[nfb-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Commends Amazon on Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:28 AM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Commends Amazon on 
Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle


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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 Commends Amazon
>>  on Unveiling of New Accessible Kindle
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>>Baltimore, Maryland (July 29, 2010): The National Federation of the Blind 
>>(NFB) today commended Amazon on the unveiling of a new, accessible Kindle. 
>>Amazon announced Wednesday that the new Kindle will come equipped with a 
>>voice guide that reads all menu options aloud so blind and other 
>>print-disabled people can navigate the device menus.
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>>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: 
>>"We commend Amazon on the unveiling of a new Kindle that blind and 
>>print-disabled people can use.  In order to compete in today's digital 
>>society, blind and print-disabled people must be able to access the same 
>>reading technologies as the sighted.  The National Federation of the Blind 
>>has long been urging Amazon to make its reading device accessible, and we 
>>are pleased that our efforts have come to fruition."
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>>In June 2009 the National Federation of the Blind and the American Council 
>>of the Blind (ACB) filed suit against Arizona State University (ASU) to 
>>prevent the university from deploying Amazon's Kindle DX electronic 
>>reading device as a means of distributing electronic textbooks to its 
>>students because the device cannot be used by blind students.  The Kindle 
>>DX featured text-to-speech technology that can read textbooks aloud to 
>>blind students.  The menus of the device were not accessible to the blind, 
>>however, making it impossible for a blind user to purchase books from 
>>Amazon's Kindle store, select a book to read, activate the text-to-speech 
>>feature, and use the advanced reading functions available on the Kindle 
>>DX.
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>>For more information on the National Federation of the Blind, please visit 
>><http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org.
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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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