[blindlaw] NFB Protesting Amazon Again

[Charles Krugman]

NFB needs to protesting Amazon again as Amazon and Kindle have actually gone 
backwards regarding accessibility. The Kindle for PC app has not been 
updated so that it will not work with any version of Windows above Windows 
7. I needed to use it with its shortcomings a couple of weeks ago and tried 
to install it with windows 8.1 and it would not work. I was told by the 
company that they have not upgraded it for programs above Windows 7. This 
was also on their web site.
Chuck

-----Original Message----- 
From: Scott C. LaBarre via blindlaw
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 11:41 AM
To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' ; 'Disability Rights Bar Association'
Cc: Scott C. LaBarre
Subject: [blindlaw] NFB Protesting Amazon Again

Below are the words of our President, Mark Riccobono, from his weekly
message.  I encourage anyone in the NYC area to join this protest and I urge
others to read up on it via the below links.



Best,

Scott



NYC DOE / Amazon Protest:
On Wednesday, August 26, we will be participating in a protest outside M.S.
131 in New York City, where the city school system's Educational Policy
Panel will meet later that evening to consider a proposed $30 million
contract under which Amazon, Inc. would construct an electronic storefront
for New York City schools and become the primary provider of electronic
textbooks and related educational materials for students. More details can
be found in our media alert at
https://nfb.org/media-advisory-blind-americans-protest-proposed-amazon-deal-
new-york-city-schools. Please spread the word to anyone you know in the New
York area to come join us. The New York City school district is the largest
in the country in terms of number of blind students. This means that
Amazon's ability to secure a contract will likely have negative implications
for blind students around the country. Please take a moment to share
information about this issue and encourage people to turn out on Wednesday
night. Our blog about this issue is at
https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/we-must-stop-amazon-fail.





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