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

[Ray Foret Jr]

Oh, I think not.  Especially not so long as the author's guild behaves like a bunch of petulant two-year-olds.  Even when they stop behaving like that, the talking book program will not be obsolete.


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On Jul 30, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:

> With the abundance of electronic books coming on to the market, it will
> be interesting to see how NLS is effected.  A few years ago when NLS was
> fighting against attempts to reduce its funding, the Government
> Accounting Office said that the rising electronic book market would make
> the Talking Book Program all but unnecessary. Perhaps this is coming to
> pass.
> 
> Andy
> P. S. Haven't heard anything about Blio lately.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Don Moore
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:42 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind
> CommendsAmazonon Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle
> 
> Would be nice if the NLS or some blindness agency could provide a key
> for 
> blind or visually impaired people to unlock the locked books.
> 
> By limiting that ability to just us, everyone should be happy.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Henrichsen" <paulh52 at pacbell.net>
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind
> CommendsAmazon 
> on Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle
> 
> 
> So what will happen if the publishers still refuse to allow their books
> to
> talk? What good will talking menus do if you can't download the book you
> want?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of David Andrews
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:29 AM
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Commends
> Amazon on
> Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle
> 
> 
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> CONTACT:
>> 
>> Chris Danielsen
>> 
>> Director of Public Relations
>> 
>> National Federation of the Blind
>> 
>> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>> 
>> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>> 
>> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> National Federation of the Blind Commends Amazon
>> on Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> For more information on the National Federation of the Blind, please
>> visit <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ###
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> About the National Federation of the Blind
>> 
>> 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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