Millions of e-readers have been sold, and their makers shouldn't be able to dodge the accessibility act. Also, Amazon could afford read-aloud in earlier E Ink Kindles without going into bankruptcy. I won't swallow the FCC's rationale that it may grant Amazon an accessibility waiver because the Kindle's primary purpose is not as an "advanced communication device." Sighted people can send Gmail (via a Kindle Web browser) or read long e-mailed files in the e-book mode as if they are books. This 2010 law requires covered products to be usable by Americans with disabilities, including blind people. 28, the FCC granted Amazon and other e-reader makers another year-long waiver from the 21st Century Communications and Video Access Act (CVAA). The Federal Communications Commission could have unmuted Kindles.
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