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                            THE BLIND NEWS DIGEST

                                 Issue # 955

                            Monday, June 28, 1993

Today's Topics:


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                               Re: rfb access
                        SUMMER INSTITUTE ON DSI IN KY
                      HKNC-TAC Workshop in Reno, Nevada
                                Sound Blaster
                          Re: CD Rom consideration
                            braille code changes
           Re: Johns Hopkins invents Star Trek-style vision visor
                             Re: archived files
                           How to get a computer?
                        Request for Braille Software
                      Re: Request for Braille Software


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Subject: Re: rfb access
From: deamar@eskimo.com (Dean Martineau)

I suspect you're telnetting to the wrong service, because I did
this once.  I've accessed rfb successfully over ten times including
yesterday and have never had to enter a logon or a password. Telnet
to precisely this string:
r2d2.jvnc.net 4445
The system announces the terminal type (vt100 is not necessary;
"dumb" works just fine.) I then hit <enter> (I don't know if this
step is necessary, but it seems to speed things up) and I'm at the
command line prompt.

While we're on the subject, I'd like some advice from people in the
know about searching this system.  My searches give me what I want,
but they often give me more than I want. How do you limit a search?
How many characters can you type on the command line? I have
written these questions to Steve Noble, so may hear back from him
about them, as well as about the fact that I have gotten stuck in
the system's help facility.

Finally, I don't agree that the Library of Congress pilot project
telnet locis.loc.gov is hard to use, as the first person who posted
about it stated. Give it a try!

Dean




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Subject: SUMMER INSTITUTE ON DSI IN KY
From: STR002@UKCC.uky.edu (Bob Moore)

[Originally from the Deaf/Blind mailing list]

The 1993 Summer Institute with the title "Identifying and Assessing
Students with Dual Sensory Impairment:  A Funcctional Approach"
will be held July 12-15 aat the Springs Inn in Lexington KY.  The
workshop is provided at no cost for registration.  It is open
to all parents, regular and special ed teachers, school
psychologists, therpists, vision and hearing teachers,
counselors, paraprofessionals, school nurses, and administrators
"who have students with severe challenges."

The keynote speaker is Jim Durkel of the Texas Deaf-Blind
Outreach Project.  Jim is an audiologist and speech/language
pathologist who has over 10 years experience working with children
with low incidence disabilities.  He has conducted numerous workshops
on tpics rnging from functional assessments nd programming to
communication strategies for stodents with the most significant
disabilities.  Jim will perform assessments on two students
during the conference.

For additional information call >Jennifer Leatherby at (606)
257-7909.

Bob Moore                         STR002@UKCC
Stroke Program, Center on Aging   (606) 233-5760 (voice)
University of Kentucky            (606) 258-2866 (fax)
Lexington, Kentucky 40536



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Subject: HKNC-TAC Workshop in Reno, Nevada
From: STR002@UKCC.uky.edu (Bob Moore)

[Note from Bill McGarry - this is from the Deaf/Blind mailing list]

I want to let you know that the Helen Keller National Center Technical
Assistance Center (HKNC-TAC) is sponsoring a workshop in Reno, Nevada
on July 15-17.  The title of the workshop is "Enhancing the Power of
Families with Individuals Who are Deaf-Blind."

I will be attending the workshop.  I'd be interested to know of anyone
else on the list will be in attendance.

If you would like to know more about this event you should call Kathleen
McNulty at (516) 944-8900, extension 230.  That's in Sands Point, NY.

I've got to say that I'm wary of efforts to "empower" me.  The last
guy who used the term was trying to get me to do his job.  I didn't
need the power to do his job--what I needed was service!  I believe
that some have dealt with the frustrations of their own jobs by
jumping on the "empowerment" bandwagon and with the view that
they can avoid their own failures if they can get clients to
accept responsibility for doing the work themselves.  Empowerment
sounds good but it's subject to abuse when responsibility is
shifted to clients who are already crushed with a burden of
caregiving.  Which would you rather be the case--to be
empowered to do everything yourself, or to be part of a
community of care in which the burden is shared by many?
I'm opting for the latter.

Bob Moore                         STR002@UKCC
Stroke Program, Center on Aging   (606) 233-5760 (voice)
University of Kentucky            (606) 258-2866 (fax)
Lexington, Kentucky 40536




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Subject: Sound Blaster
From: DFKDSAS@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU (Mike Wardin)
Organization: Central Michigan University

I have heard a lot about Sound Blaster lately and I remembered I have
a fairlly new card, software and manuals that I'll send to the Best
Offer if any one is interested, I updated to Sound Blaster Pro.
Details on request.

Mike Wardin
DFKDSAS@CMUVM.BITNET




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Subject: Re: CD Rom consideration
From: jason@rnib.demon.co.uk (Jason Arthurs)
Organization: R.N.I.B.

In article <29658@handicap.news> David.Bond@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org writes:

>I am thinking about obtaining a CDRom setup.  I would like to hear from any
>folks that are using CDRom or anybody that has some good information about
>the following 4 simple questions:

>1. Who or where has the best offer and reputation concerning sales and
>pricing of CD Rom hardware (i.e. DAK for instance)?

I am assuming you are *not* in the UK, so I really don't know who you could
contact locallly.

>2. What are the key areas to consider from the technical point of view (i.e.
>specific capabilities, brand or make, internal vs. external, etc.)?

Many programs these days are beginning to specify drives with higher
transfer rates or "twin spin" drives. It would probably be a good idea to
go for one of these if possible.

>3. Is playing music CD's a worthwhile option to consider, or is this
>capability standard these days?

I haven't yet come across a CD-ROM drive that couldn't play audio CDs.

>4. What are the most useful, speech friendly CD Rom disks, and who or where
>are they obtained (perhaps part of a package as in question number 1)?

In the UK their has recently been a project to develop CD packages for use
by blind and partially sighted users. Discs used on this project have
included Software Toolworks/Grolier encyclopedia, Information finder,
European business guide, Times newspaper on CD and a few others. With the
Grolier encyclopedia ensure you get the DOS multimedia version. There are
also a whole range of discs containing raw ASCII files of books and other
interesting texts which can simply be loaded into an editor or wordprocessor.

>In reference to the last question, I am interested in disks like Book Shelf
>that offer the Encyclopedia and other similar reference material.  I would
>also want to know about any Bible or Biblical reference disks and sources.

There are lots of bible disks, I can't personally vouch for any of them, but
having looked through many suppliers catalogues there are certain a few
around.

>Thanks for any who help me out here, and in case I am un-able to reply back
>to you for your response, please accept my thanks.  I hope to be able to
>respond though.

No problems.
Jason

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Subject: braille code changes
From: dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil (Jude DaShiell)

the reason so many different codes came into existence
over the years was to streamline learning and
use limited dot resources more efficiently.
That which is in the works now is inadequate.
Any braille user who's gone through
accounting 101 and 102 can prove this point
easily.  All you have to ask them is how did you enjoy
doing those adjusted trial balances on braille paper and
you'll soon hear what i mean.

<dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil>
j. DaShiell
Naval Air Warfare Center
Aircraft Division Warminster
Street and Jacksonville Roads
Warminster, PA   18974-5000
(215)-441-2229




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Subject: Re: Johns Hopkins invents Star Trek-style vision visor
From: bq799@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Davis)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)

In a previous article, 34AEJ7D@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu (W.K. Bill) Gorman) says:

>Index Number: 29561
>
>I saw a news clip a day or two ago that mentioned a device under
>development at Johns Hopkins University (Medical School). It is a
>visor device that fits over the head and sits in front of the eyes.
>Inside the visor are two small TV screens, rather like those in a
>Camcorder viewfinder. A little control box hangs on the belt and
>carries controls for stuff like focus, wide-angle/telephoto,
>brightness, contrast, etc.
>


Does anyone know the name of the doctor(s) who are helping to
develop this device?




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Subject: Re: archived files
From: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry)
Organization: Olivetti North America

There are several ways to retrieve old articles from this newsgroup.
If you know the Index number (at the top of each article) or
the message ID (which contains the same index number), just
ask me and I'll send it along to you.  I keep all of the nearly
30,000 articles online here.  Same thing holds true if you
are reading the two associated mailing lists, the Handicap
Digest (L-HCAP) and the Blind News Digest (BLINDNWS).  If you
know the issue number, I have them all right here.

The archives of these two mailing lists are also available
via anonymous ftp to "vm1.nodak.edu" and are also searchable
via standard listserv commands to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu.  These
two mailing lists contains every article that is posted to misc.handicap
except for very large articles (above 32k or so).  Each digest
contains about 10 articles.

As a side note, the ADA-Law (Disability-related Legislation) mailing
list is also available via this listserver.

Now to use the listserver database search via mail, send mail
to listserv@vm1.nodak.edu.  In your case, you are looking for
information on "voice activated computer companions".  The Subject
in your mail does not matter but as your text put:

//SEARCH JOB ECHO=NO
DATABASE SEARCH DD=RULES
//RULES DD *
SEARCH "voice activated computer companions" IN L-HCAP SINCE 01-JAN-92
INDEX
/*

Omit the "SINCE 01-JAN-90" if you cannot remember when you saw it
or you want to search the entire database.  If you want to search
the Blind News Digest, change "L-HCAP" to "BLINDNWS" (although the
two list archives may be linked together, if I remember correctly).
When you get the index back and it looks okay, then change the
word INDEX to PRINT and send it again to the listserver.

I sent the above search to the listserver (just to make that
it really worked <grin>).  Here is the results of the INDEX.

from:         BITNET list server at NDSUVM1 (1.7f) <LISTSERV@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
subject:      File: "DATABASE OUTPUT"

> SEARCH "voice activated computer companions" IN L-HCAP SINCE 01-JAN-92
--> Database L-HCAP, 2 hits.

> INDEX
Item #   Date   Time  Recs   Subject
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003133 93/04/26 01:15  393   Handicap Digest # 3211
003135 93/04/29 10:00  644   Handicap Digest # 3213


Now when I substituted PRINT for INDEX, I received the two Digests
# 3211 and # 3213.  BUT REMEMBER!!  You will receive the complete
Digest, not just the article that you are looking for.  In this
case, the two Digests came out to 35K or so.

                                Bill McGarry
                                (203) 926-6187

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Subject: How to get a computer?
From: rhale@tribble.tcs.tufts.edu (Royal Hale)

Bill I Know of a blind person who has a TV that will use special
equip.  But her husband is out of work and she can't possibly
afford the special device available. What chance does she ever have
at a computor? something has to be done for these special people.
Is their any answers?

Royal





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Subject: Request for Braille Software
From: dgibbs@orl.mmc.com (David Gibbs III)
Organization: Martin Marietta Orlando


Hi All,

I'm hoping that there is someone out there that has a simple translation
program from a standard word processor format (WordPerfect, FrameMaker, Word)
or ASCII to a standard Braille. I have an uncle who has started translating
books for the Library of Congress. The Apple IIE program that they gave him
is an ancient line editor that requires the user to work within a forty
character per line environment and manually update each line whenever an
insertion is made. If you have heard of a program available for the
DOS/Windows environment, please send your response to me or post it
in this session.


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Subject: Re: Request for Braille Software
From: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry)
Organization: Olivetti North America

There are some translators and some demos available via
anonymous ftp from handicap.afd.olivetti.com
Log in as "anonymous" with your email address as your
password.  "cd" to /pub/braille.  There is a file in this directory
(and every directory) called 00-index.txt that lists the files
in that directory.  The master index is the file /pub/index.
There are about files and programs in the braille directory but
here are the ones concerning translators:

ABRL13A.ZIP    53810 01-26-93  Autobraille Demo TSR translator
DUXWPD.ZIP    476900 01-24-93  Duxbury Braille translator for Word Perfect
EZBRAILL.ZIP  112284 05-20-93  Easy to use braille translation program
EZB-DOC.ZIP    68528 05-20-93  Documentation for EZ-Braille program
HOTDOTS3.ZIP  328394 07-20-91  Hot Dots braille translation demo
MEGADOTS.ZIP  466728 03-03-93  Mega Dots Braille editor demo
 NTSOURCE.ZIP is Pascal source code for the NFBTRANS
                               Braille translator program released by the
                               National Federation of the Blind.
NTSOURCE.ZIP   49196 09-03-92  Source to NFBTRANS Braille translator
PCBRDEMO.ZIP  151435 02-05-90  Demo version of PC-Braille
TBRL32D.ZIP   117848 04-16-93  Demo version of Turbo Braille
UNFORM.ZIP     14022 07-30-92  Unformat text for braille translation

                                Bill McGarry
                                (203) 926-6187

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