[Nfbmo] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Commends Microsoft and GW Micro for Groundbreaking Accessibility Partnership

[Dacia Luck]

This is fantastic!!
  It's too bad I use JAWS.

Dacia


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jessica Freeh <jfreeh at nfb.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:00:05 -0500
Subject: National Federation of the Blind Commends Microsoft and GW
Micro for  Groundbreaking Accessibility Partnership
To: dacia.luck at gmail.com



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 [1]

	NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND COMMENDS MICROSOFT AND GW MICRO FOR
GROUNDBREAKING ACCESSIBILITY PARTNERSHIP

	WINDOW-EYES SCREEN READER NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE
 TO MANY MICROSOFT OFFICE USERS

	BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (JANUARY 14, 2014): The National Federation of
the Blind [2], the nation's leading advocate for equal access to
technology by the blind, today commended Microsoft Corporation and GW
Micro for their announcement of a partnership that makes GW Micro's
Window-Eyes screen reader available for free to users of Microsoft
Office 2010 or higher. More details about this groundbreaking offer
are available at www.WindowEyesForOffice.com [3].

Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
said: "The announcement of this historic partnership between Microsoft
and GW Micro is truly revolutionary. For the first time, users of
Microsoft Office 2010 or later will not have to pay hundreds of
dollars in order to obtain an accessibility solution that will allow
them to take advantage of the features of Office and Windows. This
partnership has the potential to make access to employment, education,
and other opportunities more readily available to blind people
everywhere.

"The usefulness of any screen reader product, of course, is limited by
the degree to which other products are compatible with it," Dr. Maurer
continued. "The National Federation of the Blind seeks collaboration
with software manufacturers, Web developers, and other technology
innovators in order to ensure that blind users have full and equal
access to their products and services. Microsoft and GW Micro are
removing a significant barrier to obtaining screen access technology.
Developers of mainstream technology, as well as the businesses,
institutions, and governmental entities that use it, must continue to
do their part by making sure that screen reader users have full access
to what they produce, procure, and deploy."

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