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face=Arial>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Freeh,Jessica
<JFreeh@nfb.org><BR>To: david.andrews@nfbnet.org<BR>Sent: Mon, Sep 14,
2009 12:29 pm<BR>Subject: [blindkid] National Federation of the Blind and
Motorola to Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind<BR><BR>
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id=AOLMsgPart_0_48ee6c88-14b1-454a-8781-289ffaceeedd><BR>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE <BR> <BR> <BR>CONTACT: <BR> <BR>Chris
Danielsen <BR> <BR>Director of Public
Relations <BR> <BR>National Federation of the
Blind <BR> <BR>(410) 659-9314, extension
2330 <BR> <BR>(410) 262-1281 (Cell) <BR> <BR><<A
title="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org>cdanielsen@nfb.org?"
href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org%3Ecdanielsen@nfb.org?">mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org>cdanielsen@nfb.org</A> <BR> <BR> <BR>Jennifer
Erickson <BR> <BR>Motorola, Inc. <BR> <BR>(847)
435-5320 <BR> <BR><A title=mailto:Jennifer.erickson@motorola.com
href="mailto:Jennifer.erickson@motorola.com">Jennifer.erickson@motorola.com</A> <BR> <BR>National
Federation of the Blind and Motorola <BR> to Cooperate on Making
Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind <BR> <BR> <BR>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. <BR> <BR> <BR>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. <BR> <BR> <BR>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." <BR> <BR> <BR>### <BR> <BR> <BR>_______________________________________________ <BR>blindkid
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