Thread: U.S. says eReaders don't meet ADA requirements
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Old 07-02-2010, 02:56 PM   #37
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Well, I actually found the "Dear Colleague" letter issued jointly by the DOJ and DOE, if anyone wants to get to the source.

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/lis...-20100629.html


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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Isn't this effectively saying "if I can't use this, then I don't want anybody else to have it either"?
Sort of. He has one point, in that there could be a scenario where the teacher sends a document directly to the ebook readers, and fails to provide the disabled student the same course materials in an equally timely fashion.

I don't think it's a big deal, but just not something that can be taken for granted until TTS is enabled in the menus.
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