[Nfbmt] FCC Chooses to Approve the Waiver for E-book Readers for One Year

[sheila]

I agree completely dan When the kendle first came out and happened to be 
featured on Oprah, I was thrilled until I found out the thing was 
completely inaccessable to me as a blind person. If my plextalk dies, 
I'll have to save money for a while before replacing it while it would 
be easier to come up with a hundred dollars.
On 2/8/2014 6:59 PM, Dan Burke wrote:
> True, except that Kindle has tens of thousands more books than we can
> ever get on our Streams, and the e-book readers sold to the mainstream
> are about $100 or less, instead of $380.  I  want the free market that
> everyone else has access to.  I want to pay those same prices and get
> accessible mainstream readers and books.
>
> The FCC's decision is indeed a big disappointment..
>
> Dan
>
>
> On 2/8/14, Rebecca Stewart <becca33 at bresnan.net> wrote:
>> Well, that's bad news of course but it can only create more business for
>> companies who have chosen to cater to our needs, companies like the one
>> that
>> makes the Victor Stream.  If these companies show a great profit by
>> catering
>> to the blind, then other companies who are not forced to will make the
>> choice to become accessible in order to get our business, that's how the
>> free market works:)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rik James
>> Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 11:53 PM
>> To: NFB of Montana Discussion List
>> Subject: [Nfbmt] FCC Chooses to Approve the Waiver for E-book Readers for
>> One Year
>>
>> Hello, list members. This is Rik.
>>
>> I read this as a bit of disappointing news. Maybe some of you already had
>> heard about it.
>> I found it as one of the items in Blind Bargains today, which is a pretty
>> neat place to find stuff for sale in addition to news bits, and what not.
>>
>> http://www.blindbargains.com/
>>
>>
>> FCC Chooses to Approve the Waiver for E-book Readers for One Year
>>
>> Back in  August,  we told you about the Coalition of E-book Reader
>> manufacturers asking the FCC to waive the requirements to make their basic
>> e-book readers accessible. Then in  October,  we let you know that a
>> temporary waiver had been granted to the Coalition while the FCC reviewed
>> the case. Today, we're sad to announce that the FCC has decided to grant
>> the
>> waiver, granting these companies the right to not have to make their basic
>> e-book readers accessible to people with disabilities. According to the
>> Digital Journal, here are some of the requirements that the FCC laid out
>> for
>> which devices would qualify for the waiver: the device must not have an LCD
>> screen, the device must not have a camera, and the device must be marketed
>> as a reading device. The waiver that was granted will last for one year.
>> Posted by Alena Roberts Sunday, 02-Feb-2014 2:02 PM ET in
>> Books/Movies/Music
>>
>>
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