[nfbmi-talk] National Federation of the Blind and Motorola to Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind

[dennis]

what about such things as email and text messaging?  in my opinion this 
doesnt go far enough
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From: "Freeh,Jessica (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)" 
<JFreeh at nfb.org>
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Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 12:29 PM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] National Federation of the Blind and Motorola to 
Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind


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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> CONTACT:
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> Chris Danielsen
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> Director of Public Relations
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> National Federation of the Blind
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> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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> Jennifer Erickson
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> Motorola, Inc.
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> (847) 435-5320
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> Jennifer.erickson at motorola.com
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> National Federation of the Blind and Motorola
>  to Cooperate on Making Cell Phones Accessible to the Blind
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> Baltimore, Maryland and Libertyville, Illinois (September 14, 2009): The 
> National Federation of the Blind, the nation's oldest and largest 
> organization of blind people and the leading advocate for making 
> mainstream devices accessible to the blind, and Motorola Inc., a leading 
> manufacturer of cell phones and other mobile communications devices, 
> announced today that they have entered into a cooperation agreement to 
> promote technologies that improve the accessibility of cell phones to 
> blind consumers.
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> Certain future Motorola cell phones will provide verbal readouts of 
> information such as the time and date, battery level, signal strength, 
> user's phone number, caller ID information for incoming calls, missed and 
> received calls, and voice mail alerts.  Blind users will also be able to 
> take advantage of verbal readouts and voice-command features for ring tone 
> status, inputting and accessing contacts, and various other settings. 
> Motorola expects these cell phones to be available in 2010.  The parties 
> have also agreed to work together to make additional phones and features 
> accessible to blind users.
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> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: 
> "In an age where productivity and success increasingly depend on access to 
> mobile technology such as cellular telephones, it is critical that blind 
> Americans have equal access to today's cell phones through user interfaces 
> that do not require vision.  The National Federation of the Blind 
> appreciates Motorola's commitment to making the features of its cell phone 
> products accessible to blind users without the need for third-party 
> software, and we look forward to working together with Motorola to make 
> future improvements to the accessibility of telecommunication technology."
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