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  • 1.  E-Book Accessibility News

    Posted Oct 30, 2014 10:00 AM

    Thought folks might be interested to know what's happening on the e-book accessibility front:


    "ALA and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) renewed their opposition to a petition filed by the Coalition of E-book Manufacturers seeking a waiver from complying with disability legislation and regulation (specifically Sections 716 and 717 of the Communications Act as Enacted by the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010). Amazon, Kobo, and Sony are the members of the coalition, and they argue that they do not have to make their e-readers’ Advanced Communications Services (ACS) accessible to people with print disabilities."


    Read more: http://www.districtdispatch.org/2014/10/ala-opposes-e-book-accessibility-waiver-petition/


     


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    John


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    University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Ottenheimer Library
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