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. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. Roy Blount Jr. Roy Blount Jr.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 22, 2013
This has created the ironic situation where blind people, who because of their disability require access to digital copies, have been effectively locked out of purchasing ebooks for the last decade. Authorized entities need access to digital content in order to cost-effectively deliver access. NLS in the U.S.), Bookshare).
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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.
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. It’s easy to dismiss the authors’ concerns (as many have in the tech community) as greedy or Luddite.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 3, 2013
The increasing focus on digital content, rather than its printed form, and the shift to electronic distribution of ebooks pave new avenues for removing the barriers to accessibility. At Benetech, we want to ensure that in this brave new world of digital content, braille is as available as any other ebook format to those who want it.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 14, 2009
We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. Authors are fighting over how much money they get: it’s clear that they are being paid. The Chafee Amendment The U.S. copyright law.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 7, 2012
Author: Seth Merritt. For example, distributing an exclusive work (or excerpt) by a well-known author in e-book format may be a way to generate donations or signups. A well formatted ebook has none of those issues. E-books and e-readers are a growing part of the attention ecosystem.
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