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

[Sherri]

Blio is still in the works. There were lots of demonstrations at the NFB 
convention, but unfortunately, I never found a time I could attend.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco at va.gov>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the 
BlindCommendsAmazonon Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle


> 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.
>
>         David Andrews and long white cane Harry, dandrews at visi.com
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