[Nfbmo] Fw: Wired Campus: Finding the Kindle a Poor Device for the Blind, 2 Universities Say They Won't Buy More
James Moynihan
jamesmoynihan at kc.rr.com
Wed Nov 11 22:25:51 UTC 2009
fyi
We have kept A friend of ours informed about blindness issues. He sent us these links which are very confusing.
It deals with universities which don't like the Kindle because it is inaccessible to blind people.
Jim and Jana Moynihan
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Dale A. Neuman
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Professor Emeritus of Political Science
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Finding the Kindle a Poor Device for the Blind, 2 Universities Say They Won't Buy More
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