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Raunchy Narratives Open Web Porn to Blind

Volunteers investing 'time and effort,' boasts spokesman

By Kate Rockwood, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 13, 2008 11:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – Looking for volunteer opportunities? The nonprofit Porn for the Blind is making free porn preview sites accessible to the blind, Wired reports. "We imagine that visually impaired people benefit from this service in many of the same ways that non-visually impaired people benefit from... Read full story »

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