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From: ckrugman
Date: May 13, 2010 9:21AM

Problems still exist with Kindle's accessibility for screen reading
software. While there has been lip service to correct the inaccessibility
factors little has actually been done and Kindle is not receiving wide use
by people with vision impairments because of the negative action by the
Authors Guild and Amazon.
Chuck
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> On a related note:
>
> I have been considering moving some of my books into EPUB format for some
> of the on-line devices such as iPad and Kindle. Have been evaluating
> tools that make that process easier. Jury still out on which is the
> de-facto "best" of the bunch.
>
> Have even considered doing the hand-coded XML route... but would still
> need a compatible viewer to test the output. While Amazon has been open
> with their Kindle API, have not seen much on the iPad bookstore model.
>
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