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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Episode 69 of Access On, is on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This episode is our Apple 50<sup>th</sup> birthday special. We tell the story of the first era of Apple accessibility, which was entirely grassroots driven, by speaking with some of the people who lived it. And we fire
up a virtual Apple IIE, let you hear some of the games people played, and what the speech sounded like in the 1980s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We also reflect on how the modern Apple accessibility era would not have occurred without the tenacity and input of the organized blind movement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Subscribe to Access On wherever you get podcasts, or download the audio for this week’s episode at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://pinecast.com/listen/79143418-ab44-4813-b73e-cef6a9b09a01.mp3">https://pinecast.com/listen/79143418-ab44-4813-b73e-cef6a9b09a01.mp3</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">Jonathan Mosen<br>
Executive Director for Accessibility Excellence<br>
National Federation of the Blind <br>
410-659-9314 ex 2233 <br>
<a href="mailto:jmosen@nfb.org">jmosen@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Reminder: Attend <a href="https://nfb.org/convention" target="_blank">National Convention</a>, July 3-8, 2026, in Austin, Texas.<br>
“It’s the time of year where blind people are the majority.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="298" height="133" style="width:3.1041in;height:1.3888in" id="Picture_x0020_12" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DCC1E0.FA6B3FC0" alt="National Federation of the Blind logo, Live the life you want tagline, nfb.org"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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