[Nfbofnc] Internet Access to Newsline

[ryan perdue]

Awesome, great work and just what I needed.

On 3/31/2009 9:19 PM, Gary H. Ray wrote:
> Fellow Federationists!
>
> We are proud to announce an enhancement to the Newsline system.  You can
> access your newspapers and use your own screen reader to read them.  You can
> do it all on the computer over the Internet
>
> If you have a Victor Stream or an Icon, you can set your computer up to
> automatically download and transfer newspaper issues to these devices.
>
> Here is the Press Release from Baltimore:
>
> National Federation of the Blind Enhances and Expands
>   Newspaper Service for the Blind
>
> NFB-NEWSLINER Online Offers Blind Individuals More Options for Accessing the
> News
>
> Baltimore, Maryland (March 31, 2009): NFB-NEWSLINER, the largest electronic
> newspaper service in the world for blind and print-disabled Americans, is
> pleased to announce the launch of NFB-NEWSLINER Online
> (www.nfbnewslineonline.org).  Through NFB-NEWSLINER Online's groundbreaking
> features, subscribers can enjoy both an enhanced experience in reading the
> news and dramatically increased flexibility in how they choose to access
> their favorite publication's content.
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
> "The NFB-NEWSLINER service was created so that blind people could benefit
> from independent access to information on world news and hometown events in
> the same way that our sighted colleagues can.  The new features offered by
> NFB-NEWSLINER Online are an extension of this service's ability to allow
> independent and flexible access to news content by the blind.  I am very
> proud of the increased choice and convenience that initiatives like Web News
> on Demand and NFB-NEWSLINER In Your Pocket provide to NFB-NEWSLINER
> subscribers."
>
> NFB-NEWSLINER, which began operation in 1995, offers over 275 newspapers and
> magazines as well as TV listings to over 65,000 subscribers through a
> standard touch-tone telephone.  With the exciting launch of NFB-NEWSLINER
> Online, subscribers also now have unequaled access and unrivaled flexibility
> in how they read their favorite publications.  Two new initiatives have been
> designed to enhance the subscriber's experience: Web News on Demand and
> NFB-NEWSLINER In Your Pocket.
>
> Through the easy-to-use Web News on Demand feature, subscribers can, for the
> first time ever, visit a secure Web site that offers a customizable reading
> experience and the ability to send entire publications, particular sections,
> or single articles to their e-mail inbox.  NFB- NEWSLINER In Your Pocket is
> a dynamic software application that a subscriber installs on his or her
> computer.  Through an Internet connection, this software automatically
> downloads the publications of the subscriber's choice to his or her portable
> digital talking book player (such as the Victor Reader Stream or
> Icon/Braille+).
>
> Jerry Moreno, a retired social worker from North Carolina, said: "I love
> being able to get my favorite papers onto my digital talking book player in
> such an easy and quick way!  NFB-NEWSLINER In Your Pocket does it all for
> me, so that I can go about my morning routine and by the time I'm done my
> papers are loaded and ready for me to read along with my cup of coffee."
>
> David DeNotaris, director of Bureau of Blindness&  Visual Services with the
> Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, said: "As a husband,
> father, avid sports fan, and busy professional, I particularly appreciate
> the fact that Web News on Demand allows me to access relevant local,
> national, and international news quickly, simply, and independently."
>
> To start using the Online Interface, go to:
> http://www.nfbnewslineonline.org/NOLWelcome.jsp
>
> You will need your Newsline ID and Pass Code.  If you cannot remember your
> ID and Code, call Gary Ray at (828) 505-0338.
>
> Just login and go to reading!
>
> For more information or descriptions of features of NFB-NEWSLINER Online,
> please visit www.nfbnewslineonline.org.  For further information please
> write to swhite at nfb.org or call (866) 504-7300.
>
>
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