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 NEWS  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 For  immediate  release:  News  Media  contact:  August  1,  2002  Rosemary  Kimball  at  (202)  418-  0511 
 e-  mail:  rkimball@  fcc.  gov 
 K.  DANE  SNOWDEN,  CHIEF  OF  FCC  CONSUMER  &  GOVERNMENTAL  AFFAIRS  BUREAU,  TO  VISIT  TECHNOLOGY  RESOURCES,  INC., 
 IN  AUSTIN,  TX  Will  Tour  Research  and  Development  Facility  and  Observe  Screen 
 Reading  Demonstration 
 Washington,  DC  --  On  August  2,  2002,  K.  Dane  Snowden,  the  chief  of  the  FCC’s  Consumer  &  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau,  will  visit 
 Technology  Resources,  Inc.  (TRI),  in  Austin,  TX. 
 TRI  is  the  research  and  development  division  of  SBC  Communications,  Inc.  It  provides  technology  consulting  and  expertise  to 
 the  SBC  family  of  companies,  including  in  the  area  of  telecommunications  access  for  people  with  disabilities.  Snowden  will  tour  the  facility  and 
 observe  a  demonstration  of  screen  reading  software  by  persons  with  vision  disabilities. 


 Snowden  will  also  meet  with  representatives  of  the  Coalition  for  Texans  with  Disabilities  at  TRI.  The  Coalition  will  update  him  on  its  current 
 activities. 
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