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<font face="Garamond"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
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CONTACT:<br><br>
</b>Michael Barber, President<br><br>
National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<br><br>
(515) 771-8348<br>
E-mail: michael.NFBI@gmail.com<br><br>
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<div align="center">Burlington <i>Hawk Eye </i>Now Accessible to Blind
and Print-Disabled People<br><br>
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<b>Des Moines, Iowa (September 21, 2010):</b> Michael Barber, president
of the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa (NFBI), Iowa's largest
blind consumer organization, announced Saturday at the group’s state
convention that the <i>Hawk Eye</i> newspaper is now accessible to blind
and print-disabled Iowans through NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup>.
NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup>, a service of the National Federation of the
Blind, allows those who cannot read conventional newsprint due to a
visual or physical disability to listen to newspapers and magazines over
the telephone, on the Web, or by download to a digital talking-book
player.<b> </b>Through the service, blind and print-disabled people
can access over three hundred newspapers and magazines independently,
determining how, when, and where they wish to read their favorite
publications. <br><br>
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The <i>Hawk Eye</i> is the latest Iowa newspaper added to
NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup>. The first Iowa newspaper became available
on NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup> in 1996. <br><br>
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Jerry Jackson, president of the Southeast Iowa Chapter of the NFBI and a
Burlington resident, said: “It’s exciting to be able to read my local
paper, just like sighted people do. And I can read it wherever I
am.”<br><br>
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Michael Barber said: "We are thrilled that the Burlington <i>Hawk
Eye</i> has joined NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup>. Each accessible paper
is like an oasis in the information desert that exists for blind
people.”<br><br>
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The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a statewide organization
of blind and sighted individuals changing what it means to be blind by
educating the public about the abilities of blind persons to lead
productive and self-sufficient lives, and advocating for their rights to
do so.<br><br>
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