[nfb-talk] Emergency Weather forecast available on Newsline

[Brice Smith]

What is the point of this? How is this "instant" information when you
have to dial into the phone service to receive the information? To the
best of my knowledge, even the iPhone Newsline app does not have push
notifications, making any comparison to instant scrolling alerts on
television irrelevant.

The quotes in the news release are false and misleading. The blind
already have access to "instant" weather alerts, through the internet,
text messages, weather radios, etc. How is this innovative or an
instant source for critical information?

Brice

On 8/29/12, Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am Newsline chair and I didn't even know about this. Found out on Twitter.
>
> Please see the following. I haven't checked it out yet.
>
> @accuweather emergency weather alert service is now available for the blind
>
> and print disabled on @NFB_NEWSLINE! http://bit.ly/POuTDr
>
>
> Sherri Brun
> flmom2006 at gmail.com
> Character is the side of yourself you choose to show the world.
> Integrity is what you do, what you say and how you act when you think no one
>
> is paying attention.
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> E-mail:  newsline at nfbflorida.org
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