[Free-sklyarov-uk] A possible anti-ECD argument

Peter Clay pete at flatline.org.uk
Mon, 6 Aug 2001 22:38:09 +0100 (BST)


I noticed that one of the uses often suggested for Elcomsoft's software is
to enable the text of an ebook to be fed through a text-to-speech system,
or otherwise processed for the partially sighted. Our own Home Secretary,
David Blunkett (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ministers/blunkett.htm),
would find such a device extremely useful ..

There must be some legislation somewhere which makes the "don't allow this
text to be read aloud" flag in ebooks illegal discrimination against the
disabled.

Pete
-- 
Undiscovered band of the minute: The Merriam Wrecking of Shrinkable