Comments on: Accessibility and the new Kindle http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/accessibility-and-the-new-kindle/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob Martinengo http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/accessibility-and-the-new-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-1053665 Bob Martinengo Fri, 08 May 2009 16:41:06 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21567#comment-1053665 As much as I might criticize the approach of some disability advocacy groups at times, I do have to say that colleges bring a lot of accessibility woes upon themselves. Why do prestigious universities agree to pilot a device that leaves out a number of their students? Why don't they use their leverage to push for greater accessibility? The ADA makes it clear that putting up a new building without providing wheel-chair access is against the law. Why is it so difficult to imagine extending that commitment to accessibility to access to information? As much as I might criticize the approach of some disability advocacy groups at times, I do have to say that colleges bring a lot of accessibility woes upon themselves.

Why do prestigious universities agree to pilot a device that leaves out a number of their students? Why don’t they use their leverage to push for greater accessibility?

The ADA makes it clear that putting up a new building without providing wheel-chair access is against the law. Why is it so difficult to imagine extending that commitment to accessibility to access to information?

]]> By: GJN http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/accessibility-and-the-new-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-1053208 GJN Thu, 07 May 2009 21:44:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21567#comment-1053208 This is the sort of thing that drives people far far right... This is the sort of thing that drives people far far right…

]]> By: Rob Preece, Publisher http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/accessibility-and-the-new-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-1053196 Rob Preece, Publisher Thu, 07 May 2009 21:08:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21567#comment-1053196 Complaining about the Kindle when it's better than standard textbooks seems backwards. Maybe it's not perfect but shouldn't we celebrate improvements rather than castigate those making them? Rob Preece BooksForABuck Complaining about the Kindle when it’s better than standard textbooks seems backwards. Maybe it’s not perfect but shouldn’t we celebrate improvements rather than castigate those making them?

Rob Preece
BooksForABuck

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/accessibility-and-the-new-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-1053172 Alan Wallcraft Thu, 07 May 2009 20:13:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21567#comment-1053172 They are also using exactly the same 6 font sizes on the DX as on the Kindle 2. With the larger screen, and the landscape mode, Amazon could easily offer a largest font size 2-3x bigger than this. Landscape helps because the largest practical font size depends on how many characters fit on one line. PDFs are not reflowable on the DX, but custom PDFs can have whatever font size you want. On the other hand, text to speech does not work with PDFs. They are also using exactly the same 6 font sizes on the DX as on the Kindle 2. With the larger screen, and the landscape mode, Amazon could easily offer a largest font size 2-3x bigger than this. Landscape helps because the largest practical font size depends on how many characters fit on one line.

PDFs are not reflowable on the DX, but custom PDFs can have whatever font size you want. On the other hand, text to speech does not work with PDFs.

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