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<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
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<b>CONTACT:<br>
</b>Chris Danielsen<br>
Director of Public Relations<br>
National Federation of the Blind <br>
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330<br>
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<br>
<a href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org">cdanielsen@nfb.org</a><br>
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<div align="center"><b>KNFB Reader Wins AppleVis Golden Apple Award<br>
<i>App that Gives the Blind Access to Print <br>
Wins Award for Second Consecutive Year<br>
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Baltimore, Maryland (January 4, 2016)</b>: The National Federation of the
Blind is pleased to announce that KNFB Reader has been chosen by the
AppleVis community as the winner of the Best Assistive iOS App of the
year for the second year in a row. AppleVis Golden Apple Awards are
awarded by community votes to developers in recognition of excellence in
iOS apps. AppleVis reports that KNFB Reader won the vote for 2015 in a
“landslide.” To learn more about AppleVis Golden Apple Awards, visit:
<a href="http://www.applevis.com/blog/advocacy-applevis-ios-apps-mac-apps-news/applevis-community-names-apps-and-developer-were-its">
http://www.applevis.com/blog/advocacy-applevis-ios-apps-mac-apps-news/applevis-community-names-apps-and-developer-were-its</a>
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This award follows the 2014 AppleVis Golden Apple win for Best Assistive
App, and the induction of KNFB Reader into the AppleVis iOS Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame apps are nominated and voted on by the AppleVis
community.<br>
The KNFB Reader is a fast, accurate, and efficient text recognition
mobile app that delivers near instantaneous results. It has reading modes
for books, articles and labels, and bills and memos. The app allows for
high quality digital output to speech or refreshable Braille displays. It
provides a field of view report and tilt guidance for more accurate
capturing of print in the photograph, and automatic text detection. The
scanned material can be imported, exported in txt and html formats, and
stored to cloud storage including Dropbox and Google Drive. The app also
has a batch scan mode to process and read multiple page documents such as
manuals or books.<br>
During the 2015 holiday season, KNFB Reader offered a discount of 25% off
the regular price. The sale price of $74.99 is available through today,
January 4, 2016. To learn more about the KNFB Reader or to purchase,
visit
<a href="http://www.nfb.org/knfbreader">www.nfb.org/knfbreader</a>.<br>
Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
said: “KNFB Reader is an app developed by the blind, for the blind. We
deeply appreciate this acknowledgement by the blind community that our
work is having such a meaningful impact on the ability of blind people
throughout the world to access printed information.”<br>
Scott White, Director of Sponsored Technology Programs at the National
Federation of the Blind, said: “We are extremely pleased that the
AppleVis community is rewarding the way this app helps level the playing
field in education, the workplace, and daily living. Making the print
yours with KNFB Reader is one more way the NFB helps blind people live
the lives they want.”<br>
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About the National Federation of the Blind:<br>
</b>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.<br>
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