[gui-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Commends Amazon on Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle

[Joel Deutsch]

Which model Kindle? There are a bunch of them, with different features and 
prices.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:28 AM
Subject: [gui-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Commends Amazon on 
Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle



>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>CONTACT:
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>Chris Danielsen
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>Director of Public Relations
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>National Federation of the Blind
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>(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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>(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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><mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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>National Federation of the Blind Commends Amazon
>  on Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle
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>Baltimore, Maryland (July 29, 2010): The National Federation of the
>Blind (NFB) today commended Amazon on the unveiling of a new,
>accessible Kindle.  Amazon announced Wednesday that the new Kindle
>will come equipped with a voice guide that reads all menu options
>aloud so blind and other print-disabled people can navigate the device 
>menus.
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>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
>said: "We commend Amazon on the unveiling of a new Kindle that blind
>and print-disabled people can use.  In order to compete in today's
>digital society, blind and print-disabled people must be able to
>access the same reading technologies as the sighted.  The National
>Federation of the Blind has long been urging Amazon to make its
>reading device accessible, and we are pleased that our efforts have
>come to fruition."
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>In June 2009 the National Federation of the Blind and the American
>Council of the Blind (ACB) filed suit against Arizona State
>University (ASU) to prevent the university from deploying Amazon's
>Kindle DX electronic reading device as a means of distributing
>electronic textbooks to its students because the device cannot be
>used by blind students.  The Kindle DX featured text-to-speech
>technology that can read textbooks aloud to blind students.  The
>menus of the device were not accessible to the blind, however,
>making it impossible for a blind user to purchase books from
>Amazon's Kindle store, select a book to read, activate the
>text-to-speech feature, and use the advanced reading functions
>available on the Kindle DX.
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>For more information on the National Federation of the Blind, please
>visit <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org.
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>About the National Federation of the Blind
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>With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind
>is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind
>people in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives
>through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs
>encouraging independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading
>force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's
>blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of
>the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center
>in the United States for the blind led by the blind.

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