e-reader marketplace position are asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to waive the accessibility requirements for their devices. Amazon , Sony, together with Kobo accept all petitioned the FCC to waive the accessibility requirement for their e-readers. They create non desire to accept to brand their devices "accessible to together with usable past times individuals amongst disabilities." The FCC requires advanced communication services (ACS) to endure accessible to people amongst disabilities. The e-reader companies are contention that their devices create non autumn nether the ACS classification because they are dedicated to e-book reading. The 3 companies likewise claim that adding accessibility features would decrease battery life, increase terms together with increase bulk. They claim inward the FCC document, " Rendering ACS accessible on e-readers would require fundamentally altering the devices together with it may non endure possible to run...