[Blindvet-talk] Fwd: FW: Put eBooks in the Hands of all Disabled People!

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John Pare's announcement below!


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From: John Pare  [mailto:jpare at nfb.org] 
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 5:09  PM
To: Dwight Sayer
Subject: Put eBooks in the Hands of  all Disabled People!

Please Read! Then  Act!

The NFB is engaged in a  campaign to obtain access for the blind and others 
with print  disabilities to e-books available for Amazon’s new Kindle 2 e-book  
reader. The new reader, which Amazon is working to make fully accessible  to 
the blind, has the ability to use text-to-speech to read these  e-books aloud; 
but under pressure from the Authors Guild, Amazon has  announced that authors 
and publishers will be allowed to disable the  text-to-speech function. The 
National Federation of the Blind has joined  with over twenty other 
organizations to create the Reading Rights  Coalition, which has set up an on-line 
petition to urge the Authors  Guild and Amazon to reverse course. Please read and 
sign the petition  here: _http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want-To-Read_ 
(http://www.marchforindependence.org/site/R?i=Fp64pu6axvLSTjgpvMl2Ww..) 

Please  note: If you are using screen access technology, the first three 
fields  on the form to sign the petition may not be announced. They are, in  
order: (1) a drop-down menu from which to select your prefix (Mr., Mrs.,  etc.); 
(2) an edit field for your first name, and (3) an edit field for  your last 
name. The rest of the fields should announce themselves as you  tab to them. If 
you still have trouble filling out the form, please send  the following 
information to _readingrights at nfb.org_ (mailto:readingrights at nfb.org)  and we will  be 
happy to sign on your behalf. You will need to send us your name,  address, 
e-mail address, and any personal comments you would like to  make about this 
issue. Thank you so much for your participation in this  critically important 
effort.

Sincerely:

John G. Pare,  Jr.
Executive Director for Strategic  Initiatives 
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE  BLIND 

P.S. Once you have signed the petition,  please be sure to forward the link 
to all of the contacts in your  address book that you believe will support us 
in this cause.  



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