[jawsscripts] Fwd: [nfbcs] Sign the petition to allow everyone access to e-books
- From: "E.J. Zufelt" <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 00:21:46 -0300
This * may * help. I didn't have this when I first posted.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Danielsen, Chris" <CDanielsen@xxxxxxx> (by way of David
> Andrews <dandrews@xxxxxxxx>)
> Date: April 3, 2009 10:55:44 PM ADT
> To: david.andrews@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [nfbcs] Sign the petition to allow everyone access to e-books
> Reply-To: NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List <nfbcs@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Dear Fellow Federationists:
>
> As many of you know, we are engaged in a campaign to obtain access
> for the blind and others with print disabilities to e-books
> available for Amazon's new Kindle 2 e-book reader. The new reader,
> which Amazon is working to make fully accessible to the blind, has
> the ability to use text-to-speech to read these e-books aloud; but
> under pressure from the Authors Guild, Amazon has announced that
> authors and publishers will be allowed to disable the text-to-speech
> function. The National Federation of the blind has joined with over
> twenty other organizations to create the reading Rights Coalition,
> which has set up an on-line petition to urge the Authors Guild and
> Amazon to reverse course. Please read and sign the petition here:
> <http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want-To-Read
> >http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want-To-Read
>
> Please note: If you are using screen access technology, the first
> three fields on the form to sign the petition may not be announced.
> They are, in order: (1) a drop-down menu from which to select your
> prefix (Mr., Mrs., etc.); (2) an edit field for your first name, and
> (3) an edit field for your last name. the rest of the fields should
> announce themselves as you tab to them. If you still have trouble
> filling out the form, please send the following information to
> <mailto:readingrights@xxxxxxx
> >readingrights@xxxxxxx and we will be happy to sign on your behalf.
> You will need to send us your name, address, e-mail address, and any
> personal comments you would like to make about this issue. Thank you
> so much for your participation in this critically important effort.
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Chris Danielsen
> Director of Public Relations
> National Federation of the Blind
>
> P.S. Once you have signed the petition, please be sure to forward
> the link to all of the contacts in your address book that you
> believe will support us in this cause.
>
>
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