BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Blind Offer
- an inconspicuous offer buried in the body copy of a print advertisement, often used to determine the degree of reader attention to the advertisement
Additional Resources
- DOJ, schools settle over Kindle's blind access
- Three universities will refrain from using Amazon's Kindle DX in the classroom under terms of settlements announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.In separate pacts, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Pace University in New York City, and Reed College in Portland, Ore., agreed that they "will not purchase,...
- News items 2010-01-13
- US DOJ: Kindle in classroom hurts blind students
- The three universities were among six schools participating in an Amazon.com pilot program testing the use of the Kindle DX in classrooms. On Monday, a fourth participating school, Arizona State University, also reached a settlement with the DOJ and the two organizations representing the blind.Three other schools announced in late...
- News items 2010-01-13
- Blind ambition. (Programming).(FCC regulated T.V. audio services for the blind to begin)(Brief Article)
- FCC-mandated video descriptions for the blind start this week on some broadcast and cable networks, even though industry trade groups are challenging the rule. Fox, Lifetime and USA will offer descriptors on some shows via secondary audio channels. FCC-mandated video descriptions for the blind...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- Campuses ordered to stop using Kindle DX until functional for the blind
- In a deal stuck with the U.S. Justice Department, three universities testing the Amazon Kindle DX in the classroom have agreed to stop using e-book readers until they are fully functional for blind students. The original pilot program, announced at the Kindle DX launch event last May and since criticized...
- News items 2010-01-14
- Blind sue bank over adequacy of ATMs.(Business)
- The National Federation of the Blind and several blind individuals sued Chevy Chase Bank yesterday, saying its automated teller machines do not offer adequate accessibility. The federation, its D.C. affiliate, and the Disability Rights Council of Greater Washington is calling for audio...
- Research articles 2000-05-25
- Advocacy Group for Blind Sues Bank, Pharmacy Chain over ATM Accessibility.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- May 25--The National Federation of the Blind and several blind individuals sued Chevy Chase Bank yesterday, saying its automated teller machines do not offer adequate accessibility. The federation, its D.C. affiliate, and the Disability Rights Council of Greater Washington is calling for audio prompts...
- Research articles 2000-05-24
- WINDOW BLIND RECALL PROMPTS RETAILERS TO OFFER REPAIR KITS.
- WASHINGTON-Window blind retailers, including Lowe's, J.C. Penney, Wards and Sears, are providing retrofit repair kits to worried consumers in response to a "recall to repair" issued Nov. 1 by the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC and the Window Covering Safety Council WCSC involving millions of window...
- Research articles 2000-11-06
- Xybernaut, Sendero Group Offer Wearable GPS System for the Blind
- Xybernaut Corporation of Fairfax, Virginia, and The Sendero Group, based in Davis, California, have signed agreements to provide a GPS-enabled navigation system for the blind and visually impaired. The relationship will focus on harnessing wearable technology to assist people who are blind or visually impaired to move freely and accurately...
- Research articles 2000-07-01
- CLEAR ON THEIR CAREER: COMPUTER CERTIFICATION ACADEMIES OFFER STUDENTS LEG UP ON TECH JOBS.
- Derek Candelario may only be 15, but he isn't blind to the going rate for tech-savvy workers and the hundreds of thousands of unfilled computer jobs across the country. A sophomore at Lorain Southview High School, he also isn't wasting any time pu ...
- Research articles 1999-04-19
- Houston mayor 'blind-sided' by evacuee housing rules
- HOUSTON -- Mayor Bill White has complained in an angry letter to the federal government that FEMA blind-sided city officials with a new deadline of Dec. 1 to move Katrina refugees out of hotels. White also objected to a mandate that refugees move into apartments with three-month leases,...
- Research articles 2005-11-18
- 'Seeing shoes' offer help to blind
- HONG KONG AFP — Guide dogs may soon be out of a job thanks to a high-tech pair of glasses and shoes invented by Hong Kong scientists that help blind people navigate the trickiest of terrain, a report said. The researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University say the glasses...
- Research articles 2006-08-05
- Blind injustice.(National Association of Broadcasters)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- NAB's got it all wrong on TV-description service The National Association of Broadcasters has an annual operating budget of $40 million, 180 employees and, apparently, not enough to do. How so? It has directed its capable legal department to overturn the new ...
- Research articles 2000-11-20
- Blind Students Experience Universe via Yerkes Observatory's Project SEE.
- Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, May 18 AScribe Newswire -- The University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory will present a seminar on its Space Exploration Experience SEE Project for the Blind and Visually Impaired at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at the Wisconsin Lions Club...
- Research articles 2006-05-18
- ADVISORY/Blind Man Seeks Internet Access
- --BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 12, 1998-- TOPIC: A blind man recently filed a complaint against the Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission, citing that his inability to access their Web site of schedules and information violates the Americans With Disabilities Act. This is one of a growing number of complaints regarding ADA...
- Research articles 1998-11-12
- NYPL closes digital divide for blind and visually impaired patrons.(New York Public Library)(Brief Article)
- All 2,675 PCs in the New York Public Library's NYPL Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island branches now offer JAWS 5.0 and MAGIC 9.0 software to assist computer users who are blind or visually impaired. The new software provides speech synthesis and screen magnification, respectively, for standard...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Blind-mate connectors: Tensolite. (New Products).(Brief Article)
- The BMA to SSMP families of blind-mate connectors are mechanically robust and cover a large spectrum of sizes ranging from the size of an SMA to almost 70% smaller. They offer performance to 60 GHz and a range of sizes. www.tensolite.com;...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- KFC says no to blind man
- A BLIND man was refused a table in a KFC fast food restaurant - because he had a guide dog. Bosses later apologised to civil servant Steve Hubbard, 47, and said staff in Chelmsford, Essex, were wrong to only offer him a takeaway as dogs were not...
- Research articles 2004-02-22
- Brady has nothing to offer new Irish coach Trapattoni, says Keane ; WATCH IT, THIS ONE BITES Sunderland manager Roy Keane with Izac, a four-month-old German Shepherd guide dog in training, at the launch of the Sixth Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind/Specsave
- Byline: JONATHAN COATES ROY KEANE has delivered a damning verdict on Liam Bradys appointment tothe Ireland coaching team, predicting that he will be no more influential thana translator. Keane said Brady, one of his predecessors as Ireland captain, would not addanything to Giovanni Trapattonis reign apart...
- Research articles 2008-04-03
- REI, Online Dating Service Offer Outdoor Adventure Trips for Singles.
- By Pam Sitt, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 28--Think of it as "Survivor" meets "Blind Date" -- without the cameras. Singles looking for love and adventure can get a two-for-one shot with outdoor trips organized by Seattle-based...
- Research articles 2002-09-28
- REPLACING PHOTO UMB Financial Teams with CardPartner to Offer Affinity Credit Card Programs to Underserved Groups
- -- Proprietary Online Tools Put Affinity Credit Card Programs Within Reach for Smaller Nonprofits & Member Groups -- -- Early Adopters Include Guide Dogs for the Blind, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, and Oregon-California Trails Association -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. & NEW YORK -- Please replace the photo with...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
