Comments on: Kindle Denied Access at Universities http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/13/kindle-denied-access-at-universities/ Canada's online legal magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven Matthews http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/13/kindle-denied-access-at-universities/comment-page-1/#comment-708333 Steven Matthews Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:16:20 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=14145#comment-708333 Thank-you. I wasn't understanding the OCR machine part. That makes complete sense. I gather the complaint against the Kindle wasn't the text-to-voice, but rather the inaccessible menu system - required to get to the text-to-voice feature. Thank-you. I wasn't understanding the OCR machine part. That makes complete sense.

I gather the complaint against the Kindle wasn't the text-to-voice, but rather the inaccessible menu system – required to get to the text-to-voice feature.

]]> By: Simon Fodden http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/13/kindle-denied-access-at-universities/comment-page-1/#comment-708332 Simon Fodden Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:08:17 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=14145#comment-708332 I guess, Steve, that a paper text book could be read by an OCR machine and then spoken. Seems to me the problem with Kindle in this respect is that the data is locked inside the machine. Kind of stupid -- well, incongruous, at least -- because it's digital data already and doesn't need the OCR step. I guess, Steve, that a paper text book could be read by an OCR machine and then spoken. Seems to me the problem with Kindle in this respect is that the data is locked inside the machine. Kind of stupid — well, incongruous, at least — because it's digital data already and doesn't need the OCR step.

]]> By: Steven Matthews http://www.slaw.ca/2009/11/13/kindle-denied-access-at-universities/comment-page-1/#comment-708330 Steven Matthews Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:54:13 +0000 http://www.slaw.ca/?p=14145#comment-708330 Ok, I'm either going to point out the obvious here, or I've missed the point entirely... But isn't your average paper textbook even more inaccessible to blind readers? Ok, I'm either going to point out the obvious here, or I've missed the point entirely… But isn't your average paper textbook even more inaccessible to blind readers?

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