Slashdot Mirror
US DOJ Says Kindle In Classroom Hurts Blind Students
angry tapir writes "Three US universities will stop promoting the use of Amazon.com's Kindle DX e-book reader in classrooms after complaints that the device doesn't give blind students equal access to information. Settlements with Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Pace University in New York City and Reed College in Portland, Oregon, were announced Wednesday by the US Department of Justice. The National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind had complained that use of the Kindle devices discriminates against students with vision problems."
Er, way to miss the point, mods...
That post is quite relevant, drawing a parallel with the Canadian health care system and pointing out how that kind of rule has unintended consequences.
But the ban is not intended to permanently eliminate ebook readers to level the playing field, it's simply to encourage e-book vendors to provide an accessible version. It's really quite different, and thus I disagree with the analogy.
But it was still on topic!