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Because, in general, school budgets are not overflowing with excess cashflow. Picking the cheaper option which meets all the demands will trump having a variety which scales up in price and only adds slight variation*.
*I use slight here in the context of what the schools likely goal is, to obtain and distribute devices which allow students to read various books. This can be done just as easily on a tablet as it can on eink, the preferences of the reader for the medium with which they read do not come in to play. |
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@MClitch. Accessibility is about special needs. If there is a need by a proportion of students for e-ink, budgets will normally be forced to accommodate this. Having an e-ink reader meeting accessibility requirements available as an option which could be included in a future contract certainly would not harm Amazon's chances. Even if it only by bolstering its reputation as a caring company. And, if Amazon is going to do it anyway, to expand the sue of Alexa, for instance?
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They would need to develop a case that eink not only provided a service the tablets didn't, but that the tablets actually hindered the student from reading. This is quite aside from the additional features available on the tablet, rather it's all to to with screen versus screen.
To be clear, I don't think the resistance for adding eink devices to the contract would come from Amazon per se, they just wouldn't be pushing for it. The resistance would be from the board of education for the state/city. Unless enough students could show a genuine need for eink screens over tablet screens, which would be rather difficult since these students are using computers in the schools, then it's possible the budget would be altered to allow for eink devices. However it would need to be a fairly sizable portion of students, and the requirements of proof of eink being -required- not just preferred would be pretty steep. It's not just a matter of saying 'Well students want eink, and even though it costs more we're just going to do it!' Something in the budget would be trimmed away, possibly not from the deal with Amazon, but from other programs the school offers. Typically you hear about the arts being cut from the school curriculum. This sort of thing would be one of the reasons that happens. So yes, it's possible. It's also possible to win the lotto, but I wouldn't suggest quitting your job in anticipation of that, nor would I suggest holding your breath for the school system to make requests or demands from Amazon for an eink device with those features. The red tape is simply stacked against it happening. |
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They would also need Buttons or some sort of tactile feedback (for an Audiobook reader)
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My estimate is that the cost for those devices will be more than double the amount that Amazon gets for this contract. Amazon |
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Fire Tablet which has TTS and most other accessibility features is $50. A basic kindle which has no accessibility features is $79. Now I am sure the students that have very special needs will be accommodated. Therefore you would be spending more money on non-accessible items. Or if the schools already provide laptops or some cheap tablets to the students then all that would need to be done is add the kindle app. ADA rules are sometimes very strange. When I was in college my hands were giving me fits. Because of this, I was asked to attend a disabled meeting. (My job was working with the special population. ) The college was NOT ADA compliant at the time. They had to change every threshold on the campus. They also had to adjust the hydraulic systems on many of the restroom doors. As it turns out, if I had trouble with a door, the door needed adjusted. I know after the maintenance guy checked the one I complained about, he asked me to please check all the restroom doors. It was easier for me to test, than use the tester. |
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Maybe a stupid question, but why would someone who can't visually read need an e-ink screen? Why pay premium for a screen you will never be able to use? An eReader is a very specialized device.
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And the tablets I've tried do not work well with external controllers. Having to start using the touchscreen, having to link using both devices and some fancy two-handed coordination, finding that you can't input text while using the controller, etc. it's hopeless. And the tablets I've tried all have painfully bright screens, though polarized privacy filters might help. Ada standards are worse than worthless for sensory processing issues. I think they require incapacitatingly loud and incapacitating bright strobing alarms. Last edited by MarjaE; 04-23-2016 at 06:49 PM. |
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