[Cabs] Sign the petition to allow everyone access to E-books

[Chris Foster]

 Dear Federation Colleagues,
Please read the important message below from Chris Danielson at our national
office.  At this moment, we stand on the brink of having access to more
published books than ever before.  Unfortunately, some misguided souls
believe that they will lose money if their E-books can talk.  Please do your
part.  If you need help, please write to the national office or let me know.
I have just signed the petition and it is fairly straight forward.  thanks
for anything you can all do.  Chris foster 
 
message begins: 

Dear Fellow Federationists:
 
As many of you know, we are 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.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want-To-Read
 
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  <mailto:readingrights at nfb.org>
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:
 
Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
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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