[Gabs] Fwd: Put eBooks in the Hands of all Disabled People!

[Mary Fernandez]

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From: John Pare <jpare at nfb.org>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 16:08:35 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Put eBooks in the Hands of all Disabled People!
To: trillian551 at gmail.com

Please Read! Then Act!

The NFB is 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.marchforindependence.org/site/R?i=Hl5fQ2qT1HtpftATOcFG2g..

http://www.marchforindependence.org/site/R?i=d6WQZmfbHt0c3Cw8_g4qhQ..


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
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:

John G. Pare, Jr.

Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives

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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