Implementation of legislation regarding nonvisual access to technology may prove impossible for libraries at all levels to meet. Purchase of the hardware and software to meet the condidions of the legislation would porbably be prohibitive and limit severely the abilities of small libraries to purchase equipment. Libraries now access not only information held in the library.
People using the library can access holdinbgs of other libraries, indexes, and the web.
Each area accessed might require a different set of key combinations to access the system. I know, in my own case, when I access PALS, I go back and forth to look up codes because the system is quite different from the University of Minnesota. The speech synthisizers would be disruptive in libraries. The unit would have to be housed apart and a tape recording or a Braille printer would have to be available to record the information received. Libraries are usually able to assist blind people in computer searches.