The Amazon Kindle and many other e-readers continue to enjoy unbridled success in the retail sphere, but have not caught on in educational institutions. The main reason is not the cost of the hardware or being locked into a particular ecosystem, but the device being capable of addressing disabled people's needs. Amazon has made great strides in the last few years to make its … [Read more...] about The Vision Problem – Why eReaders Are Not Widely Adopted in Public Schools
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E-Readers and technology to assist the Blind
When someone is visually impaired and loves literature, it is often a daunting endeavour to read the books by the authors they love, or to discover new authors. When someone is near sighted, blind or has dyslexia it is tremendously difficult to read books, or menus unless they are in brail or to listen to audio books. E-Books and E-Readers not only are designed for portable … [Read more...] about E-Readers and technology to assist the Blind