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Student, Groups Sue Over Kindle

From The State Press (6/28/09):

By: Rheyanne Weaver

Blind students may have problems using Amazon’s Kindle DX, which is being tested in pilot group classes at ASU in fall 2009.

The National Federation of the Blind, American Council of the Blind and Darrell Shandrow, an ASU journalism student, filed a complaint against ASU in order to avoid the future use of the Kindle in the classroom until it is made accessible to blind students.

To read the article in its entirety, visit http://www.statepress.com/node/6655.

For more about the Reading Rights Coalition, visit http://www.readingrights.org/

Also in technology news, AAPD Urges Senate Action on Broadband Accessibility Bill.