[Nfbwv-talk] A couple of product accessibility announcements

[C. Smyth]

Darren,

Thanks so much for good information.  Thanks to you and your AFB colleagues 
for working with all of us to help make things accessible.

Charlene


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darren Burton" <dburton at afb.net>
To: "NFB of West Virginia Discussion List" <nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:58 PM
Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] A couple of product accessibility announcements


> Hello NFB of WV list,
> A couple of nice accessibility announcements have been made recently,
> due in no small part to advocacy and consulting work by both my AFB TECH
> lab and the NFB.
>
> First, Apple has just announced that the small and affordable iPod
> Shuffle, the smallest digital audio player on the market, now has
> Apple's VoiceOver functionality,and will speak your song names and play
> lists.  this adds the Shuffle to the iPod Nano as another accessible
> Apple iPod product.
>
> Second, Verizon Wireless has announced that they are now offering the
> Motorola Moto Q CM with a screen reader they are calling TALKS FOR
> VERIZON WIRELESS, joining AT&T as the only  US mobile phone service
> providers to offer such a product.  The price will be $249 if you sign
> up for a 2-year agreement.  Apart from this deal, The Moto Q CM is $149
> with a 2-year agreement without TALKS, and TALKS is $295 from the
> manufacturer, so it works out that Verizon is basically giving us a $195
> discound for TALKS.
>
> Darren
>
>
> Darren Burton
> National Program Associate, Technology
> AFB TECH
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 949 Third Avenue, Suite 200
> Huntington, WV 25701
> www.afb.org
> Phone: (304) 523-8651
> Fax: (304) 523-8656
> E-mail: dburton at afb.net
> Expanding possibilities for people with vision lossTM
>
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