Northwestern's use of Google apps discriminates against the blind, federal complaint says

Source: articles.chicag Posted By: Christy H...5030 days ago

Northwestern University is targeted in a federal complaint filed Tuesday that alleges blind students and faculty face discrimination by the university's use of Google e-mail and other programs.

The complaint, filed by the National Federation of the Blind with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, asks that Northwestern stop using Google Apps because they do not effectively turn text on a computer screen into synthesized speech or Braille.

"Each of these applications contains....

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