images.jpegAccording to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Syracuse University, the Kindle can’t be used by the blind because it requires a sighted helper to manipulate the buttons and navigate the menu choices. Thus, the universities won’t adopt the Kindle for their sight-disabled students.

The Newsvine article says that Amazon is aware of these problems and a spokesman said that Amazon is working on it.

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