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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
Lets try giving the legally blind a reader that my mother could have read. No, can't do that, you would be discriminating against the totaly blind. SOLUTION - provide a human reader, for life, that can help them read any book that they want. Well, no. That discriminates against the "sighted".
HAY! Discriminating against the "sighted" would be JUSTICE.
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There really is no need to set up ridiculous straw man arguments like these.
It will undoubtedly be better for ebook readers to offer fuller TTS-type capabilities. A fairly simple change will make the device far easier to use for the disabled.
The real issue is much simpler; lawsuits can be politically counterproductive, even if in the short term you accomplish your goals. That's about it.
At the risk of launching a political discussion, the reality is that just about everyone except a dedicated libertarian or anarchist is likely to file a suit if they think it's going to accomplish their goals. These kinds of tactics aren't limited to liberals.