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Feedback re the Authors Guild Informational Protest April 7 NYC

Posted Tue, 2009-04-07 18:30
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Protesters in line with signs

Various blog posts, textings and tweets will be posted as comments as they come in.

Note that the Authors Guild has spoken to Roy Blount and text entries in several places attributed to Roy Blount are not his statements.

  1. AP Article: Group protests Kindle e-reader's read-aloud limits
  2. Publishers Weekly: Disabled Group Protests Removal of Kindle's Text-to-Speech
  3. CNET: Advocates for blind protest loss of Kindle's voice function
  4. Baltimore Sun: Protesting the Authors Guild over Kindle2
  5. Puget Sound Business Journal: Disability groups plan protest over Kindle's text-to-speech
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Video Coverage of Main Speakers at Authors Guild Protest

by RRC - 2009-04-08 10:13

Video coverage of John Pare, Joanne Simon, Richard Gaskin & others explaining the critical features of turning off the TTS features of the Kindle

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Photos and Video From NFB Kindle Protest

by RRC - 2009-04-07 18:34

http://i.gizmodo.com/5202554/photos-and-video-from-the-national-federation-of-the-blinds-kindle-2-protest

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Authors Guild Kindle Protest - Summary of Twitter Comments

by RRC - 2009-04-07 18:32

Twitter Comments on Authors Guild Kindle Protest

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