NFB Research, As a blind computer user with some usable vision  , (AMD 
20/400) I have a question. Does this new Apple product include screen 
magnification for those of us who use ZoomTex Level 2 for computer access? 
If not true, you should say so in your comments. Nearly 90& of us blind folk 
have some usable vision. And We get along quite well. At age 88 I doubt that 
I will ever learn how to use my computer without the aid of my monitor 
magnification. All the fact for all of us blind computer users. You folks at 
NAB do a fine job and for that- I Thank You.
Gordon Wahl  San Diego, California
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>> National Federation of the Blind Commends Apple
>> for Including VoiceOver on iPad
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>> Baltimore, Maryland (January 28, 2010): The National Federation
> of
>> the Blind, the nation's leading consumer organization of blind
>> persons, today commended Apple Inc., for including its VoiceOver
>> application on its latest device, the iPad, which was unveiled
>> yesterday.  VoiceOver is a screen access application that uses
>> text-to-speech technology in conjunction with the device's
>> touch-screen interface so that blind people can independently
> operate
>> the device.  VoiceOver is also integrated into Apple's Mac
> operating
>> system and is included on the iPhone 3GS and recent models of
> the iPod
>> Touch.
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>> Dr.  Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the
> Blind,
>> said: "The National Federation of the Blind commends Apple for
>> including the VoiceOver screen access application on its
>> highly-anticipated new device, the iPad.  Blind consumers, like
> our
>> sighted friends and colleagues, will be able to share in the
>> experience of using this new device from the moment we take it
> out of
>> the box.  By integrating accessibility into its products, Apple
> is
>> setting an example that we believe the rest of the electronics
>> industry should follow.  Furthermore, the fact that Apple has
>> successfully integrated a screen access solution with its
>> touch-screen technology demonstrates that touch screens need not
> be a
>> barrier to the use of electronic devices by the blind."
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>> On September 22, 2009, the National Federation of the Blind
> presented
>> Apple with a special award to honor the company for making the
> iPhone
>> accessible.
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>> today and the voice of the nation's blind.  In January 2004 the
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