[NABS-L] Victor Reader Stream Petition

[Shane Popplestone]

Forgive me for sharing this to the lists, but this is a subject I am 
passionate about and is very important to me, and I hope, is just as 
important to the rest of my federation family. Please feel free to 
circulate this far and wide.
For some time now, it has become more difficult to link a Humanware 
Victor Reader Stream product with the Audible book service via its 
Audible Sync application. This means that it is not possible for those 
people to use the Stream with the Audible book service.
Audible is one of the primary methods these days for listening to audio 
books and this is undoubtedly the device on which many people choose to 
hear them.
As a person that gets questions about reading devices, etc.  I often 
recommend that people use the Victor Reader Stream. As of this moment, 
anyone who wishes to link such a device to Audible cannot do so and 
certainly the new upcoming version 3, to be released in February, will 
not be supported.
I urge you please if you have a moment to sign an accessible online 
petition to try to persuade Amazon and Audible to work with Humanware so 
as to ensure this service is reinstated. Even if you are not a Stream 
user, I would be grateful please for a minute of your time so that those 
of us who use Streams on a daily basis have a chance of protecting our 
listening to Audible books in the future.
https://openletter.earth/to-amazons-audiblecom-division-please-reinstate-support-for-humanwares-popular-victor-reader-stream-player-for-the-blind-and-low-vision-community-c26fcf78
Thank you for reading.
Shane Popplestone
vice president of the Ohio Association of blind students
member of the Grater Akron Chapter
member of Ohio Association of Guide Dog users
spopplestone.nfb at gmail.com
The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.





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