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<blockquote data-quote="vlad411" data-source="post: 2078140" data-attributes="member: 1256">Three American schools can no longer use the Amazon Kindle in their classrooms, based on their settlement with the US Department of Justice. Case Western Reserve University, Pace University, and Reed College had to give way to a complaint lodged by The National Federation of the blind and The American Council of the blind. Both organizations complained that using Kindles as educational tools were discriminatory to students with reduced or non-existent vision:The universities agreed that if they use dedicated electronic book readers, they will ensure that students with vision disabilities are able to access and acquire the same materials and [...]Post from: <a href="http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog" target="_blank">The Gadget Blog</a><a href="http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/using-the-kindle-in-class-hurts-the-blind/" target="_blank">More...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="vlad411, post: 2078140, member: 1256"] Three American schools can no longer use the Amazon Kindle in their classrooms, based on their settlement with the US Department of Justice. Case Western Reserve University, Pace University, and Reed College had to give way to a complaint lodged by The National Federation of the blind and The American Council of the blind. Both organizations complained that using Kindles as educational tools were discriminatory to students with reduced or non-existent vision:The universities agreed that if they use dedicated electronic book readers, they will ensure that students with vision disabilities are able to access and acquire the same materials and [...]Post from: [URL="http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog"]The Gadget Blog[/URL] [url=http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/using-the-kindle-in-class-hurts-the-blind/]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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