[Ct-nfb] FW: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] LevelUp Mobile Payments App Now Accessible to Blind Users - Allows Independent Entry of Tip, E-Receipts, Discounts

Wed Jan 9 00:30:14 UTC 2013

From: State-affiliate-leadership-list
[mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Mika Pyyhkala
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 5:06 PM
To: State Affiliate Leadership List
Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] LevelUp Mobile Payments App Now
Accessible to Blind Users - Allows Independent Entry of Tip, E-Receipts,
Discounts

LevelUp Now Fully Accessible to Blind Smartphone Users

National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts and SCVNGR, Inc.

Worked Together to Make Mobile Payment App Accessible

Boston, Massachusetts (January 8, 2013):

The National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts (NFBMA)

 and its president, Mr. Mika Pyyhkala, worked with Boston-based

SCVNGR, Inc. to make SCVNGR's mobile payment application, LevelUp,

fully accessible to smartphone

users who are blind or have low vision.  LevelUp allows users of iOS

and Android devices to make payments and receive special offers and

promotions from

participating merchants by using their smartphone and a credit or

debit card linked to their LevelUp account.  As an app that is now

fully accessible,

LevelUp works with the built-in text-to-speech screen-reading software

contained on all Apple and many Android smartphones so that blind

people can use

the app independently.

Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,

said: "Under this landmark cooperation agreement, the makers of

LevelUp ensured that

the blind can make use of a truly groundbreaking technology that may

revolutionize the way we all conduct everyday transactions.  LevelUp

now allows blind

customers to know what is on their bill, pay it, and even add a tip

without assistance from a sighted individual."

"The NFBMA is an awesome organization, so we were happy to work with

them and make sure LevelUp is accessible to the blind," said Seth

Priebatsch, chief ninja of LevelUp. "We want everyone to be able to pay with
LevelUp, so

making our app fully accessible is a great step toward achieving this

goal."

Mika Pyyhkala, president of the National Federation of the Blind of

Massachusetts, said: "We applaud SCVNGR for making LevelUp accessible

to all customers, including those who are blind.  We encourage all app
developers to

follow the example of this responsible and forward-thinking company."

The National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts and Mika

Pyyhkala were represented in this matter by Timothy Elder of the TRE

Legal Practice, LLC.

Link to Press Release:

https://nfb.org/levelup-now-fully-accessible-blind-smartphone-users

Twitter Handles:

@TheLevelUp

@NFBMA

@pyyhkala

@TRELegal

@NFB_Voice

From: State-affiliate-leadership-list
[mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Deanna Jones
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 2:11 PM
To: 'State Affiliate Leadership List'
Cc: 'Hartle, Jesse'
Subject: Re: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Legislative Directors Seminar
Update

I am wondering, if an updated list for the Legislative Directors Seminar
will be sent out to put our minds at ease that we are on the list?

Thanks,

Dee Jones

NFB of VT

From: State-affiliate-leadership-list
[mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Lewis, Anil
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 12:20 PM
To: Affiliate Presidents (state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org)
Cc: Hartle, Jesse
Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Legislative Directors Seminar
Update

All:

This is to follow up on the Legislative Directors Seminar that will take
place Feb. 2-4, 2013 at the NFB Jernigan institute.  (See attached
description.)All affiliates have been requested to send at least one
representative.  Each attendee is responsible for making their own travel
arrangements to Baltimore, arriving before 5PM on Saturday, February 2.  We
will provide bus transportation from the NFBJI to the Capitol Holiday Inn on
Monday afternoon.    

We have received the attendee contact information from the following states.
If your state is not listed, please send us the contact information for your
Legislative Directors Seminar participant as soon as possible.

The following states have confirmed:

Arizona

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Illinois

Iowa

Kansas

Massachusetts

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Ohio

Oklahoma

Utah

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wyoming

Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A.

Director of Advocacy and Policy

"Eliminating Subminimum Wages for People with Disabilities" 

http://www.nfb.org/fairwages

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, Maryland   21230

(410) 659-9314 ext. 2374 (Voice)

(410) 685-5653 (FAX)

Email: alewis at nfb.org

Web: www.nfb.org

twitter: @anillife 

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