Comments on: Kindle Educational Pilot Program Hits Roadblock

By: Paul Goodwin

Paul Goodwin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:06:15 +0000

Yeah, but why can’t visually-impaired students use the texts that they’re using now? I doubt that any one technology will solve every special-needs person’s access issues; they don’t now, and likely won’t in the near future. What’s wrong with their using their current systems until something new is available for them?

By: Andrys

Andrys — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:39:06 +0000

Paul,
I’ve felt the same way.
But they have scanners and machines that make books readable to them.

There’s no solving the Kindle prob immediately and federal monies require the equal access.

Re the menu thing, couldn’t they press shift sym to turn it on and off ?

However, the entire Menu system should probably be in audio for those who need it, if they want to meet the guidelines, etc.

By: Paul Goodwin

Paul Goodwin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:16:25 +0000

I find this vaguely hilarious – it’s not like a single one of my college textbooks is any more accessible to the visually impaired than a Kindle is, yet they don’t seem to have the same problem with those books that they do with the Kindle.

Why the double-standard?