[Nfbf-l] Extremely exciting news from Panasonicconcerningaccessibility

[Patricia A. Lipovsky]

Cheryl,

I think it would be awesome if the Easter bunny brought you a TV, but I 
think you should probably write him or her a letter to specify that you 
would rather a tv than chocolate candy.

Just putting in my two cents.

Good luck.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Extremely exciting news from 
Panasonicconcerningaccessibility


> Hi Sherrill,
>
> Just to give everyone some idea of how exciting this is we bought a brand 
> new Panasonic 42 inch plasma TV just less than two years ago.  I believe 
> based on what I know about the new sets that we will be selling our 
> existing set and buying one of the new ones.  I really applaud Panasonic 
> for thaking this step.
>
> Please keep in mind that you won't be able to browse the internet with it 
> or anything like that.  At this time it is dedicated to accessing 
> basically what you would do on your cable set top box with a DVR.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Sherrill O'Brien
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 3:13 PM
> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Extremely exciting news from Panasonic 
> concerningaccessibility
>
> Oh Jim, this is awesome news!! For so long now, NFB has been working to
> convince major companies to build accessibility into their products, and 
> of
> course Bill Gates really got the ball rolling, and now other companies are
> beginning to realize that there's truly a market out here eagerly waiting
> for these simple but far-reaching improvements. I'm hoping Panasonic will 
> be
> invited to send a speaker to this year's national convention.
>
> Anyway, thanks so much for getting out the good word. And, let's see, our 
> TV
> in the bedroom is maybe 25 years old. What a great excuse to replace it. 
> Do
> you suppose the Easter Bunny could manage that?
> Sherrill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of Jim Ellsworth
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 1:47 PM
> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Extremely exciting news from Panasonic
> concerningaccessibility
>
>
> All,
>
> I will just summarize here but please click the link below and listen to 
> the
> interview with a Panasonic representative about their new, coming in March
> 2012 complete line of accessible TV sets.  We have waited for what seems
> like forever for this to happen.
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10753092/2012-02-24_panasonic_tx.mp3
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Ellsworth
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