- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 08:21:15 -0500
- To: wai-ig list <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
this is of interest since we can now get the word out through this new arm. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ACB Radio press release (fwd) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 06:56:49 -0600 From: Steve Zielinski <stevez@RIPCO.COM> Reply-To: stevez@RIPCO.COM To: VICUG-L@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU This is a first on the net as far as I know, a major national organization of the blind with an internet based radio station for all to listen to. The potentials are great for disabled people in general with this type of technology. We are now in a position where we can provide meaningful and timely information about disabilities to not just disabled persons, but all persons around the world. The specific disability niche can be better tailored as well. Steve ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 17:29:34 -0500 From: Charles Crawford <CCrawford@acb.org> Reply-To: chrisg@tsoft.com To: ACB-Announce@telepath.com Subject: ACB Radio press release The following was converted to a text document and may not be a true replica of the print format. For Immediate Release World Blind Community Linked by Internet Radio Today, the American Council of the Blind, announced the launch of ACB-Radio, a web-based radio station which will reach any visually-impaired computer-user in the English-speaking world. ACB-radio will be an accessible source for relevant news and entertainment, as well as educational programming, policy analysis, and dissemination of information of particular importance to people who are visually impaired. Jonathan Mosen of New Zealand who manages the station explains how to find the station on the internet: "just point your browser to www.acb.org and click on ACB on the radio, and you are there! " Paul Edwards of Miami, ACB President said " this is not just a first for the blindness community, its our place in our time to celebrate who we are!" Radio has always been a boon for blind people. It informs and entertains without the need for video. ACB Radio now offers even a more concentrated programming stream aimed to meet the needs of the blind wherever they may live. ACB Executive Director Charles Crawford of Washington DC, observed, " we now have it within our power to instantly inform ourselves and to build a better world for all blind people. " Although the station is still in its infancy, spokespersons for the American Council of the Blind indicate that ACB-radio expects to carry a variety of programs produced by blind people themselves. "Imagine," says Chris Gray, who brought the initiative to ACB's Board of Directors, "A parent who has sent his child to a residential school for the blind, hundreds of miles from home, being able to hear his or her child, carried live on the net, performing in a show or participating in a debate! The possibilities for bringing people closer together are endless!" The service expects to grow in popularity and content as more and more blind people log on to the WWW.ACB.org web site and tune in. For now, the internet has already proved its usefulness and as the net grows, so will ACB Radio and the community it serves. To learn more about ACB-Radio, call the national office of the American Council of the Blind at: 202/467-5081 or between the hours of 2 and 5 PM eastern time, 800/424-8666. VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu. In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html
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