From the Field

摘要

In mid-January 2010, Arizona State University (ASU) settled a lawsuit brought by two consumer groups, the American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), over the university's plan to adopt the Kindle DX e-book reader. ACB and NFB originally filed suit against ASU and the Arizona Board of Regents in June 2009 after ASU began a pilot program to distribute electronic textbooks to students via the Kindle DX. Kindle only supports limited text-to-speech capabilities-the content of books can be read aloud, but the menu system, Kindle Store, and other aspects of the device are not accessible.