For Immediate Release
Contact: Bradi Grebien-Samkow 971-340-9853 971-340-9853 bradi@readhowyouwant.com
ReadHowYouWant Meets Publishers' Concerns Over Proposed WIPO Expansion with
Market-Based Model that Pays Publishers for Braille and DAISY Books Sydney,
Australia, December 16, 2009--Amidst outcries from publishers
(http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/12/publishers_prot.shtml) regarding
the proposed expansion of the WIPO treaty which would allow free access to
copyrighted books by the blind or others who have reading disabilities,
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Hello fellow blind-planeters! This is my first time blogging. I have been surfing the web reading and writing comments to blogs, but finally decided to write my own. I have been a blind-planeter for a while now. I am a computer enthusiast, and have been introduced to open source/free ware out there. However, I was turned off when I found that accessibility was not as great. So I have decided to blog about accessible software out there and make suggestions that I find. So Come and give feedback of my finding and suggestions. Until next time.
Hi, this is Bob,
First off Sunday is Mother’s day, don’t forget to call your Mother!
I wish the weather would make up its mind. First its cold then hot and then cold and rainy…
Beth and I are dying to get in the pool in our apartment building when it opens this month.
I hope to make some new friends on this site.
I have been blind for over 35 years. I get a lot of questions about being blind from the public and from newly blinded people. If anybody has questions just ask. You can’t learn if you don’t ask.
