We were delighted to learn that Amazon.com, responding to an online petition asking for accessible controls on the Kindle 2, has promised to make the reading device's controls speak aloud. That is great news for people who cannot see the controls; now people who are blind and visually impaired will...
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via Chicago Tribune By Rex W. Huppke | Tribune staff reporter Wed, 1 Apr 2009 10:48:55 -0700 (PDT) Is it ever OK to use the word "retard" in casual conversation? Hundreds of high school and college students across the country today have joined together to answer with an emphatic "No!"...
The rumors started a couple of days before Amazon.com announced a pending release date for the new and improved Kindle, the very successful wireless e-book reader which the company began selling in 2007. The online forums and interactive list-servs frequented by people who are blind and visually impaired...
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