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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dean,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The two letters attached may be helpful
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know if you have been following this since it has not yet had a lot of national press. NYC Public Schools was going to contract with Amazon to build a digital store front, a system wide portal with e-text and more. The decision
has been postponed and is likely not to be renewed due to access issues raised by The National Federation of the Blind.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The attached letters describe the NYC situation and provide some useful information about the limitations of some of the Kindle products. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Lissner, Scott
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 26, 2015 10:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lissner, Scott<br>
<b>Subject:</b> NYC Board of Education Amazon letters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know if you have been following this since it has not had a lot of national press. NYC Public Schools was going to contract with Amazon to build a digital portal systemwide erects an curriculum material. The decision has been
postponed and is likely not to be renewed due to access issues raised by The National Federation of the Blind.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The attached letters describe the situation and provide some useful information about the limitations of Kindle Print Replica, Kindle reflowable for iOS, what happens to accessible .pdf’s loaded in through Whispercast, ... <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:20:45 +0000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">From: "Brusnighan, Dean A." <<a href="mailto:dabrus@purdue.edu">dabrus@purdue.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">To: ATHEN mailing list <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Subject: [Athen] Kindle Fire tablet accessibility<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Message-ID:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> <<a href="mailto:6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE4CCCCD30@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl">6C34E066F6CB094DAFDDC75802CC64FE4CCCCD30@WPVEXCMBX08.purdue.lcl</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I've been asked by administrators to review a Kindle Fire tablet for accessibility and present a report. Potential users are students. That's all the information I have.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I'm aware of the history of accessibility concerns with various Kindle products, but I'm not familiar with the Kindle Fire. What are the accessibility concerns for it, if any? What experiences have you had?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Dean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dean Brusnighan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Assistive Technology Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Purdue University, Young Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">155 S. Grant Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Phone: 765-494-9082<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="mailto:dabrus@purdue.edu%3cmailto:dabrus@purdue.edu">dabrus@purdue.edu<mailto:dabrus@purdue.edu</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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