accessible-iOS Re: amazon requesting waiver of accessibility requirements for e-readers

  • From: Tony James <megatronjames@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 20:03:56 -0500

You're right Will and as far as I'm concerned, Sony and Amazon have nothing to complain about. Their products aren't even accessible so what's their problem? 


Tony the Cuddly Tiger
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----- Original Message -----
From: Josh Gregory <joshkart12@xxxxxxxxx
To: "accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 19:57:28 -0400
Subject: accessible-iOS Re: amazon requesting waiver of accessibility requirements for e-readers
No, And NFB and ACB really need to get on this as soon as possible... Not saying we couldn't fight on our own but our bark would be bigger than Our bite so to speak. 

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On Aug 7, 2013, at 8:22 PM, Tony James <megatronjames@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It seems like whenever we take three steps forward, we take two back. This is really ridiculous and so far as I know, Sony doesn't even make accessible players. 



Tony the Cuddly Tiger
question: This thing all things devours: birds, beasts, trees, flowers; 
Gnaws iron, bites steel; grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town, and beats high mountain down.

----- Original Message -----
From: Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx
To: "accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 07:28:26 -0500
Subject: accessible-iOS amazon requesting waiver of accessibility requirements for e-readers 

Hi all,
I thought the following would be of interest to many of you. Amazon and Sony are trying to request an accessibility waiver for e-reader devices. Below I am posting links to the FCC documents and procedures for commenting, I strongly suggest that people take the time to do this, it's definitely a step in the wrong direction. 

Information below.
Cheers,
Donna

http://www.blindbargains.com/bargains.php?m=9286
Request for Comment on Petition for Class Waiver of Accessibility Rules for ACS
On August 1, 2013, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice requesting comment on a petition filed by the Coalition of E-Reader Manufacturers. The Coalition requests that the Commission waive its rules requiring equipment used for advanced communications services (ACS) to be accessible by people with disabilities. The Coalition states that, although e-readers are equipment that consumers can use for ACS, they are designed primarily for reading.
To distinguish e-readers from tablets and other devices that would not be subject to the waiver request, the Coalition requests a waiver for e-readers that have the following features: 

(1) they have no LCD screen;
(2) they have no camera;
(3) they are not offered or shipped to consumers with built-in ACS client applications and their manufacturers do not develop ACS applications for their respective devices, though the devices may include a browser and social media applications; and (4) they are marketed to consumers as reading devices and promotional material does not tout the capability to access ACS. 

Comment Deadline:  September 3, 2013
Reply Comment Deadline:  September 13, 2013

Links to the Public Notice (including filing instructions):
(PDF) http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1686A1.pd 
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(Word) http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1686A1.do 
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(Text) http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-13-1686A1.tx 
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Link to the Coalition Petition (May 15, 2013):
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7022314526
Link to the Letter Supplementing the Coalition Petition (July 17, 2013): http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7520931307
For further information, please contact Eliot Greenwald at (202) 418-2235 orEliot.Greenwald@xxxxxxx<mailto:Eliot.Greenwald@xxxxxxx>; or Rosaline Crawford at (202) 418-2075 orRosaline.Crawford@xxxxxxx<mailto:Rosaline.Crawford@xxxxxxx>.
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