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<DIV><SPAN class=046433612-05062012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Can't
remember if I sent this before, but if I did, so what. It's great news
anyway.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=046433612-05062012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Cathy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nfbnet-master-list-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfbnet-master-list-bounces@nfbnet.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Freeh,Jessica
(by way of David Andrews <dandrews@visi.com>)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June
04, 2012 11:48 PM<BR><B>To:</B> nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Nfbnet-master-list] NFB-NEWSLINE(r) Announces Availability ofiPhone
Application<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><B>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE<BR><BR> <BR><BR>CONTACT:<BR><BR></B>Chris Danielsen<BR><BR>Director
of Public Relations<BR><BR>National Federation of the Blind<BR><BR>(410)
659-9314, extension 2330<BR>(410) 262-1281
(Cell)<BR><BR><B><U>cdanielsen@nfb.org <BR><BR></U></B>
<DIV align=center><BR><BR> <BR><BR><B>NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>® </SUP>Announces
Availability of iPhone Application <BR><BR> <BR><BR><I>New iOS App Offers
More Choice and Access <BR>to Print-Disabled
Americans<BR><BR> <BR><BR></I></DIV>Baltimore, Maryland (June 4, 2012):
</B><A href="http://www.nfbnewsline.org/">NFB-NEWSLINE</A> <A
href="http://www.nfbnewsline.org/"><SUP>®</A></SUP>, a free audible newspaper
service for blind and print-disabled people, today announced the launch of an
exciting new access method. <A
href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nfb-newsline-mobile/id530470425?mt=8">NFB-NEWSLINE</A><SUP>®
</SUP><A
href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nfb-newsline-mobile/id530470425?mt=8">Mobile</A>,
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<SUP>® </SUP>subscribers to easily view online and download
their favorite publications with their iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
<BR><BR> <BR><BR><A href="http://www.nfb.org/marc-maurer-bio">Dr. Marc
Maurer</A>, President of the <A href="http://www.nfb.org/">National Federation
of the Blind</A> (NFB), said: “NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>® </SUP>has made another
groundbreaking advance with NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>® </SUP>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.”<BR><BR> <BR><BR>"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<SUP>® </SUP>Mobile can help you
quickly find it,” said Scott White, director of the NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®
</SUP>program for the <A
href="http://www.facebook.com/NationalFederationoftheBlind">National Federation
of the Blind</A>. <BR><BR> <BR><BR>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<SUP>® </SUP>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<SUP>® </SUP>is
on it, I can't put it down! Great job, NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®
</SUP>team!”<BR><BR> <BR><BR>NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>® </SUP>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.<BR><BR> <BR><BR>To learn more about NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP>,
please visit <A href="http://www.nfbnewsline.org. /"
eudora="autourl"><U>www.nfbnewsline.org</A></U> <A
href="http://www.nfbnewsline.org. /" eudora="autourl">. </A>Those
interested in subscribing to the service may fill out the online application
form, write to <U>nfbnewsline@nfb.org</U> or call (866) 504-7300. In order
to be eligible for NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP>, 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. <BR><BR> <BR><BR> <BR><BR>
<DIV align=center>###<BR><BR></DIV><B> <BR><BR> <BR><BR>About the
National Federation of the Blind<BR><BR></B> <BR><BR>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.<BR></BODY></HTML>