[Nfbf-l] Fw: [Nfbnet-members-list] NFB Seeking LettersProtesting Kindles inK-12 Schools

[David Evans]

Dear All,

Amazon designed in access, in the beginning, but took it our because of 
opposition from the Publishers Gild because they were afraid that people 
would copy and steal books.
The access is very doable, it is just the will and greed of the publishers 
and Amazon that stands in the way.

David Evans and GD Jack.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Hicks" <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>; "'NFB of 
Florida parents'" <fopbc at nfbnet.org>; <fcb-l at acb.org>; 
<Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Fw: [Nfbnet-members-list] NFB Seeking 
LettersProtesting Kindles inK-12 Schools


>I totally agree. Amazon designed (or directed the design) of the Kindle
> family from the ground up. Accessibility was obviously not a priority, and
> it would have been so easy to incorporate it into the basic design. We 
> need
> to get on this and not let up.
>
> Dan
>
>
> "It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars."
>
>                                                     -Garrison Keillor
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbf-l [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sherri
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 6:51 AM
> To: NFB of Florida parents; nfbf-l at nfbnet.org; fcb-l at acb.org;
> Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Fw: [Nfbnet-members-list] NFB Seeking Letters Protesting
> Kindles inK-12 Schools
>
> I believe that this is an issue both organizations can get involved in.
> Please see below and write a letter. Thank you.
>
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Freeh,Jessica (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:54 PM
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] NFB Seeking Letters Protesting Kindles 
> inK-12
> Schools
>
>
>
> Dear Friends:
>
> Amazon.com is undertaking a massive effort to deploy its Kindle e-readers
> and Kindle books to K-12 schools across the United States.  In some cases
> Kindle devices have been donated directly to schools, including schools 
> that
> serve children who are blind or have other disabilities.  Amazon has also
> 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.  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.
>
> We are asking each of you, and/or your blind children, to write a letter 
> to
> Amazon's founder and chief executive officer, Mr. Jeff Bezos, explaining 
> the
> harmful impact that the use of this inaccessible technology in the 
> classroom
> will have on blind students.  You may write your letter in print or 
> Braille;
> if convenient, submit it in both formats.  Also, if you can, submit a 
> video
> of you or your child reading the letter that we can post on our Web site,
> Facebook page, and/or YouTube channel.  You may send videos to
> jfreeh at nfb.org.  Children who appear in or submit videos must also have
> their parents sign a media release giving the National Federation of the
> Blind permission to use the video.  A copy of our standard media release 
> is
> attached.  It can be mailed back to us at the address below, or faxed to
> 410-685-5653, attention Jessica Freeh.
>
> We plan to deliver the hard copy letters directly to Jeff Bezos at an
> informational protest, so please send the letters to us at National
> Federation of the Blind, 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place, 
> Baltimore,
> MD 21230, Attention Chris Danielsen, Director of Public Relations.  To be
> included in our delivery to Mr. Bezos, we must receive your letter no 
> later
> than December 1, 2012.
>
> If you have any questions about this effort, please don't hesitate to
> contact me.  You can call me at 410-659-9314, extension 2330, or e-mail me
> at cdanielsen at nfb.org.  Thank you for your assistance in this critically
> important matter.
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Chris Danielsen, Director of Public Relations NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE
> BLIND
>
>
>
>
>
>
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