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                            THE BLIND NEWS DIGEST

                                 Issue # 1092

                         Thursday, November 17, 1994

Today's Topics:


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                           Young and the Restless
                             rfb and loc access
                         Catalog of talking products
                                     WWW
                      Re: Bioptic Glasses - Kim (rcpt)
                        bicycling for blind children
           UPDATED> List of online newspapers / new entries (fwd)
                              IDEA and Braille
                       Electronic Books for the Blind
                     Help with Windows and AS400 access
                            A newby to this list!
                             Looking for s/w ??
                        speech friendly fax software


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Subject: Young and the Restless
From: pbracke@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu (PATRICIA A. BRACKEN)

Is anyone aware of the story line of Hope on Young and the
Restless?  Are any organizations of the blind or individuals
involved in advising on this story line.  I would be surprised if
the NFB was not involved. But I don't know.



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Subject: rfb and loc access
From: hyde_david@oslmac.osl.or.gov (HYDE David)

access to both catalogs is availible through the Library of Congress
Marvel system.  Contact your regional library for info, or the last
NEWS magazine from them.  If you can't find it (or they can't) contact
me and I'll send you the info.




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Subject: Catalog of talking products
From: sethr@netcom.com (Seth Russell)
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)

Thanks for your overwhelming response to the Speak to Me Catalog
of Talking products.  We have the watches, calculators,
and scales that are traditionally available to the visually impaired,
but we also have many fun novelties that are enjoyed by all such
as talking tooth brushes, picture frames, teddy bears, and
Christmas gifts.  Also there is a selection of advanced tapeless
recording devices.

NEW:  Voice Command phone that announces the name of your
callers.  Dials with voice commands from your directory.
Voice Tel-It-Phone $129.95.

Reply to sethr@netcom.com for a complete catalog in your email.
or request a IBM 3 1/2" floppy, or a printed edition with pictures
mailed to you postal address.  Also  available by anonymous ftp to
ftp.netcom.com as file speak.txt in directory /pub/conus/speak.

   Thank You
   Denise Russell




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Subject: WWW
From: rod@eclink.ch (Rod Johnson)


A colleague and I are looking into ways of making Internet services
more readily available to the blind and low-vision community here
in the cultural wastes of Southern Switzerland.  WWW is
particularly interesting, but we have had little success so far in
finding a working solution.  Can you or your readers point us to
what they have found to be the best combination of Lynx and a DOS
SL/IP?

Thanks again, and keep up the good work.

Rod Johnson
--
Rod Johnson
Tel: +41 91 732596
Fax: +41 91 733561 (8:00 - 20:00 GMT)
rod@eclink.ch or johnson@dial.eunet.ch
Compuserve: 100073,440



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Subject: Re: Bioptic Glasses - Kim (rcpt)
From: nva1726@dsacva2.dpsc.dla.mil (Gregory Sanborn)

>heard anything yet.  To get to the point ... Where can you get these bioptic
>glasses??  and about how much do they cost?  Any information you can send
>to me about this would be greatly appreciated!  He may not mind  weird

Kim:

Because of the limitations of my e-mail system at work, I am unable to send
e-mail to you directly.  It might be more helpful if you could give me your work
phone number (you should have an autovon number) so that I could share this
information with you more easily.  Another reason that I wish to discuss this
with you verbally is that there may be more to father's condition than meets the
eye (no pun intended) and it would be helpful to know a few things about him.
Also, the state of Pennsylvania may help pay for whatever equipment that would
benifit him. Bare in mind, bioptic glasses may or may not be the way to go for
him, there are other glasses (ones you probibly never heard of) that would
provide better service.   In any case, here is a number you can call that you
might find helpful.  The number 1-800-733-2258 is for an organization called
"Council of Citizens with Low Vision International" (CCLVI).  The person who
usually picks up the phone is a lady by the name of Pat Price.  I haven't talked
with her in quite some time, but she is very nice, and should be able to steer
you in the right direction.  By the way, CCLVI is dedicated to helping and
supporting people from all walks of life who have low vision from any type of
cause.  There may be a local chapter near where your parents live.


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Subject: bicycling for blind children
From: EVERSL@axe.humboldt.edu

I am posting this for a family at my church.  They have a blind
son, 7 years old, as well as 2 other children.  The family enjoys
biking.  The 7 year old wants to peddle his own bike without
training wheels.  His parents are looking for a way to tie his bike
to theirs in a way that allows him a sense of freedom.  Has any
body got an idea of how to do this?

Linda Evers
eversl@axe.humboldt.edu



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Subject: UPDATED> List of online newspapers / new entries (fwd)
From: senkmj@ptbma.usbm.gov (Mark J. Senk WB3CAI)



Mark Senk       (412) 892-6513  senkmj@ptbma.usbm.gov
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh, PA  15236


from: Steve Outing <outings@netcom.com>
subject: List of online newspapers / new entries

I've made some substantive additions to my list of commercial online newspaper
services. Check it out at:

http://marketplace.com/e-papers.list.www/e-papers.home.page.html

If you're not on the World Wide Web, send an email message to
majordomo@marketplace.com and put this in the body of the message:

get online-news online-newspapers.list

As always, please message me with any additions or corrections. Thanks.

Steve Outing
outings@netcom.com
owner-online-newspapers@marketplace.com
owner-online-news@marketplace.com








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Subject: IDEA and Braille
From: kmorrow@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu (Kimberly Morrow)

David,

Do you feel that all blind students should have a choice of two
media--that they should be taught bot print and braille so that
they have the option of utilizing whichever medium is most
advantageous to the particular task they are endeavoring to
accomplish at the time?

Thanks,
Kimberly Morrow




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Subject: Electronic Books for the Blind
From: ebooks@pipeline.com (The Internet Bookstore)
Organization: The Pipeline

FYI. There is a new bookstore on the net called the
Internet(e)Bookstore. They provide electronic (e)ditions over
the internet in 30 seconds. And usually 30% of the print cost!
the software includes some features for the visually impaired,
but, it is compatible with almost ALL devices catered for the
visually impaired. Check it out! Send e-mail to:

ebooks-info@access.digex.net

Enjoy!



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Subject: Help with Windows and AS400 access
From: KSEVEN@delphi.com

In response to the request for help with Windows 3.1, since your
friend is using the ARTIC Transport I strongly suggest getting a
demo version of WINVISION.  ARTIC has been most responsive in
making some improvements at my recent request and I find it is
working quite well with the applications I need at work.  Give it a
go...K7



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Subject: A newby to this list!
From: raabshel@student.msu.edu (Shelly Lynne Barnum)

Hello all,
    This is my short "introduce myself" post.
My name is Guy Barnum.  I have recently been brought
on board by "Innovative Learning Solutions".   We are
the Arkenstone dealers for Michigan.  I just finished
reading the last issue of the news and after that
great article all about Arkenstone I thought this would
be a good time to come out of hiding!
    Innovative Learning Solutions offers a wide variety
of software and hardware to fit most any home, school
or job-related situation.
    I have recently responed to a few of the users here
and I hope to be able to add something worthwhile to this
group in what ever way I can.
    Anyone is welcome to email me about questions, ideas
or any conversational reasons at all!

Guy Barnum
raabshel@student.msu.edu

"The above insightful and inspirational post is wholly of
my own creation and is not the official opinion of
Innovative Learning Solutions"  <grin>



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Subject: Looking for s/w ??
From: raabshel@student.msu.edu (Shelly Lynne Barnum)

> From: sinha@DL2VAX1.ITG.TI.COM (Arun Sinha)
>
> I am looking for s/w that will convert a PC into a Brailler, i.e. I can use h
> keyboard to simulate a brailler
> > Any suggestions anyone.

Hi Arun,
    I take it the s/w is for software?  Well, I recently
installed MEGADOTS and DUXBURY braille translation programs
on my computer and one of them asked me if I would like
to make it possible to turn the keyboard into a "Six key
braille" system of some sort.  If this is what you had in
mind or if you want to get more info on which one it was,
(I can't remember off the top of my head), please email
me at "raabshel@student.msu.edu".
I hope this was helpful in some way!

Guy Barnum



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Subject: speech friendly fax software
From: dashiell@nadc.navy.mil (Jude DaShiell)


Okay I tried faxit10.zip and though it did talk nicely
it failed to send a fax.  This was to a phone number
already set up specifically to receive a fax from me.
A file i/o error happened one time and some kind of
blinker error came up another time.
I have since learned that my fax modem probably needs to go
back to zoom for repairs.  Fortunately, the warranty is still good.
To use faxit10.zip you do not need a cas driver but must have
a class 2 fax modem.  The program talks well on an
artic so it's really very speech friendly.
dollars to doughnuts I get my modem back in working
condition and faxit10 works like a top.

jude <dashiell@nadc.nadc.navy.mil>
p.s. faxit10 is available from the handicapped bbs.




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