Comments on: The RRC Kicks Ass & Takes Names Over Adobe TTS Blackout

By: Amazon Text-To-Speech Debacle Is Escalating | The Naughty Bits

Amazon Text-To-Speech Debacle Is Escalating | The Naughty Bits — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:11:29 +0000

[...] National Federation of the Blind might be a little more powerful when it comes to Universities and Libraries than a bunch of Dead Tree Publishing Idiots upset over Text-To-Speech accessibility functions which [...]

By: TeddyPig

TeddyPig — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:20:37 +0000

Well the thing is Adobe had the function and obviously people were using the function and then they broke it last update and now say they cannot fix it.

Unfortunately that means OverDrive now does not meet community standards for accessibility.

By: Melissa Blue

Melissa Blue — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:54:19 +0000

Why this is an issue is lost on me. Does it cost more to have the read function enabled? Do they have to pay the android voice used in Adobe royalites?

“they can release hardware and software faster than we can build support into Adobe Digital Editions,” he said.

Maybe I’m a noob when it comes to technology, but with all the update alerts I receive I figured it’s not rocket science to change something within the programming.

By: TeddyPig

TeddyPig — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:18:45 +0000

You are so welcome.

It amazes me that people miss the fact “major life activities” includes “reading” which is the wording covered under the ADA. No one should act like Text To Speech is anything but a basic requirement like using clear text and proper spacing and is not something that people should be arguing over like it compares to audio books.

I would hope smart intelligent people simply stop giving any money to the Authors Guild. Maybe a good lawsuit is what is needed to finally point out the ignorance of those fools.

By: Fledchen

Fledchen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:46:15 +0000

I’m legally blind and I thank you for your support of the rights of all readers!