[IAEP] AP: Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it

[Roland Gesthuizen]

If you are thinking along these lines, you should get in touch with Jason
White, a student at Melbourne Uni. I can put him in touch with this list or
pass on some details off-list.

      http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16427/1090/

Regards Roland

2009/11/12 Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>

> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 09:44, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jEvsVQEnfo1Y-ibxGgcsCqTzjOJwD9BT4BD81
>
> So, no text-to-speech on Kindle? Very silly. The blind will have to
> wait for the mp3 versions of books, then.
>
> Presumably an XO could be hooked up to a Braille output device via
> USB, using standard Linux drivers. That would make a nice GSoC project
> for next year.
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