[CEUD-ICT] The flap over text-to-speech in the Kindle 2

[Joshue O Connor]

mmaguire at connect.ie wrote:
> The flap over text-to-speech in the Kindle 2 is a reminder that e-books 
> have the potential to level the playing field for people with 
> disabilities. But, as was pointed out by the National Federation of the 
> Blind, ‘the device itself cannot be used independently by a blind 
> reader’ (It is ironic that the e-book market still fails to embrace the 
> one group that actually needs e-books)

Yes, its strange that its not embraced, that will hopefully change.

Cheers

Josh


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