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November 11th, 2009

2 schools to shun Kindle – not easy for the blind to use

According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Syracuse University, the Kindle can’t be used by the blind because it requires a sighted helper to manipulate the buttons and navigate the menu choices. Thus, the universities won’t adopt the Kindle for their sight-disabled students.

The Newsvine article says that Amazon is aware of these problems and a spokesman said that Amazon is working on it.

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Bruce Wilson Says:
November 11th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

Colored stickers. Problem solved.

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