<html><head><base href="x-msg://213/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">As I said on the Hayhawk list, this is a wonderful thing. It could help our cause.<div><br></div><div>Hope those who are going have a great convention. Wish I would be there and be able to see those of you I know. Closing for now as what I'm saying now is Off Topic.</div><div>Cindy Lou</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:11 PM, Susan Tabor wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">In case you didn't see this piece from the Wichita Eagle for today, here it is. And good for them for printing it!<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Susan<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><a href="javascript:window.print();" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue; text-decoration: none; "><span><image001.png></span></span></a><a href="http://www.kansas.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue; text-decoration: none; "><span><image002.gif></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/06/30/1383767/feds-classes-that-use-e-books.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Back to web version</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Wednesday, June 30, 2010</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="pubdate"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Posted on Wed, Jun. 30, 2010</span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><h1 id="storyTitle" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 27pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-size: 22.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Feds: Classes that use e-books must serve blind<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">BY DORIE TURNER<br>Associated Press<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">ATLANTA — Federal officials are requiring colleges that use electronic book readers in the classroom to make sure the gadgets have accommodations for blind and vision-impaired students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The U.S. Departments of Justice and Education sent a letter to college and university presidents Tuesday instructing them to find alternatives for blind students if the devices are required in the classroom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Not doing so would be a violation of federal law, said Russlynn Ali, assistant secretary for civil rights at the Education Department.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">"It is unacceptable for universities to use emerging technology without insisting that this technology be accessible to all students," Ali wrote in the joint letter with Thomas Perez, assistant U.S. attorney general.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The federal government began examining last year whether the use e-readers violated the Americans with Disabilities Act after a blind Arizona State University student sued the campus in June alleging that the Amazon Kindle's inaccessibility to blind students constituted a violation of federal law.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The lawsuit was settled in January with the help of the National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 8.4pt; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Many e-readers have text-to-speech functions, but those don't apply to menus, which means that a blind person would still need help using the device, Ali said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">© 2010 Wichita Eagle and wire service sources. 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