Students give the Kindle DX a mixed bag of reactions again: Darden Business School users overwhelmingly concluded that the DX is bad for academic use, but would recommend it for personal use.
What say you, Kakai?
I wouldn’t say it’s fair to summarize this as “ereaders fail in college” as much as “Kindle DX fails in college.” The fact is that the Kindle (DX or 2) isn’t made for studying on; just displaying the content correctly doesn’t guarantee success. Until we have devices that are engineered specifically for the education market, we may not see the full benefits of digital content.
Come ooooon DynamicBooks!
Other manufacturers take note: accessibility options need to be taken more seriously.
I’ll be the first to admit that I didn’t think the organizations representing the disabled had a case here (due to the Kindle possessing text-to-speech for all its books), but that’s why I’m not a lawyer! Turns out that while the books can be read out loud, the menus cannot, making it extremely difficult to navigate and use for the blind. So until Amazon adds that functionality, they can’t expand on campus trials of the Kindle DX. Very interesting, indeed.
