[Ohio-Talk] it's a win! Victor stream and the audible service. Fw: A final update

[Shane Popplestone]

The following is the final e-mail I'll need to send regarding this.
To those that signed, thank you!
See below!




Shane Popplestone
vice president of the Ohio Association of blind students
member of the Grater Akron Chapter
member of Ohio Association of Guide Dog users
spopplestone.nfb at gmail.com
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.

Forwarded Message ------
>From "Open Letter" <support at openletter.earth>
To shane.davidson at icloud.com
Date 2/3/2023 6:21:53 PM
Subject A final update

This is likely to be my final update on the open letter to Amazon, and 
it is all good news.
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.
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.
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.
So with this issue resolved, I will conclude with two expressions of 
thanks.
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.
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.
Happy reading, and on this issue, it’s over and out.


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Update to To Amazon's Audible.com division: Please reinstate support for 
HumanWare's popular Victor Reader Stream player for the blind and low 
vision community 
<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>

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