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                            THE BLIND NEWS DIGEST

                                 Issue # 1124

                          Friday, February 17, 1995

Today's Topics:


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                       Please give your email address!
                              asap for windows
                           Braille books for sale
                Any visually impaired speedskaters out there?
                           braille book references
                                text readers
                blind subjects can earn money in sleep study


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Subject: Please give your email address!
From: G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk ("J. P. Gilliver")
Organization: 255 software

Could I please appeal to contributors to please make sure they give their
correct email address? I - and many others in the UK, due to telephone charges,
do my newsreading and mail composing off-line. I have several times written
quite long (and, I hope, helpful) answers to people asking for help in the
newsletter, only to find - several connects later - that they have bounced.
When that happens, I don't know why (my messages aren't usually that long that
they would have bounced for that reason), and usually just dump the message.

At present, the email address shown at the top of the article - produced by
Bill's software, I presume - sometimes doesn't match that given in the article!
--
J. P. Gilliver (John); also G6JPG @ GB7NNA on the amateur radio packet network.
I am what I am - I am my own special creation;
I am what I am, and what I am needs no excuses.
`Ergonomic' =/= `dext-handed'.                  (g6jpg@gec-mrc.co.uk at work.)



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Subject: asap for windows
From: scottr@ion.apana.org.au (Scott Rutkowski)




Hi everyone. Does anyone have any new info on asap for windows? I am keen
to give this prog a go so any info on where I can ftp it or any info ona
release date would be very much appreciated.
Cheers and bye for now.




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Subject: Braille books for sale
From: joy@crl.com (Joy Tilton)

I am not sure if this is the right place to write to for this, but, I am
going to give it a whirl.
I have a 7 volume set of the Book of Mormon in braille that I wish to get
rid of.  It is in good condition, considering that I have had it for 18
years.  Included with the Book of Mormon set, I will throw in the Pearl
of Great Price, also in braille.
I wish to sell all this for $30 OBO.  Shipping is not included.
If you know of anyone who is interested, or if you are interested, please
write to joy@crl.com with a way to contact you.
Thank you.


            o o o o o
              xxxxx




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Subject: Any visually impaired speedskaters out there?
From: ah690549@condor.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Annette C. Hollmann)

Are there any visually impaired speedskaters that compete in regular
(i.e. no beeping cones) races?
I am training with a speedskating team right now (I'm the only blink in the
crew) and I will probably be fast enough to race in 1996. Several people
have recommended that I compete in special olympics, but because I'm keeping
up with fully sighted peers I thinkI should be able to handle normal
competitions. This brings up several questions:
1. What are the legal aspects of competing with fully sighted people?
Do the organizers, other competitoes
competitors, refereees, etc. need to be informed of my disability?
I would hate to be disqualified or sued .
(BTW, I can see/compensate enough to make sure that I do not collide with
other skaters, and once I am used to the sound of my partner's skates, I
have no problem doing relays.

2. Can the organizers bar me from competition based solely on the fact
that my vision is not exactly ;-) 20/20
(for those of you with speech synthesizers - what your computer tripped over is
a wink)

3. Is there a precedent of a visually impaird skater kicking 20/20 tail?

4. How do you get your turns nice and tight when you don't have enough periphera
l
vision to see the lane markers? Counting steps only works if you don't have
to pass someone and you don't have to change your stride due to getting
blocked.

5. How do other competitors react to having a visually impaired person
on the starting line? (At least I'm in an age group wher I don't have to
worry about the opinions of the competitor's parents).

Would they be overly concerned about a possible collision?
If someone else ran into me , would I be blamed for the incident?
Example: At a public skating session, someone ran up on my skate *FROM BEHIND*
and crashed both of us . I was slightly injured but the other person was
fine because she managed to use me as a crash mat , i.e. she landed on top
of me. Because I am visually impaired, I was automatically deemed to be
at fault in that collision, although not even a person with 20/20 vision
has eyes in the back of his head.
Is this type of irrational reaction an exception or should I expect to see it
everywhere?

Any and all info appreciated
Annette
ah690549@mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu
pace = 14 mph
sprint = 15 mph
visually impaired? yes
handicapped? h@ll no!




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Subject: braille book references
From: chee@ltlbuddy.Berkeley.EDU


Can anyone post references for book(s) that will teach an
adult to learn braille?

Thx in advance,
---Carolyn

chee@barkley.berkeley.edu



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Subject: text readers
From: isckbk@nus.sg (Dr Derek Kiong Beng Kee)

Bill,

I am looking for information on text readers, in particular
those cheap ones on add-on sound cards, and those without
conflicts with a communications program.

i)      Currently, I have a sound blaster card, driven
        by drivers from Creative and a TSR call TinyTalk.

ii)     For terminal emulation, I use a program like
        kermit.  However, somehow characters coming in
        on the serial line gets killed when talking
        starts.

I appreciate help from those who have tried this before.

thanks



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Subject: blind subjects can earn money in sleep study
From: deamar@eskimo.com (Dean Martineau)

EARN UP TO $700 PER MONTH
FOR THREE TO TWELVE MONTHS

Men and women ages 18-85 without light perception
and using no prescription medications are invited
to participate in a study on circadian rhythms and
sleep patterns in the blind.  The study is being
conducted at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.  The
study involves wearing an ambulatory monitor while
you live at home and spending 4-5 days in the
laboratory each month.  Participants will be paid
for their efforts and may also find out valuable
information about their eyes and their sleep-wake
patterns.

For more information, call the hospital at 800-722-5520, x 1132, at any
time.  Specify your interest in the "blind study."













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                 End of Issue # 1124 of the Blind News Digest

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