An ipad created to make it people with speech impairments to
communicate is the focus of a lawsuit.
The application “Speak for Yourself” is available at retail stores and
has a mission of serving as an advanced communication device for this
population. Two companies say that the app is against a number of copyright
violations they possess.
Dana Neider says the company’s claims are unfair because
that is the only communication device in which her daughter and who is
currently four and non-verbal has successfully shown progress. Neider express herself on a website and was
understandably outraged. She states that
pulling the app would be a direct target against her daughter’s communication
avenues.
“The fact that my daughter’s ability to speak is becoming a
casualty of a patent battle between two businesses is beyond my comprehension,”
Nieder wrote on her blog after learning that Speak for Yourself was pulled from
the App Store. “PRC’s decision to fight for the removal of this app from the
iTunes store isn’t just an aggressive move against Speak for Yourself, it’s an
attack on my child, the other children using this app and the children who are
ready to begin using this app but now cannot.”
These companies’ innovators are not backing down. They claim the accusations are “baseless”. Apple removed the app from stores due to the
demands of the companies who filed the lawsuit.
No comments:
Post a Comment