I filled out the form and it would not send. I signed it and it kept sending me a message that it was processing the signature. After an hour or so I went to close my computer down and it still didn't go?? Trudy
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Lawrence King <we4king...@verizon.net>wrote: > I just got this from NSCIA and thought it was worth your attention. > > Mindy the Artist > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *NSCIA <subscr...@spinalcord.org> > *Date: *April 7, 2009 2:39:26 PM EDT > *To: *we4king...@verizon.net > *Subject: **Support Access to e-books for People with Disabilities* > > As part of its role in the Reading Rights Coalition, NSCIA is engaged in a > campaign to obtain access for people 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, 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. Please read and sign the > petition. > > "Language is fundamental to being human, and access to information - > whether for education, entertainment or communication - is an integral part > of life. In fact, it's how many living with disabilities find access to the > information and resources they need to achieve the highest possible quality > of life. Restricting that for any reason is not acceptable. Like screen > readers and other forms of text to speech, electronic book readers will > provide greater access to information for all people" K. Eric Larson, > executive director and CEO of NSCIA, said recently. > > More than 25 organizations have joined to form the Reading Rights > Coalition, which has set up an on-line petition to urge the Authors Guild > and Amazon to reverse course. > > 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. > > http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want-To-Read > > > -- > If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, click this > link<http://www.spinalcord.org/list/?p=unsubscribe&uid=6686c1e2b4fe4869f169533212c3058f> > > To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit this > link<http://www.spinalcord.org/list/?p=preferences&uid=6686c1e2b4fe4869f169533212c3058f> > Forward a Message to Someone, visit this > link<http://www.spinalcord.org/list/?p=forward&uid=6686c1e2b4fe4869f169533212c3058f&mid=72> > > powered by phplist <http://www.phplist.com> v 2.10.9, © tincan > ltd<http://tincan.co.uk/powered> > > >
