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Kindle Accessibility Concerns Continue
March 13, 2013

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) continues to raise concerns about the accessibility of Amazon's Kindle devices as well as its Kindle apps for other devices (e.g., the iPad) for pe…

NFB Proposes Bill on Accessibility Standards for Digital Instructional Materials
March 12, 2013

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) has released a fact sheet for proposed national legislation to enact a key recommendation of the Postsecondary Accessible Instructional Ma…

E-Text Platform Provider's Accessibility Announcement
February 12, 2013

Last week, Courseload, an e-text platform provider that has consistently participated in the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 E-Text Pilot Series , announced that it had achieved major progress in making it…

Penn State's Progress on its NFB Agreement (EDUCAUSE 2012)
November 14, 2012

At last year's EDUCAUSE annual conference, EDUCAUSE Policy hosted a panel discussion on technology accessibility for persons with disabilities in higher education. During that session, D…

The HathiTrust Decision: A Win for Fair Use and the Use of Technology
October 12, 2012

On October 10, 2012, Judge Harold Baer of the U.S. District Court in New York ruled in favor of the HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) and its university partners in a copyright infringement suit b…

The Promise of Accessible Technology, Part 2 - NFB
February 15, 2012

The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee hearing entitled “ The Promise of Accessible Technology: Challenges and Opportunities ” also featured testimony from…

NFB: Google Apps Accessibility Not There Yet
January 13, 2012

This last October, I wrote about comments made by the National Federation of the Blind’s legal counsel, Dan Goldstein, indicating that Google appeared to be on track to resolve NFB concerns ab…

Member Accessibility Policies, Practices, and Findings Wanted
November 10, 2011

At the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference in Philadelphia a few weeks ago, EDUCAUSE announced the launch of two new pages in its Resource Center that are intended to serve as places where membe…

NFB and Penn State resolve U.S. Dept. of Justice civil rights complaint
October 11, 2011

The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and Pennsylvania State University announced today the resolution of the NFB's civil rights complaint lodged with the U.S. Department of Justice ag…

Draft accessible instructional materials recommendations to Congress pending
August 30, 2011

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) Postsecondary Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Commission will review the final draft of its report to Congress at meetings on September 8-9. Public…

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