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Subject: [Nfb-announce] NFB-NEWSLINE® Delivers Three Million Minutes of News 
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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

NFB-NEWSLINE® Delivers Three Million Minutes of News in March

Baltimore, Maryland (April 9, 2010): The National
Federation of the Blind is pleased to announce
that NFB-NEWSLINE®-its free service that provides independent
access by print-disabled people to hundreds of
local and national publications and TV
listings-delivered a record-setting three million minutes of news
to its subscribers in March.

NFB-NEWSLINE®'s record-setting month capped off
an exciting start to 2010, including a long line
of recent improvements and additions to the system.  NFB-NEWSLINE®
In Your Pocket-a dynamic software application for
personal computers, which through an Internet
connection automatically downloads the publications of
a subscriber's choice to his or her digital
talking-book player-is now compatible with two
more digital talking-book players, the BookSense and Book Port
Plus.

NFB-NEWSLINE® now offers more publications than
ever before, with 317 newspapers and magazines
available, which can be accessed by a number of methods: by
download to a digital talking-book player, over
the telephone, or on the Web.  Most recently,
NFB-NEWSLINE® added several prominent magazines, including
the Smithsonian, Time, and The New Republic.  The
newest addition to the list of magazines
available is Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind, which contains
features of specific interest to the
blind.  NFB-NEWSLINE® subscribers can now also
administer access to their favorite publications through the NFB-NEWSLINE®
Web site (www.nfbnewsline.org), deciding which
publications they wish to receive by phone, via
the Web site, by e-mail, or with NFB-NEWSLINE® In Your Pocket.
  The Web interface allows each user to maintain
separate lists of favorite publications for each delivery method.

Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National
Federation of the Blind, said: "The
record-setting number of minutes of news
delivered in March clearly demonstrates
that NFB-NEWSLINE® is reaching more subscribers
than ever before.  This vital service­­­­­-which
offers the print-disabled unprecedented, round-the-clock
access to news and information-continues to grow,
regularly adding new publications and new
features.  We are extremely proud of the NFB-NEWSLINE® team
for its hard work and dedication to providing the
best service possible to subscribers."

NFB-NEWSLINE® allows those who cannot read
conventional newsprint due to a visual or
physical disability to access newspapers and magazines by download
to a digital talking-book player, over the telephone, or on the Web.

To learn more about NFB-NEWSLINE®, please visit
www.nfbnewsline.org.
Those interested in subscribing to the service
may fill out the online application form, write to
nfbnewsline at nfb.org,
or call (866) 504-7300.  In order to be eligible
for NFB-NEWSLINE®, an individual must be a US
resident who is legally blind or has a physical or learning
disability that prevents the independent reading of newspapers.

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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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