[Dtb-talk] Informational Picketing Against Authors Guild in New York City

[Greg Kearney]

The trouble is that the Authors Guild, emboldened by its success with  
the Kindle, will turn it attention to any device that has text to  
speech including things like computers. So even through the Kindle was  
far from perfect in the area of accessibility the president that the  
Authors Guild is setting endangers the whole talking book program as  
well as accessible computers and other devices.

Greg Kearney
535 S. Jackson St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
307-224-4022
gkearney at gmail.com



On Mar 27, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Anthony Vece wrote:

> Hi There;
>
> If the product is not user friendly for someone who is visually  
> impaired then, go to the competition and hit them in their wallet  
> where it hurts.
>
> I would think that would make much more sense.
>
> Plus it would make us look much more respectable.
>
> Anthony
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
> To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 4:40 PM
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Informational Picketing Against Authors Guild in  
> New York City
>
>
>
> >From Chris Danielson:
>
> Dear Fellow Federationists:
>
> As you may already know, Amazon, Inc. released the newest version of  
> its
>
> e-book reader, the Kindle, on February 9 of this year.  The Kindle 2
>
> includes a feature that allows e-books downloaded to it to be read  
> aloud.
>
> The Authors Guild has objected to this feature because it believes  
> these
>
> e-books are licensed only for visual display, and under pressure  
> from the
>
> Guild, Amazon has decided to allow authors and publishers to decide  
> which
>
> books can be read aloud by this device.  Naturally, this is a blow  
> to blind
>
> people and others with print disabilities who can benefit from the
>
> text-to-speech feature and who would love to be able to purchase  
> books and
>
> start reading them immediately for the first time in history.  For  
> this
>
> reason the National Federation of the Blind has joined with other
>
> organizations representing people who cannot use print effectively  
> to fight
>
> the Authors Guild.
>
> We plan to kick off our public education campaign to increase public
>
> pressure on the Authors Guild to reverse its stance with an  
> informational
>
> protest in front of the Guild's headquarters in New York City.  This  
> picket
>
> will take place on Tuesday, April 7, from noon until 2:00 p.m.  I am  
> writing
>
> to you in hopes that you can organize members to come to this  
> protest.  A
>
> number of Federationists from Maryland are coming and we expect
>
> participation from other organizations in the coalition, but it  
> would be
>
> very helpful if those of you with easy access to New York City would  
> help us
>
> by providing more picketers.  It is extremely important that we make a
>
> strong impression on the Authors Guild and the media so that our  
> message
>
> will be heard.
>
> In the next few days you will receive more communications with  
> additional
>
> logistical details, as well as more information about our position and
>
> suggestions on how to respond to questions from the media.  In the  
> meantime,
>
> if you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact  
> me.  As
>
> soon as you have an idea of how many people may be able to come to  
> this
>
> event, please provide that information to John Paré by calling  
> 410-659-9314,
>
> ext. 2227, or by e-mailing jpare at nfb.org.  Thank you for your  
> assistance in
>
> this important matter.
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Chris Danielsen
>
> Christopher S. Danielsen
>
> Director of Public Relations
>
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>
>
> David Andrews and white cane Harry.
>
>
>
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