Amazon’s “Kindle” blooper!
Amazon’s popular reading device “kindle” converts text to speech. The device “reads” the text out loud and speaks it out loud, like your own personal book-reader. So, in theory it is definitely a good buy for blind people. But, vision-disability groups aren’t very happy with it. Infact they are unhappy to the point that they are protesting against university libraries who buy it. Why? it is not user friendly. To be able to use Kindle, you have to be able actually see the controls on the screen. That’s the blooper of the year to me! In fact, NPR reports, various libraries across the US are infact cancelling orders of Kindle and/or not buying anymore because of the strong urging from the vision-disability groups! Syracuse university is one. Says Amazon, “we are working on it.” That further enraged the disability groups. One activist says, “It is not a difficult thing to fix. That is a very pathetic response from Amazon.”
