Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 31, 2014
Last September, I wrote a Beneblog post: Objecting to Accessibility Weaseling , about Amazon and other ebook reader makers trying to dodge out on making their devices accessible. The refusal to grant an indefinite waiver is a big deal, because it will keep accessibility on the agenda.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 8, 2013
Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 10, 2009
But, it's a dream that the commercial ebook vendors keep dashing. But, we just saw Amazon fold when the Authors Guild pushed them to turn off the voice of these books: Amazon to flip on Kindle. And that is setting back the cause of people with disabilities who need that kind of access. Roy Blount Jr. The Textbook problem.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
I’ve been watching with interest the legal controversy over the synthetic speech capability of the new version of the Amazon Kindle, such as the coverage on Boing-Boing entitled Author's Guild claims text-to-speech software is illegal. Ebooks on PCs have had text-to-speech capabilities for years (although not always enabled).
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 22, 2013
Why Circumvention for the Purposes of Access is Crucial A Bookshare Briefing Paper Prepared for the Diplomatic Conference for Visually Impaired Persons The distributors of digital content often use technological protection measures (TPMs) to discourage the making of unauthorized copies.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 2, 2012
Betsy Beaumon, Benetech VP and General Manager of Bookshare During the event, our Bookshare staff offered demos of our Bookshare library and our Go Read accessible ebook reader for Android. They send Bookshare the same digital book files that they provide to Amazon, Apple or Barnes and Noble.
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