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From: Freeh,Jessica  <JFreeh at nfb.org>
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Sent: Mon, Sep 14,  2009 12:29 pm
Subject: [blindkid] National Federation of the Blind and  Motorola to 
Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind


FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE 


CONTACT: 

Chris  Danielsen 

Director of Public  Relations 

National Federation of the  Blind 

(410) 659-9314, extension  2330 

(410) 262-1281 (Cell) 

<_mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org_ 
(mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org?)  


Jennifer  Erickson 

Motorola, Inc. 

(847)  435-5320 

_Jennifer.erickson at motorola.com_ (mailto:Jennifer.erickson at motorola.com)  

National  Federation of the Blind and Motorola 
to Cooperate on Making  Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind 


Baltimore,  Maryland and Libertyville, Illinois (September 14, 2009): The 
National  Federation of the Blind, the nation's oldest and largest 
organization of blind  people and the leading advocate for making mainstream devices 
accessible to  the blind, and Motorola Inc., a leading manufacturer of cell 
phones and other  mobile communications devices, announced today that they 
have entered into a  cooperation agreement to promote technologies that 
improve the accessibility  of cell phones to blind consumers. 


Certain future  Motorola cell phones will provide verbal readouts of 
information such as the  time and date, battery level, signal strength, user's 
phone number, caller ID  information for incoming calls, missed and received 
calls, and voice mail  alerts. Blind users will also be able to take advantage 
of verbal readouts and  voice-command features for ring tone status, 
inputting and accessing contacts,  and various other settings. Motorola expects 
these cell phones to be available  in 2010. The parties have also agreed to 
work together to make additional  phones and features accessible to blind  
users. 


Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National  Federation of the Blind, said: 
"In an age where productivity and success  increasingly depend on access to 
mobile technology such as cellular  telephones, it is critical that blind 
Americans have equal access to today's  cell phones through user interfaces 
that do not require vision. The National  Federation of the Blind appreciates 
Motorola's commitment to making the  features of its cell phone products 
accessible to blind users without the need  for third-party software, and we 
look forward to working together with  Motorola to make future improvements to 
the accessibility of telecommunication  technology." 


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