The GAO has just released its highly anticipated report covering plans by NLS to convert the Talking Book Program to a Flash based digital format. In summary, the report seems to criticize the costs associated with current NLS plans, suggesting potentially more cost-effective alternatives. A brief analysis of this report indicates that many of the recommended alternatives may be just as accessible as current plans. It also seems NLS agrees with the findings in the report and will take steps to address the concerns outlined. One is left to wonder if there will be a delay in implementation of the digital conversion and/or the needed funding of this project in light of this report. The language of this report is rather neutral when compared with other communications on this issue in the blind community.
Blind Access Journal Posts
Serotek Releases the World’s First Web-based Access Technology Tool for the Blind
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Janelle Schulenberg
Tacet Consulting
612-720-1068
janelle@tacetconsulting.com
Serotek Makes Web 2.0 Accessible to the Blind
Technology Company Introduces SA To Go
Minneapolis, Minn. – June 13, 2007 – Serotek Corporation, the leading provider of Internet and digital information accessibility software and services, announces the public beta release of a web application called SA To Go (System Access To Go), the first product to make Web 2.0 accessible to the blind and the visually impaired. SA To Go is a web-resident product stemming from Serotek’s award-winning System Access software. More than a screen reader, System Access requires no installation and provides complete control of your e-mail, makes web surfing easy, and offers intuitive access to Microsoft Office productivity tools like Word, PowerPoint and Excel. SA To Go makes System Access available on the Web for instant operation and has no permanence on the using computer. Users can now access System Access software anytime, anywhere that Internet access is available.
“We believe SA To Go will revolutionize the way blind people use the computer,” said Mike Calvo, CEO, Serotek Corporation, “That’s why we felt it critical to leverage the power of Web 2.0 to continue to fulfill our promise of accessibility anywhere.”
SA To Go provides instant accessibility. Once online, users can visit www.SAtoGo.com and it appears in seconds. When finished, the user simply closes the program and any personal information vanishes leaving the host computer completely unchanged.
“Microsoft applauds Serotek’s innovation with respect to access for all,” said Daniel Hubbell, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation, “SA To Go is a revolution for people who need access to computers away from home.”
Because of technologies like Fonix’s text-to-speech and its small size, SA To Go loads within seconds giving the blind user the same access on the go as his sighted peers. And since SA To Go is a true web application, accessibility is no longer an expensive option; companies that want to provide public accessibility to customers can do so for a fraction of the cost.
“Serotek’s new SA To Go application gives blind and visually impaired users quick, convenient access to PC functions,” says Tim K. Hong, VP of Sales, Fonix Speech, Inc. “SA To Go incorporates Fonix text-to-speech, which is optimized to provide clear, intelligible TTS voices without using large amounts of processing power or memory. Fonix speech technology is a good fit for Serotek’s System Access Mobile applications.”
Serotek is putting the system out for public Beta because they are encouraging user input. The company can imagine hundreds of applications but believes users will direct its true potential.
“We think we’ve only scratched the surface of the potential of SA To Go,” says Calvo, “That’s why we’re inviting users to take it for a spin and let us know how they think it might be applied.”
The company will be surveying users on a regular basis and encouraging users to e-mail their ideas and comments to SAToGo@serotek.com.
To participate in the public beta, users can go to http://www.satogo.com and follow the instructions. Immediate accessibility will lead the user through the registration process. For more information about Serotek and its family of System Access accessibility tools, visit www.serotek.com.
Serotek Corporation
Serotek Corporation is a leading technology company that develops software and manufactures accessibility solutions. Committed to the mission of providing accessibility anywhere, Serotek launched an online community specifically designed to meet the needs of people with disabilities. Since then, Serotek has introduced several powerful, affordable solutions that require minimal training, including System Access, for which it was awarded the prestigious da Vinci award for innovation in universal accessibility by the National Multiple Sclerosis Association. For more information, visit www.serotek.com.
Fonix Corporation
Fonix Corporation (OTC BB: FNIX), based in Salt Lake City, Utah, is an innovative speech recognition and text-to-speech technology company that provides value-added speech solutions through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fonix Speech, Inc., currently offering voice solutions for mobile/wireless devices; interactive video games, toys and appliances; computer telephony systems; the assistive market and automotive telematics. Fonix provides developers and manufacturers with cost-effective speech solutions to enhance devices and systems. Visit www.fonix.com for more information, or call (801) 553-6600 and say “Sales.”
Microsoft Corporation
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. For more information, visit www.microsoft.com.
Press Release: Radio Shack Undertakes Accessibility Initiative
Washington, DC
(June 13, 2007) — In a move praised by state and national blindness organizations, RadioShack (NYSE:RSH) today announced it has undertaken a nationwide initiative to improve services for RadioShack’s customers with visual impairments. As part of the program, RadioShack will install new point of sale equipment with tactile keypads to protect the privacy and security of visually impaired shoppers and will make improvements to its Web site that will benefit visually impaired shoppers and other customers with disabilities.
Today’s announcement is the result of collaboration between RadioShack and major blindness organizations including the American Foundation for the Blind, American Council of the Blind, and California Council of the Blind.
Point of Sale Improvements
It is anticipated that by the end of September of this year, every RadioShack store will have the new device, which is designed to protect the financial privacy of blind and visually impaired shoppers. The devices, manufactured by Ingenico (www.ingenico.com), have tactile keys arranged like a standard telephone keypad and plug easily into existing point of sale payment terminals. The new units will allow RadioShack shoppers
who have difficulty reading information on a touch screen to privately and independently enter their PIN, telephone number, and other confidential information.
Blind community representatives praised RadioShack’s plan to upgrade its point of sale devices. “Point of sale devices must have tactile keys so blind people do not have to share their PIN with strangers,” explained Melanie Brunson, executive director of the American Council of the Blind. “Today’s announcement, and the collaboration that led to it, demonstrates RadioShack’s understanding of this fact and its strong commitment to blind and visually impaired customers.”
Web Site Access
Today’s initiative includes RadioShack’s commitment to design www.RadioShack.com in accordance with guidelines issued by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (w3c) (www.w3.org/wai). The guidelines, which do not affect the content or look and feel of a Web site, ensure that Web sites are accessible to persons with a wide range of disabilities. The guidelines are of particular benefit to blind computer users who use screen reader or magnification technology on their computers and who rely on a keyboard instead of a mouse.
“Web site accessibility is of critical importance to both the blind community and to people with disabilities generally,” said Paul Schroeder, vice president, programs and policy group of the American Foundation for the Blind. “We applaud RadioShack’s leadership role in committing to address the accessibility of its Web site, thereby improving the browsing and shopping experience for a broad range of on-line shoppers.”
“The program announced today is one way we can help customers who are blind or visually impaired enjoy a better shopping experience in their neighborhood RadioShack stores as well as on www.RadioShack.com and complements our on-going efforts to improve the shopping experience of all our customers with disabilities,” said Frank Espinoza, vice president-store operations of RadioShack Corporation. “RadioShack would like to thank the American Council of the Blind, the California Council of the Blind, and the American Foundation for the Blind, for their cooperation and expertise in making RadioShack a better place to shop for our customers with disabilities.”
About RadioShack Corporation
RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) is one of the nation’s most experienced and trusted consumer electronics specialty retailers. The company has a presence through more than 6,000 company-operated stores and dealer outlets in the United States, over 100 RadioShack locations in Mexico and nearly 800 wireless phone kiosks. RadioShack’s dedicated force of knowledgeable and helpful sales associates has been consistently recognized by several independent groups as providing the best customer service in the consumer electronics and wireless industries. Operating from convenient and comfortable neighborhood and mall locations, RadioShack stores deliver personalized product and service solutions within a few short minutes of where most Americans either live or work. For more information on RadioShack Corporation, or to purchase items online, visit www.radioshack.com.
About American Council of the Blind (ACB) and California Council of the Blind (CCB)
American Council of the Blind is a national consumer-based advocacy organization working on behalf of blind and visually impaired Americans throughout the country, with members organized through seventy state and special interest affiliates. California Council of the Blind is the California affiliate of the ACB, and is a statewide membership organization, with 40 local chapters and statewide special interest associations. ACB and CCB are dedicated to improving the quality of life, equality of opportunity and independence of all people who have visual impairments. Their members and affiliated organizations have a long history of commitment to the advancement of policies and programs which will enhance independence for people who are blind and visually impaired. More information about ACB and CCB can be found by visiting www.acb.org and http://www.ccbnet.org/
VASCO Offers Smart Card Based e-Security to the Blind and VisuallyImpaired With Digipass 840 Comfort Voice
PR Newswire, via EarthTimes.org
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
VASCO Offers Smart Card Based e-Security to the Blind and Visually Impaired
With Digipass 840 Comfort Voice
Posted : Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:02:01 GMT
Author : VASCO Data Security International, Inc.
Category : PressRelease
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., and ZURICH, Switzerland, June 12
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — VASCO Data Security International, Inc.
(http://www.vasco.com/), the leading software security company specializing
in authentication products, today announced that it has strengthened its
Digipass product line with Digipass 840 Comfort Voice (CV). This "speaking"
Digipass card reader is especially designed for blind and visually impaired
Internet users. The product is immediately available.
VASCO's mission is to be the Full Option, All-Terrain Authentication
company. This means that strong authentication has to be available for
everyone. The launch of Digipass 840 Comfort Voice fits perfectly with this
logic, as did the launch of Digipass 300 Comfort Voice in 2006. A person
with reduced eyesight will now be able to have the same high level of
Digipass security as other e-bank account holders or e-commerce users. All
Digipass client authentication products are supported by one and unique core
authentication engine, VACMAN Controller. This means that companies can
choose which type of client authentication device they offer to their
different user/customer segments.
Digipass 840 Comfort Voice Features: — speech based user interface; —
speech based feedback of entered data and selected functions; — e-signature
and one-time password functionality, converted into voice; — use of
built-in speaker or headset; — large display and keypad, with oversized
tactile keys; — supports Digipass standard, EMV-CAP, VISA dynamic password
authentication 1.1, German Sm@rt TAN, Belgian eID Card "Accessibility is one
of the most important success factors for any e-commerce application," said
Jan Valcke, VASCO's President and COO. "Unfortunately, few technology
vendors have an eye for the needs of visually impaired consumers. As a
consequence, this user segment doesn't reach the e-commerce vendors'
offering. By offering speech enabled Digipass client authentication
products, VASCO makes e-banking and e-commerce accessible for the blind and
visually impaired. Worldwide, over 20 leading banks already offer speech
enabled Digipasses to a part of their customer base."
About VASCO: VASCO is the number one supplier of strong authentication and
e-signature solutions and services. VASCO has established itself as the
world's leading software company specialized in Internet Security, with a
customer base of over 4,800 companies in more than 100 countries, including
close to 750 international financial institutions. VASCO's prime markets are
the financial sector, enterprise security, e-commerce and e-government.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements made in this news release that relate to future plans, events or
performances are forward-looking statements. Any statement containing words
such as "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," and similar words, is
forward-looking, and these statements involve risks and uncertainties and
are based on current expectations. Consequently, actual results could differ
materially from the expectations expressed in these forward-looking
statements.
Reference is made to the Company's public filings with the US Securities and
Exchange Commission for further information regarding the Company and its
operations.
For more information contact:
Jochem Binst, +32 2 609 97 40, jbinst@vasco.com VASCO Data Security
International, Inc.
CONTACT: Jochem Binst of VASCO Data Security International, Inc.,
+32-2-609-97-40, jbinst@vasco.com
Web site: http://www.vasco.com/
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,120606.shtml
ACB Radio Tuner Version 6.6 Now Released
Version 6.6 of the ACB Radio Tuner has been released. The main advantage to
this new version is adding support for Serotek's System Access product for
the Extra Speech option within the Tuner. In addition, an updated ACB Radio
Tuner Tutorial produced by Matt Campbell is also now available when pressing
F8. We will update the Tuner web site to include links to the older Tuner
tutorial in the next day or so. We would like to sincerely thank Serotek
for assisting us in getting these new changes into the new version of the
ACB Radio Tuner.
If you are a Window-Eyes customer and are running under Windows VISTA, then
you will want to make sure and download the patch provided by GW Micro to
correct the Extra Speech issues experienced by 6.5 Tuner users under VISTA.
You can find more information on this patch by reading this knowledge base
article:
GWKB1074 : Window-Eyes API Functions Unavailable in Windows Vista
http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Knowledge_Base/?kbnumber=GWKB1074
You can download the new version of the ACB Radio Tuner at the following
address:
If you have any questions, just let us know.
Jeff Bishop
ACB Radio Webmaster
Coming up on Main Menu Live for the week of June 13th, 2007
This week on Main Menu Live, we present two hours of live content.
In the first hour we bring on Jamal Mazrui. Jamal has created numerous
freeware applications like Textpal, PDF2TXT, FileDir and many more. We will
talk with Jamal all about these individual applications and you will be able
to call in and ask any questions you may have about them. We will also talk
about the landscape of programming using current screen reader technologies.
In the second hour we hear from Woody Anna Dresner from the National Braille
Press. A new book entitled "Google It! A Guide to the World's Most Popular
Search Engine" has been released and is based on Jonathan Mosen's audio
Google tutorial. We bring her on to talk to us all about this new book and
all things Google.
In the last half hour of Main Menu Live we bring on representatives from
Serotek Corporation. Mike Calvo and Matt Campbell join us to make a major
announcement from Serotek about a new technology coming from them. The Main
Menu production team has gotten a sneak peak at this new technology and we
assure you it is something not to miss.
The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333. You can email your
questions to mainmenu@acbradio.org. You may also interact with the show via
MSN Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID to add is mainmenu@acbradio.org.
Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the
topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining the
Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is:
main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com
Come join an already lively group of users.
Would you like to subscribe to podcast feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu
Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:
Main Menu – http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu
Main Menu Live – http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive
Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evenings at 9:00
Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal/GMT on Wednesday mornings on the
ACB Radio Main Stream channel. To listen to the show, just click this link:
http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14
Jeff Bishop and Darrell Shandrow
The Main Menu Production Team
TextPal 3.8 released
http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/palsetup.exe
Version 3.8
Released June 9, 2007
Fixed the Yield command, Alt+Y, saying "Yield selected" when it meant "Yield
all," and vice versa (depending on whether text is selected).
Fixed the Paste command, Control+V, removing a trailing line break from text
that is inserted. Made the Copy Append and Cut Append commands, Alt+C and
Alt+X, insert a line break before appended text if none is present, thus
making it easier to identify separate chunks of text that you append to the
clipboard.
Upgraded to the latest, 1.86 version of the Ruby interpreter. Improved
documentation about regular expressions in TextPal/Ruby.
Enhanced the status command, Alt+Z, so that it indicates the state of word
wrap, as well as indent mode and selection size. As before, F8 starts a
selection and Shift+F8 completes it. Now Alt+Shift+F8 is a quick way of
returning to the point that marked the start of a selection.
Added support for programming in Java, e.g., with the Standard Widget
Toolkit (SWT). The Pick Compiler command, Control+Shift+F5, includes Java
in the list of languages, and if chosen, configures settings for
ToolCommand, ErrorPosition, AbbreviateOutput, NavigatePart, and
CommentCharacter. These and other settings may be examined and refined in
the Settings dialog, Alt+S. They may also be edited more directly and
flexibly with the Manual Settings command, Alt+Shift+M.
Jamal
Petition Asking Freedom Scientific to End Lawsuit Against Serotek Now Closed
We thank all 430 of you who signed the Save Serotek Petition and countless others who could not sign for your support. We are very glad the lawsuit has now been settled in a reasonable manner for all parties involved.
Legislative Alert – Urgent Action Needed to Protect Talking Books Program
Urgent action is needed to respond to the House's Legislative Branch
Subcommittee's proposed appropriations bill relating to the fiscal year 2008
budget request of the Library of Congress. As you all know the National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has been
working on a plan to convert the Talking Books program to a digital format.
The cost of this needed transition from analog cassette to digital
technology is $76.4 million over a four-year period ($19.1 million for each
of the next four years). The House Legislative Branch Subcommittee has only
included $7.5 million for this project in the bill, which passed the
subcommittee yesterday. The subcommittee also voted against an amendment
raised by Congressman Ray LaHood of Illinois that sought to include full
funding for the NLS upgrade. Not only is this amount just a third of what
was requested by the Library of Congress, but the subcommittee further gave
the Librarian of Congress the power to transfer all or part of the funds
from the Books for the Blind program to other upgrades for the Library.
Essentially, if the Librarian of Congress chooses to transfer funds from the
$7.5 million allotted for the digital conversion program, the Talking Books
program will be killed due to a lack of equipment to repair broken tape
players and the simple fact that all aspects of cassette technology will
become obsolete in the next four years.
The Legislative Branch Appropriations bill will now be presented to the full
Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday, July 12. It is imperative that we
flood the offices of Committee members and the office of Subcommittee Chair
Debbie Wasserman Schultz before July 12th to urge them to include the full
funding for the digital upgrade and to protect these funds from being
shifted within the Library of Congress to meet other needs. The Talking
Books program is the largest and most essential available source of
information for blind people as a whole, and we need to protect this
information source with our greatest effort. Included below is a list of
the members on the Appropriations Committee and their office numbers.
Please contact their offices, and let them know how important the Talking
Books program is to the blind. I will update you with further information
on this initiative, but your calls should start immediately.
Thanks in advance for all of your hard work.
Jesse Hartle
Government Program Specialist
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
(410) 659-9314, ext. 2233
jhartle@nfb.org
House Committee on Appropriations
Full Committee – June 7, 2007
FL D, Schultz, Rep Debbie Wasserman, 202-225-7931
(alphabetical by state)
AL D, Cramer, Rep Robert E. Bud, Jr., 202-225-4801
AL R, Aderholt, Rep Robert B., 202-225-4876
AR D, Berry, Rep Marion, 202-225-4076
AZ D, Pastor, Rep Ed, 202-225-4065
CA D, Farr, Rep Sam, 202-225-2861
CA D, Honda, Rep Mike, 202-225-2631
CA D, Lee, Rep Barbara, 202-225-2661
CA D, Roybal-Allard, Rep Lucille, 202-225-1766
CA D, Schiff, Rep Adam, 202-225-4176
CA R, Calvert, Rep Ken, 202-225-1986
CA R, Lewis, Rep Jerry, 202-225-5861
CT D, DeLauro, Rep Rosa L., 202-225-3661
FL D, Boyd, Rep F. Allen, 202-225-5235
FL R, Crenshaw, Rep Ander, 202-225-2501
FL R, Weldon, Rep Dave, 202-225-3671
FL R, Young, Rep C. W. Bill, 202-225-5961
GA D, Bishop, Rep Sanford D., Jr., 202-225-3631
GA R, Kingston, Rep Jack, 202-225-5831
IA R, Latham, Rep Tom, 202-225-5476
ID R, Simpson, Rep Mike, 202-225-5531
IL D, Jackson, Rep Jesse L., Jr., 202-225-0773
IL R, Kirk, Rep Mark Steven, 202-225-4835
IL R, LaHood, Rep Ray, 202-225-6201
IN D, Visclosky, Rep Peter J., 202-225-2461
KS R, Tiahrt, Rep Todd, 202-225-6216
KY D, Chandler, Rep Ben, 202-225-4706
KY R, Rogers, Rep Hal, 202-225-4601
LA R, Alexander, Rep Rodney, 202-225-8490
MA D, Olver, Rep John W., 202-225-5335
MD D, Ruppersberger, Rep C. A. Dutch, 202-225-3061
MI D, Kilpatrick, Rep Carolyn Cheeks, 202-225-2261
MI R, Knollenberg, Rep Joe, 202-225-5802
MN D, McCollum, Rep Betty, 202-225-6631
MO R, Emerson, Rep Jo Ann, 202-225-4404
MS R, Wicker, Rep Roger F., 202-225-4306
MT R, Rehberg, Rep Dennis, 202-225-3211
NC D, Price, Rep David E., 202-225-1784
NJ D, Rothman, Rep Steve, 202-225-5061
NJ R, Frelinghuysen, Rep Rodney P., 202-225-5034
NM D, Udall, Rep Tom, 202-225-6190
NY D, Hinchey, Rep Maurice D., 202-225-6335
NY D, Israel, Rep Steve, 202-225-3335
NY D, Lowey, Rep Nita M., 202-225-6506
NY D, Serrano, Rep Jose E., 202-225-4361
NY R, Walsh, Rep James T., 202-225-3701
OH D, Kaptur, Rep Marcy, 202-225-4146
OH D, Ryan, Rep Tim, 202-225-5261
OH R, Hobson, Rep David L., 202-225-4324
OH R, Regula, Rep Ralph, 202-225-3876
PA D, Fattah, Rep Chaka, 202-225-4001
PA D, Murtha, Rep John P., 202-225-2065
PA R, Peter son, Rep John E., 202-225-5121
RI D, Kennedy, Rep Patrick J., 202-225-4911
TN R, Wamp, Rep Zach, 202-225-3271
TX D, Edwards, Rep Chet, 202-225-6105
TX D, Rodriguez, Rep Ciro D., 202-225-4511
TX R, Carter, Rep John R., 202-225-3864
TX R, Culberson, Rep John, 202-225-2571
TX R, Granger, Rep Kay, 202-225-5071
VA D, Moran, Rep Jim, 202-225-4376
VA R, Goode, Rep Virgil H., Jr., 202-225-4711
VA R, Wolf, Rep Frank R., 202-225-5136
WA D, Dicks, Rep Norm, 202-225-5916
WI D, Obey, Rep David R., Chair, 202-225-3365
WV D, Mollohan, Rep Alan B., 202-225-4172
House Subcommittee Vote Could End Books for the Blind
House Subcommittee Vote Could End Books for the Blind
Blind Americans Urge Congress to Restore Funds
Baltimore, Maryland (June 7, 2007): On Wednesday, June 6, the House of
Representatives Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee voted to
substantially underfund the Books for the Blind program of the Library of
Congress.
Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
"Since 1931, Congress has consistently supported on a bipartisan basis a
national program of audio and Braille books for the blind, operated by the
Library of Congress. The blind of America are shocked and disappointed that
a House subcommittee has callously disregarded our literacy needs since
literacy leads to independence. By appropriating only $7.5 million of the
$19.1 million needed for transition from antiquated analog cassette tape
technology to digital technology, the subcommittee has effectively voted to
shut down the only public library available to blind Americans. The audio
books produced by the Library of Congress will be useless unless the digital
playback technology is provided for readers. The Talking Book program is at
a crossroads because the analog tape used for the past thirty-six years has
become obsolete and must be replaced for the program to continue.
Virtually, all government programs, except Books for the Blind, have
converted to state-of-the-art digital communication technology at a cost of
billions of dollars to the taxpayers. Leaving the Books for the Blind
program behind is unconscionable. Since it is early in the appropriations
process, however, Congress still has time to correct this grievous error.
We therefore urgently appeal to the full House Appropriations Committee, the
members of the House of Representatives, and the United States Senate to
provide the full $19.1 million requested by the National Library Service for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress to begin
production of digital talking books and players."
The Talking Book program serves over 750,000 blind Americans, including
blind children and an ever-increasing number of older Americans who are
losing vision. The incidence of blindness is expected to increase as the
baby boom generation reaches retirement age. Therefore, the need for this
essential program will only increase.
John G. Paré Jr.
Director of Public Relations
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2371
Cell phone: (410) 913-3912
Fax: (410) 685-5653
Email: jpare@nfb.org