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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is from Jessica.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As a chapter we need to particepate. We may
also be asked to join the afilliate in washington state to protest at at amazon
headquarters in december.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wen scott returns from geneva the decission will be
made.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Read the below message and lest particepate as a
chapter.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Many blessings,<BR>melissa and Pj<BR>At the center of your being you have
the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=jbeecham@cocenter.org href="mailto:jbeecham@cocenter.org">Jessica
Beecham</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=jbeecham@cocenter.org
href="mailto:jbeecham@cocenter.org">Jessica Beecham</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 21, 2012 11:06 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> NFBCO NEEDS YOUR HELP TO MAKE KINDLE ACCESSIBLE</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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NFBCO!
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>We need our PARENTS, STUDENTS, and SUPPORTERS to rally in support of our
efforts to MAKE THE KINDLE ACCESSIBLE! Below you will find a message that
was sent from our National office explaining our efforts. We would like to
ask each of you to write a letter to Amazon.com, encouraging them to make Kindle
and Kindle products accessible!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>In the below text are two sample letters (one from an adult and one from a
child). These can be used as a template for your letter. After your
letter is written, please mail it to NFB at:</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>200 E. Wells St. at Jernigan Place</DIV>
<DIV>Baltimore, MD 21230</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Letters may be sent in print, braille, or both. If you would like you
can also e-mail your letters to <A style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)"
href="mailto:jbeecham@cocenter.org"
target=_blank>jbeecham@cocenter.org</A> and I will make sure that they go
to the correct place.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>After you have written and sent your letter, please let me know so that we
can have an idea of how many letters have been sent from Colorado. You can
do this via e-mail at<A style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)"
href="mailto:jbeecham@cocenter.org"
target=_blank>jbeecham@cocenter.org</A> or by phone at <A
style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)" href="tel:720-440-2632" target=_blank
value="+17204402632">720-440-2632</A>. I will be out of the office from
November 22-November 30 so please do use the above number if you wish to reach
me. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Best Wishes</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Jess <BR clear=all><SPAN
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<DIV style="WIDTH: 483px; WORD-WRAP: break-word">Hello everyone:<BR><BR>As
you know, we are asking members and supporters to write letters to Jeff
Bezos, founder and CEO of <A
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://Amazon.com/" target=_blank>Amazon.com</A>, insisting that he
make Kindle content accessible in light of the fact that Amazon is
aggressively pushing Kindle books to schools. Some of you have asked for
template letters that you can use to help write letters of your own.
Attached and pasted below are two template letters, one from a child and
one from a parent, teacher, or other interested adult. Please encourage
your members to personalize these letters and send them to us. (Please
send them to the NFb, even though they are pre-addressed to Amazon. Our
plan is to "deliver" the letters during our protest set for December 12,
2012.) Please print the letters and send them to my attention at National
Federation of the Blind, 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place,
Baltimore MD 21230. You may send the letters in print, Braille, or both.
If you cannot send physical letters, please e-mail letters to me
at <A style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)" href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org"
target=_blank>cdanielsen@nfb.org</A> and we will print and emboss the
letters for you. Please stay tuned to all NFB e-mail lists, since we will
be putting out more materials on this topic. Thanks as
always. <BR>Together we will win this battle and gain access to
Kindle books for blind children.<BR><BR>Sincerely:<BR><BR>Chris
Danielsen<BR>Director of Public Relations<BR>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE
BLIND<BR><BR>Mr. Jeff Bezos<BR><A
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://Amazon.com/" target=_blank>Amazon.com</A>, Inc.<BR>410 Terry
Avenue North<BR>Seattle, Washington 98109<BR>Dear Mr. Bezos:<BR>I have
become aware that <A
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://Amazon.com/" target=_blank>Amazon.com</A> is undertaking
a massive effort to deploy its Kindle e-readers and Kindle books to K-12
schools across the United States. Amazon has built a system called
Whispercast that allows teachers and school administrators to distribute
Kindle content to devices other than Kindles. The problem with all of
these plans is that neither the Kindle devices nor the book files used in
conjunction with them are accessible to students who are blind or who have
other print disabilities. Even if a student has an accessible device like
a personal computer, laptop, or iPad, he or she still will not be able to
gain full access to these books. Although the books can be read aloud with
text-to-speech, the student can’t use the access features of his or her
device to learn proper spelling and punctuation, look up words in the
dictionary, annotate or highlight significant passages, or take advantage
of the many other features that Kindle devices and applications make
available to sighted students. This is because Kindle books are designed
so that the text is not exposed to screenreaders, like JAWS for Windows or
Apple’s VoiceOver application, which are used by blind students. This also
means that the text of Kindle books can’t be displayed on Braille devices.
Listening is not reading; if students who can’t read Braille cannot access
Kindle books in Braille, they are not reading.<BR>Since school districts
have an obligation under federal law to purchase or deploy only accessible
technology and content, Amazon must either make Kindle books accessible or
cease and desist from its efforts to have them used in the classroom. I
sincerely hope that you will make the vast library of Kindle books
available to all students, including those who are blind. If you do, you
will be making history by providing more access to books for blind
students than they have ever had in all of human
history.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR>xx<BR><BR>Mr. Jeff Bezos<BR><A
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,255); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://Amazon.com/" target=_blank>Amazon.com</A>, Inc.<BR>410 Terry
Avenue North<BR>Seattle, Washington 98109<BR>Dear Mr. Bezos:<BR>My name is
xx. I am in the xx grade and attend xx school. I am writing to you to ask
that you please make your Kindle books accessible to me. I need to have
access to the same books and textbooks that my classmates are using so
that I can do my assignments and keep up with my classmates. I know that
you can make this happen. If you do, I’ll get the same education as all of
my friends. If you don’t, I won’t get the same education, won’t learn to
read properly, and won’t have the same opportunities as my sighted
friends. Please make Kindle content accessible to me as soon as
possible.<BR>Sincerely,<BR>xx</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV>--
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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="arial black,sans-serif">Jessica Beecham</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="arial black,sans-serif">Chapter and Community
Development Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="arial black,sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind
of Colorado</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="arial black,sans-serif">2233 West Shepperd
Ave.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="arial black,sans-serif">Littleton,
CO 80210</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:jbeecham@cocenter.org" target=_blank><FONT size=4
face="arial black,sans-serif">jbeecham@cocenter.org</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4 face="arial black,sans-serif"><A href="tel:720-440-2632"
target=_blank value="+17204402632">720-440-2632</A>
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