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RantWoman notes a lawsuit recently filed by the ACB, the NFB and blind students at some of the institutions now demoing the Kindle DX as a way to distribute textbooks. The DX, you may remember has absolutely no audio interface unlike the Kindle 2. RantWoman is not necessarily ever happy to have to feed lawyers on the way to getting something necessary and appropriate done. This time though RantWoman is happy someone is suing.

RantWoman believes the Kindle 2 is now in limbo about what material is made available because of copyright disputes about "audio production." The Kindle 2, last RantWoman remembers does not have audio controls / keyboard controls either. This means text can be read aloud but a person might need sighted help to get things started. Boo!

http://blog.seattlepi.com/techchron/archives/173293.asp

Given the accessibility issues with all the current incarnations of Kindle, RantWoman finds herself deeply amused about the thought of underwriting retail Kindles with advertising. Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. If advertisers want ways to get themselves to RantWoman's attention, they should concentrate on accessible devices; if they don't RantWoman will be delighted to continue ignoring their messages