[nfb-talk] National Federation of the Blind Applauds Partnership Between K-NFB Reading Technology and Baker & Taylor

[Buddy Brannan]

This is super, but I'd love to see some tech specs on this product?  
Not to mention a price.
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Oct 14, 2009, at 9:14 PM, Freeh, Jessica (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com 
 >) wrote:

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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> CONTACT:
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> Chris Danielsen
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> Director of Public Relations
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> National Federation of the Blind
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> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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> National Federation of the Blind Applauds Partnership
> Between K-NFB Reading Technology and Baker & Taylor
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> Historic Partnership Will Make Millions of Books
> Available for Purchase by the Blind
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> Baltimore, Maryland (October 14, 2009): The National Federation of  
> the Blind, the nation's leading advocate for access to information  
> by the blind, today applauds the historic partnership between K-NFB  
> Reading Technology, Inc., the world-renowned pioneer in reading  
> technologies, and Baker & Taylor, Inc., the world's largest  
> distributor of physical and digital books and entertainment  
> products.  This five-year partnership will use K-NFB Reading  
> Technology's soon-to-be-released electronic book reader to deliver  
> the highest-quality digital book content to tens of millions of  
> readers worldwide and harness Baker & Taylor's market leadership and  
> relationships with 44,000 publishers and major book retailers in  
> more than 120 countries.
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> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,  
> said: "We are thrilled that Baker & Taylor has joined forces with K- 
> NFB Reading Technology.  This partnership, using pioneering e-book  
> technology, will provide blind and other print-disabled people  
> heretofore unprecedented access to the printed word.  Until now, the  
> traditional consumer book market has been largely closed to the  
> blind, leaving us with limited access to information.  Blind  
> students are often left behind in coursework, unable to obtain books  
> at the same time as their sighted peers.  With this groundbreaking  
> new partnership, for the first time in history, commercial access to  
> millions of books is about to become a reality for all blind people."
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> Ray Kurzweil, CEO of K-NFB Reading Technology, said: "This dynamic  
> partnership will further my work of more than three decades with the  
> National Federation of the Blind to make the printed word easily  
> accessible to the blind.  With our growing repository of e-content,  
> Baker & Taylor's market leadership, and our innovative book  
> technology, blind people will have millions of books literally at  
> their fingertips.  We expect this collaboration to revolutionize  
> communication of knowledge throughout the world."
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> Under the broad partnership with Baker & Taylor, K-NFB Reading  
> Technology's new e-reader with cutting-edge 3-D technology will  
> present content in formats accessible to the blind and others with  
> diverse reading needs, and will operate seamlessly on a variety of  
> electronic devices, including personal computers, smart phones, and  
> cell phones.
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> K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc., is a joint venture between Kurzweil  
> Technologies, Inc., an innovator and pioneer in reading technologies  
> and the creator of the first print-to-speech reading machine for the  
> blind, and the National Federation of the Blind, the largest, most  
> influential membership organization of blind people in the United  
> States.
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> About the National Federation of the Blind
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> With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind  
> is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind  
> people in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives  
> through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs  
> encouraging independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading  
> force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's  
> blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of  
> the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center  
> in the United States for the blind led by the blind.
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