converted to whatever is needed for the student.