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- From: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Patt Bromberger)
- Subject: Talking Books, Electronic Textbooks, Etc.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.035733.14765@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
- Followup-To: BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU
- Sender: patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Patt Bromberger)
- Reply-To: Blind-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU
- Organization: City College of New York - Science Computing Facility
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:57:33 GMT
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- From BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU Wed Dec 30 13:25:19 1992
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:23:57 MST
- Reply-To: Computer Use by and for the Blind <BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
- From: dsfs_jpm@LEWIS.UMT.EDU
- Subject: Re: Talking Books, Electronic Textbooks, Etc.
-
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a
- very fact specific civil rights law. I have looked
- at it fairly closely, and I do not see where a
- publisher is required to provide accessible
- alternatives to print. Can anyone speak with
- references to what the ADA says about publishers
- and alternatives to print? Is print a public
- accommodation under Title III? I do not believe
- ADA does require publishers to provide their
- products in an accessible format. Please prove me
- wrong.
-
- Next, Braille Bills are necessary. Even if the ADA
- does cover publishers, there's more to Braille
- Bills than accessible alternatives to print. State
- after state have failed to educate properly
- children who are blind. An entire generation of
- blind adults are functionally illiterate because of
- the failure of schools systems to meet the needs
- and abilities of blind students. I believe it is a
- good idea to have Braille Bills to force schools to
- do what they should have been doing all along,
- i.e., teach children to become literate even when
- regular or large print formats are not accessible
- to individual blind children. Braille Bills will
- demand that schools be prepared to teach braille,
- computer usage, and other assistive technology
- usage. And, besides that, Braille Bills can drive
- home the notion of multiple formats to information.
- Wouldn't it be great to go to a book store and buy
- a book in the format of your choice: Print,
- braille, cassette tape, E-Text, large print, etc.?
- Braille Laws can help us get to where we want to
- be.
-
- Jim Marks, DSS Director, University of Montana
- (406) 243-2243 (Voice/Text)
- InterNet DSFS_JPM@LEWIS.UMT.EDU
-
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- Patricia Ann Bromberger patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
- or patth@ccnysci.BITNET
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