[Nyabs] Fwd: Fw: National Federation of the Blind Collaborates with AccuWeather(R)

[Kathryn Carroll]

Hi everyone,

Check this out.

-K

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Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:49 PM
Subject: Fw: National Federation of the Blind Collaborates with AccuWeather®
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FYI CJ
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*From:* Freeh, Jessica <JFreeh at nfb.org>
*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* <cdanielsen at nfb.org>****

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*National Federation of the Blind Collaborates with AccuWeather*®**

*AccuWeather*®* to Provide Emergency Weather Alert Information
to the Blind and Print-Disabled via NFB-NEWSLINE*®**

*Baltimore, Maryland (August 29, 2012):* The National Federation of the
Blind <http://www.nfb.org> (NFB), the oldest and largest nationwide
organization of the blind in the United States, and its newspaper service
for the blind, NFB-NEWSLINE®, today announced a collaboration with
AccuWeather®, an online weather information service, to provide emergency
weather alerts to blind and print-disabled subscribers throughout America.
NFB-NEWSLINE® <http://www.nfbnewsline.org> is a free audible information
access service that provides over three-hundred newspapers and magazines to
the blind.  The AccuWeather® information service will be offered on
NFB-NEWSLINE®, giving blind and print-disabled people instant access to
emergency weather alerts.****

Dr. Marc Maurer <http://ww.nfb.org/marc-maurer-bio>, President of the National
Federation of the
Blind<http://www.facebook.com/NationalFederationoftheBlind>(NFB) said:
“The lack of access to emergency weather alerts has been a
persistent problem for the blind, and now with the combination of
AccuWeather® alerts and NFB-NEWSLINE®, an innovative source of this
critical information has been created for the blind of America.  With the
inclusion of the AccuWeather® information service, NFB-NEWSLINE® continues
to be on the cutting edge in providing independent access to much-needed
information to the blind of America.”****

Scott White, the director of NFB-NEWSLINE®, said: “We are excited to be the
first to bring this revolutionary independent access to emergency weather
information to the blind through our NFB-NEWSLINE® service.  Until this
point, the blind of America did not have instant access to emergency
weather alerts.   It was necessary for blind persons to rely on friends or
family members to read the weather alert text being scrolled across the
bottom of their television screens.”****

NFB-NEWSLINE® subscriber David Denotaris said: “For the first time I am
able to easily gain access to emergency weather service alerts by making a
phone call.  With the addition of the AccuWeather® alerts on NFB-NEWSLINE®,
I can access the information that I need to keep my family safe.  To this
day, the alert systems available on television are not accessible to the
blind, but now with the AccuWeather® emergency warning system on
NFB-NEWSLINE®, I will have the same information and at the same time as my
sighted co-workers, neighbors, and peers.”****

NFB-NEWSLINE® is a free audible newspaper and magazine reading service that
provides information to blind and print-disabled readers over the
telephone, online, and on the iPhone.  For more information or to register
for NFB-NEWSLINE® visit www.nfbnewsline.org, write to nfbnewsline at nfb.org,
or call 1- 866-504-7300.****

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*About the National Federation of the Blind*

With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the
largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the
United States. The NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy,
education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and
self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the blindness field today and
the voice of the nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and
training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind. ****

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Kathryn Carroll
St. John's University School of Law 2013
(Ph.) 347-455-1521
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