[nfbwatlk] Upcoming Protest Demonstration and Conference Call (Corrected Phone Number)

[Leslie Fitzpatrick]

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On Nov 16, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

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> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:04 PM
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> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Upcoming Protest Demonstration and Conference Call
> 
> Fellow Federationists:
> 
> 
> 
> The National Federation of the Blind is planning a demonstration in front of
> Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle to protest the inaccessibility of Kindle
> books (on whatever platform); Amazon is engaging in a big push to market its
> Kindle technology to K-12 schools. This protest will not only concern the
> actual Kindle devices but, more importantly and primarily, the
> inaccessibility of Amazon’s “WhisperCast” technology to push Kindle material
> to various devices used by K-12 public school students. (For those who might
> think of the plug-in for windows PC’s to read Kindle books, even *they*
> don’t cut it in that one cannot search documents, navigate by character,
> word, line, sentence, paragraph etc. nor can one set and navigate to
> bookmarks). In any event, our primary emphasis will be on the
> inaccessibility of the WhisperCast system.
> 
> 
> 
> More details will be available during a conference call which will take
> place at 4:30 p.m. PST on Sunday, November 18. John Paré, Director of our
> Advocacy and Policy department, will be on hand to explain the plans for the
> protest in greater detail.
> 
> 
> 
> I urge all to be part of this conference call. I also urge chapter
> presidents to announce the demonstration and the conference call during
> their meetings this Saturday.
> 
> 
> 
> The conference call access information is as follows: call (218) 339-3600.
> When prompted, please enter 849246 followed by the pound-sign.
> 
> 
> 
> You won’t want to miss this call and the opportunity to take part in this
> protest. Federationists from around the country will be there standing with
> us.
> 
> The conference call information is also available via the Affiliate news
> link on the NFB of Washington web site. 
> 
> Mike Freeman, President
> 
> National Federation of the Blind of Washington
> 
> 
> 
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