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Old 01-14-2010, 10:11 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog View Post
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.
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.
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