[Missouri-l] FW: [blind-side] new enhanced Newsline

Wed Apr 1 07:41:37 CDT 2009

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Director of Public Relations

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(410) 659-9314, extension 2330

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National Federation of the Blind Enhances and Expands

Newspaper Service for the Blind

NFB-NEWSLINE®

Online Offers Blind Individuals More Options for Accessing the News

Baltimore, Maryland (March 31, 2009):
NFB-NEWSLINE®-, the largest electronic newspaper
service in the world for blind and print-disabled Americans, is pleased
to announce the launch of NFB-NEWSLINE® Online (<
HYPERLINK
"http://www.nfbnewslineonline.org/"http://www.nfbnewsl-ineonline.-org/>
www.nfbnewslineonli-ne.org).
Through NFB-NEWSLINE® 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-NEWSLINE®
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-NEWSLINE®
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-NEWSLINE® In Your Pocket
provide to NFB-NEWSLINE® subscribers.-"

NFB-NEWSLINE®-, 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-NEWSLINE® 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-NEWSLINE®
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- NEWSLINE® 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-NEWSLINE® 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 experience the groundbreaking features of
NFB-NEWSLINE® Online, please visit <
HYPERLINK
"http://www.nfbnewslineonline.org/"http://www.nfbnewsl-ineonline.-org/>
www.nfbnewslineonli-ne.org.
For further information please write to <
mailto:HYPERLINK "mailto:swhite%40nfb.org"swhite at nfb.org
>HYPERLINK "mailto:swhite%40nfb.org"swhite at nfb.org or call (866) 504-7300.

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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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