From Byron York and the Washington Examiner: Did you know the Justice Department threatened several universities with legal action because they took part in an experimental program to allow students to use the Amazon Kindle for textbooks?
Last year, the schools -- among them Princeton, Arizona State and Case Western Reserve -- wanted to know if e-book readers would be more convenient and less costly than traditional textbooks. The environmentally conscious educators also wanted to reduce the huge amount of paper students use to print files from their laptops.
It seemed like a promising idea until the universities got a letter from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, now under an aggressive new chief, Thomas Perez, telling them they were under investigation for possible violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
It seemed like a promising idea until the universities got a letter from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, now under an aggressive new chief, Thomas Perez, telling them they were under investigation for possible violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Why-did-feds-claim-Kindle-violates-civil-rights_-1006723-99801389.html#ixzz0xJaPa2QK
So, in an effort to reduce the use of books, the maker of Kindles (being electronic device illiterate, I have no idea what it is, but it seems harmless)
Apparently, the blind cannot use Kindles without the help of a seeing person.
Well, apparently the morons at the Civil Rights Division apparently did not know that the blind cannot read books either, unless they are in braille or tape recorded. Clue to Civil Rights Division, most books in the college library are not in braille or tape recorded.
So, in the end, the free Kindles were not allowed on campus because they discriminated against the blind.
Idiots. Morons. But sounds like something Dina Titus PhD would support as she was a liberal professor at UNLV. If I am wrong, please let me know.
And they wonder why people think the federal government is out of control.
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5 hours ago
A Kindle is kinda like a dumb iPad. It's specifically for reading books and magazines. The weird thing about this is, I would have guessed that Kindles would already have accessibility features like PCs have. Surprising if they don't. You'd think an iPad or other tablet that can be set up for blind or vision impaired people would be an adequate substitute.
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