Not accessible enough, will burn immediately!
Isn't it ironic that in the Future of Farenheight 451 that very few people can read....
Posted on 08/31/2012 12:48:08 PM PDT by Nachum
The U.S. Justice Department says it has reached a settlement with the Sacramento (California) Public Library over a trial program the library was conducting that let patrons borrow Barnes and Noble NOOK e-book readers. DOJ and the National Federation of the Blind objected to the program on grounds that blind people could not use the NOOK e-readers for technological reasons. The Justice Department said the settlement is aimed at stopping discrimination: “Emerging technologies like e-readers are changing the way we interact with the world around us and we need to ensure that people with disabilities are not
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So, if I can’t use an item, NOBODY should? Morons.
Sshhhhhh.... don't give them any ideas.
Well- I for one, will PRETEND it is satire anyway.
Where is my beer? (I know I left it here somewhere)
Do Kindles like PCs have an app that will read the book aloud?
I am not positive that the option is available on the Nook, but on the Kindle e-book reader you can set it to auto read almost any book as an audio book. Not that actual facts mean anything to the DOJ under Holder.
Never heard of one. Recorded audio books are the only ones I know of. There is voice activated software, but don’t know any for books.
I wish they’d include the names of the DOJ officials involved in things like this, so that when its time to scale back the goobermint, they will have done half the work for us.
Maybe the library's mistake was not going with the Kindle from Amazon as it's clear DOJ are Amazon's enforcers against competitors.
If I read the article correctly (and if I can’t I’ll sue!!!) the complainant went directly to the DOJ, never talking to the library folk. I suspect ADA activism and wonder if there was a cash award involved. Rather than fight this on procedural grounds, it seems the city went straight to caving. After all, it is far easier to furlough the employees than to say “enough is enough.” Isn’t all that’s required is a reasonable accommodation? Here’s your free subscription to audible.com. Why must each and every device be all things to all people?
Bingo! My husband was reading me something from an article recently, and I said, “Is the author John Semmens?” because it sounded one of his pieces. But no, just like this, it was “real news.”
Over here at the Jersey Shore, some years back,There was a legally blind guy from Belmar who won 5 million in the lottery. First thing he did was buy a new SUV.
Not accessible enough, will burn immediately!
Isn't it ironic that in the Future of Farenheight 451 that very few people can read....
So how are dead tree books any different in that regard?
By this logic, the library should only be stocked with braille and audio materials. Except that people with hearing problems would prefer a dead tree book or a NOOK.
It's obviously impossible to be fair. Best to just close all the libraries.
I’d like to countersue for not including readable type with Braille books.
I’ll “see” you in court.....
(Hope no one reads this and is offended)...
RLTW
What a BUNCH of G-Damned BS!!!
Libraries already have programs for the blind for books on tape!!!!!
What is next a blind person suing apple for being unable to use their iPhone?
A deaf person suing the Library because the books on tape are inaccessible????
It is CRAZY!!!!
Stuipid regulations and run amock government agencies like this LIMIT CHOICES the free market gives us not expands them....
Maybe they'll let us keep cars if they put Braille speedometers on them.
Braille chainsaws are coming next.
Ah-ha! Sue the publishers for not granting permissions.
Maybe it'd be best to shoot all the politicians and most lawyers (litigators only, please - leave us mere Estate Planners alone). Then the normal people could resume life as it should be.
Honestly, how ABSURD is it that you cannot help a majority of those in the general public unless you help EVERYONE in exactly the same way?
Trying renting out a house with an ad that says, “Lovely view!”
Lawyers working for these people will be at your door in 10 minutes.
Or, “Ideal for a young couple.” What about single people?
Or, “Short walk to bus stop.” That makes people in wheelchairs feel unwelcome.
Think these are jokes? I know people who have had the fair housing Nazis come after them for these very things.
About all you can say is, “House for rent.”
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