[Nfbk] FW: [Nfbnet-master-list] NFB-NEWSLINE(r) Announces Availability ofiPhone Application

[Cathy]

Can't remember if I sent this before, but if I did, so what. It's great news
anyway.

Cathy
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen

Director of Public Relations

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)

cdanielsen at nfb.org






NFB-NEWSLINE® Announces Availability of iPhone Application



New iOS App Offers More Choice and Access
to Print-Disabled Americans




Baltimore, Maryland (June 4, 2012): NFB-NEWSLINE ®, a free audible newspaper
service for blind and print-disabled people, today announced the launch of
an exciting new access method.  NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile, a free iOS application
now available in the Apple App Store, features the text of over three
hundred newspapers, forty magazines, and wire feeds, plus personalized
television listings.  This breakthrough access method will allow
NFB-NEWSLINE® subscribers to easily view online and download their favorite
publications with their iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB),
said: “NFB-NEWSLINE® has made another groundbreaking advance with
NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile.  It is easy to learn, simple to use, powerful, and
practical for today's mobile computing environment.  Now blind and
print-disabled people have a wealth of information, available to them at
their fingertips, which can be quickly and easily accessed throughout the
day.”



"We are proud to offer our subscribers this new exciting mobile iOS
application that allows them access to their favorite publications at home,
while traveling to work, in the classroom, or in the office.  If you’re
looking for news from around the corner or from around the globe,
NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile can help you quickly find it,” said Scott White,
director of the NFB-NEWSLINE® program for the National Federation of the
Blind.



David DeNotaris, a blind professional, said: "Access equals success, and we
have access to more newspapers, magazines and TV listings then ever before!
So far I've used NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile at the pool, on the treadmill, on the
train, while waiting for breakfast at the diner, and I am sure lots of other
places to come!  I really enjoy my iPhone, and now that NFB-NEWSLINE® is on
it, I can't put it down!  Great job, NFB-NEWSLINE® team!”



NFB-NEWSLINE® allows those who cannot read conventional newsprint due to a
visual or physical disability to access publications as well as television
and job listings over the telephone, on the Web, or by download to digital
talking book players or MP3-playing devices.



To learn more about NFB-NEWSLINE®, please visit www.nfbnewsline.org . Those
interested in subscribing to the service may fill out the online application
form, write to nfbnewsline at nfb.org or call (866) 504-7300.  In order to be
eligible for NFB-NEWSLINE®, an individual must be a US resident who is
legally blind or has a physical or learning disability that prevents the
independent reading of newspapers.






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About the National Federation of the Blind



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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