Kindle suffers from political correctness
On January 13, the US Department of Justice made a decision according to which three American universities - Case Western Reserve, Pace and Reed College - will stop the test use of Amazon's Kindle e-books until they have special programs for the blind. Educational institutions are also prohibited from using e-books from other manufacturers, which do not have options for people with sight problems.
This decision was made after social movements filed lawsuits against the exclusion of the blind from the program on the use of electronic books. Text-to-speech support in Kindle books is not at a very high level; there is no voice guide feature on the book menu.
Changes in the program will not greatly affect the business of Amazon, because the contract comes into force only in late spring, when the trial period of books at universities ends. The official reaction to the verdict of the Ministry of Justice from the company has not yet been reported. However, in order to test the use of Kindle books in schools to become a practice, Amazon must develop support for blind users in its devices until the fall.
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This decision was made after social movements filed lawsuits against the exclusion of the blind from the program on the use of electronic books. Text-to-speech support in Kindle books is not at a very high level; there is no voice guide feature on the book menu.
Changes in the program will not greatly affect the business of Amazon, because the contract comes into force only in late spring, when the trial period of books at universities ends. The official reaction to the verdict of the Ministry of Justice from the company has not yet been reported. However, in order to test the use of Kindle books in schools to become a practice, Amazon must develop support for blind users in its devices until the fall.
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via electronista.com
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/80767/
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