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[Matt Cahill]

Please sign my petition it is for Amazon to make their Kindle Fires be accessible for people with a physical or learning disability. Currently, Kindle Fire does not have text-to speech and braille support that leaves many people in a disadvantage while the world is becoming more digital. I do not think this is right and feel that Amazon is discriminating people with a disability causing technology that SHOULD be helping people with a disability but instead leaving them further and further behind.
Please sign this if you feel that this is not right.

http://www.change.or...for-kindle-fire

Thank you

[Tober138]

Matt Cahill, on 01 January 2012 - 11:58 PM, said:

I do not think this is right and feel that Amazon is discriminating people with a disability causing technology that SHOULD be helping people with a disability but instead leaving them further and further behind.

I believe the other Kindles have text to speech and the Fire does have audible.  While I agree that it is always good to develop technology to allow for greater accessibility by a greater percentage of the population, I hardly think that Amazon is "discriminating" against anyone.  Heck, one could make the argument that they are discriminating against people with low incomes who cannot afford to drop $200 on a Fire.

[drojas]

Tober138, on 04 January 2012 - 12:14 PM, said:

I believe the other Kindles have text to speech and the Fire does have audible.  While I agree that it is always good to develop technology to allow for greater accessibility by a greater percentage of the population, I hardly think that Amazon is "discriminating" against anyone.  Heck, one could make the argument that they are discriminating against people with low incomes who cannot afford to drop $200 on a Fire.

I found out that ez pdf reader pro has text too speech and it works great with pdf books

link to Kindle Fire version   http://goo.gl/NUIsK

It should be easy for Amazon too add text to speech to their e-book reader.

[drojas]

Tober138, on 04 January 2012 - 12:14 PM, said:

I believe the other Kindles have text to speech and the Fire does have audible.  While I agree that it is always good to develop technology to allow for greater accessibility by a greater percentage of the population, I hardly think that Amazon is "discriminating" against anyone.  Heck, one could make the argument that they are discriminating against people with low incomes who cannot afford to drop $200 on a Fire.

Those Audible books on Audible.com are expensive as hell.

[Aroon Deep]

I don't understand what you mean by braille support.