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<body><div>The following is the final e-mail I'll need to send regarding this.</div><div>To those that signed, thank you!</div><div>See below!</div>
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<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div id="signature_old"><div dir="ltr"><div>Shane Popplestone</div><div>vice president of the Ohio Association of blind students</div><div>member of the Grater Akron Chapter</div><div>member of Ohio Association of Guide Dog users</div><div><a href="mailto:spopplestone.nfb@gmail.com" target="_blank">spopplestone.nfb@gmail.com</a></div><div>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the</div><div>characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the</div><div>expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles</div><div>between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;</div><div>blindness is not what holds you back.</div></div></div><br /><div>Forwarded Message ------</div>
<div>From "Open Letter" <<a href="mailto:support@openletter.earth">support@openletter.earth</a>></div>
<div>To <a href="mailto:shane.davidson@icloud.com">shane.davidson@icloud.com</a></div>
<div>Date 2/3/2023 6:21:53 PM</div>
<div>Subject A final update</div></div><div><br /></div>
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This is likely to be my final update on the open letter to Amazon, and it is all good news.<br />
HumanWare have let me know that they will be meeting bi-weekly with Audible and that communications have been strengthened. Hopefully, this will avert future disruptions that have in the past in the cause of concern.<br />
HumanWare further advise that the third-generation Victor Reader Stream will not support Audible at launch because further work is required on both sides, but that a software update will be released, most likely in April or May, that will provide Audible support.<br />
I am also advised that the open letter was circulated among Audible staff and that they were moved and impressed by the passion our community displayed.<br />
So with this issue resolved, I will conclude with two expressions of thanks.<br />
Thanks to Audible for listening so respectfully, being so responsive, and recognizing the choice that many in our community have made to read Audible content on the Victor Reader Stream.<br />
And thank you to everyone who took the trouble to add their names to the letter. Sometimes, it feels like we are too insignificant, as individuals and even as a community, to make change. But when those seeking change and those able to make that change happen are willing to engage with courtesy and compassion, we can all make good things happen.<br />
Happy reading, and on this issue, it’s over and out.<br />
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Update to <a href="https://openletter.earth/to-amazons-audiblecom-division-please-reinstate-support-for-humanwares-popular-victor-reader-stream-player-for-the-blind-and-low-vision-community-c26fcf78">To Amazon's Audible.com division: Please reinstate support for HumanWare's popular Victor Reader Stream player for the blind and low vision community</a>
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