Following up on my rant against the Blount Op-Ed piece, the AFB has a well-written (much better than mine) blog post on the same issue: Kindle sparks a flame war, but fails to light the fire for accessibility – AFB’s Blog.
While the Kindle offers text-to-speech options, it doesn’t include talking menus or fully accessible controls, which makes it impossible for people with vision loss to use independently. The good news is that it’s an easy fix for Amazon since the Kindle 2 is already voice enabled. AFB, and other blindness organizations, are urging Amazon to address this immediately. With baby boomers aging and the number of people experiencing vision loss expected to increase significantly, more and more people will need technology like the Kindle to have talking menus and full speech capability.
Not only is the post worth reading, but there is a link to a petiion asking Amazon to extend the Kindle’s acessibility features.
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