Basically the story is this: the Author's Guild raised issue with the Kindle 2's new robotic text-to-speech feature, which can read any Kindle book aloud in a synthesized voice—naturally, a feature that would be an absolute delight for the vision impaired.

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Good news for for all you film lovers unable—or too lazy—to make the arduous journey to the National Film Board of Canada's Mediatheque in downtown Toronto: in honour of the organization's seventieth anniversary, the NFB has released hundreds of new and classic titles through …

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The National Federation of the Blind of Arkansas and two blind state employees have agreed to a settlement among themselves, the state of Arkansas, and software provider SAP Public Services, Inc.

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Guide Horses for the Blind - Damnit, read this and be educated

I've commented on at least three different seeds about using miniature horses as guides for the blind. Recently a viner seeded another of these stories, and finally, I'm moved enough to actually post an article about this.

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It looks like web designers are going to be scrambling to ensure that they aren't sued because their web site is inaccessible to the blind. A recent lawsuit in National Federation of the Blind (NFB) vs Target Corp., which the plaintiff.

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