well, it's part of the operating system. what remains to be seen is if it will read i books. He should have more *commended* them for including a keyboard which *is new*.
On Jan 29, 2010, at 12:50 AM, peter altschul wrote:
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> National Federation of the Blind Commends Apple
> for Including VoiceOver on iPad
> 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.
> 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."
> 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
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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