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		<title>Read How You Want Builds Books Just for You</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2010/04/02/read-how-you-want-builds-books-just-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read How You Want's Christopher Stephen says when it comes to reading, there's no one-size-fits all format. He's out to make books more accessible to the blind, visually impaired -- or those who simply want to read in a non-traditional way.]]></description>
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		<title>The Harsh Economics of Learning Braille</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media is talking about braille and literacy, a topic jump-started by a New York Times Magazine article, &#8220;Listening to Braille,&#8221; by Rachel Aviv. The author writes that new technology may be undermining Braille literacy as people who are blind are now &#8220;reading&#8221; via e-books, iPods, telephone news services and other text-to-speech devices. Aviv&#8217;s article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blind Blogger Campaigns for Global Reading Rights</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/06/01/blind-blogger-campaigns-for-global-reading-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A blind blogger has started a letter-writing campaign asking President Obama to support worldwide access to books for the blind and visually impaired.]]></description>
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		<title>Textbooks Will Speak on New Kindle DX</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/05/06/live-from-amazons-nyc-kindle-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon&#8217;s new Kindle DX, designed for reading textbooks and newspapers, will include text-to-speech to allow students with print disabilities to read textbooks out loud. Amazon&#8217;s Director of Kindle Books, Laura Porco, said the company is working with three of the top five textbook publishers &#8212; Pearson, Cengage Learning and Wiley, along with more than 75 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;We Want to Read&#8221; on Kindle, Protesters Say</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/07/we-want-to-read-on-kindle-protesters-say/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I attended the Authors Guild protest in New York City, and turnout was good. There were about 100 protesters in all, many who are blind or have sight impairments, along with representatives from the International Dyslexia Association. The protesters teamed up with the Reading Rights Coalition to press the Guild to allow books to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC Authors Guild &amp; Kindle Protest Photos</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/07/nyc-authors-guild-and-kindle-protest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some pictures from the Authors Guild protest at the Guild’s headquarters in New York City. Related articles: “We Want To Read” On Kindle, Protesters Say]]></description>
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		<title>Book Readers React to Kindle Text-to-Speech Debacle</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/07/book-readers-react-to-kindle-text-to-speech-debacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huffington Post has compiled a list of powerful quotes from people who signed an online petition called We Want to Read, following Amazon's decision to allow the Authors Guild to disable the text to speech feature in its Kindle 2 e-book reader.]]></description>
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		<title>Disability groups To Protest Tuesday over Kindle 2</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/06/disability-groups-to-protest-tuesday-over-kindle-2/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/06/disability-groups-to-protest-tuesday-over-kindle-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A coalition of disability groups is planning to picket outside the Authors Guild headquarters in New York Tuesday in criticism of Amazon's decision to let the authors and publishers disable the text-to-speech feature on its e-book reader.]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon Urged to Make Kindle 2 &#8216;Talk&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/06/amazon-urged-to-make-kindle-2-talk/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/04/06/amazon-urged-to-make-kindle-2-talk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nine disability organizations are pressuring publishers and Amazon to make all books on the Kindle 2 book reader available in audio format to people with sight and reading disabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Disabled Ask Amazon to Make Kindle 2 Accessible</title>
		<link>http://abledbody.com/2009/03/19/plea-to-amazon-make-kindle-2-accessible/</link>
		<comments>http://abledbody.com/2009/03/19/plea-to-amazon-make-kindle-2-accessible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Robitaille</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People with disabilities aren't satisfied with the Kindle 2's accessibility and are petitioning Amazon to add talking menus and other voice prompts.]]></description>
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