[nfb-talk] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] National Federation of the Blind Comments on New Kindles

Sat Sep 8 05:02:38 UTC 2012

Get Blio from K-NFB Reading Technology.  Blio is fully accessible. 

Best,

Michael Hingson

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Blind Comments on New Kindles

Ray,

I would say Barnes And Noble, but their Nooks aren't accessible either.
Grrrrrrr!

Chris

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From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 11:31 AM
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Blind Comments on New Kindles

Can you ever say that again for sure!  IN fact, to speak frankly, I'm in
search of an ulternative vendor to amazon to meat my main shopping wants and
needs;  CD's, DVD's, electronic goods such as depe fat friers ETC.
Anybody out there got suggestions?

Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

Skype name:
barefootedray

On Sep 7, 2012, at 7:59 AM, "Rovig, Lorraine" <LRovig at nfb.org> wrote:

> Have you read the one paragraph quote by Dr. Maurer below?  I keep
thinking what a good thing, really-really Good Thing it is that the NFB is
working on this for all the blind and visually impaired students going off
to school (K-12, college, and adult education) and all the blind and
visually impaired employees whose employers employ inaccessible equipment.
Inaccessible equipment and inaccessible Internet sites mean people who need
accessibility have lives with more difficulty and often unnecessarily much
poorer than for people who can use stuff out of the box.  If, I mean, "when"
we have won the fight with Amazon for accessibility being built into devices
in the design stage, and, when Amazon discovers this means more money for
the company (which it will), we will have won BIG across the board.  Amazon
is worldwide; we will be influencing companies and inventers worldwide.
Everyone will take notice-just like all the big players took notice when we
sued AOL.  The biggest sad part is that the longer it takes, the more
inaccessible devices are made and bought and out there.  I am just one
person, Amazon won't listen to me but still I can help. I vote with my
wallet - both by not buying a Kindle and by helping the NFB raise the funds
it needs to carry the fight to the court of public opinion, to the Congress,
and, when necessary, to our courts of law.
> 
> Go NFB!
> 
> Lorraine Rovig
> Member of the NFB since July 1975
> 
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 9:12 PM
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> 
> National Federation of the Blind Comments on New Kindles
> 
> Baltimore, Maryland (September 6, 2012): The National Federation of 
> the
Blind<http://www.nfb.org>, the nation's leading advocate for accessible
technology and content<https://www.nfb.org/access-technology>, commented
today on Amazon's press conference announcing new Kindle e-readers and
tablets.
> 
> Dr. Marc Maurer<http://www.nfb.org/marc-maurer-bio>, President of the
National Federation of the
Blind<http://www.facebook.com/NationalFederationoftheBlind>, said: "The U.S.
Department of State has just withdrawn a single-source contract proposal
involving the Kindle family of devices, possibly due to our concerns about
the lack of
accessibility<http://www.nfb.org/national-federation-blind-files-complaint-a
gainst-state-department> in virtually all iterations of the Kindle.  
gainst-state-department> Despite
the State Department action, our repeated encouragement of Amazon to
incorporate accessibility, and the fact that companies like Apple and Google
are actively engaged in the incorporation of accessibility features into
their devices, there is no evidence that these new Kindles are accessible.
It seems abundantly clear where Amazon stands.  The National Federation of
the Blind will continue to fight for access to all manner of devices and
content and to oppose the deployment of inaccessible devices and content by
entities that are covered by our nation's disability laws."
> ###
> 
> 
> 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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