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                            THE BLIND NEWS DIGEST

                                 Issue # 1156

                           Friday, August 04, 1995

Today's Topics:


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                               Positions Open
                           VI/OM TEACHING POSITION
                              Re: Capsule Paper
                                    R.P.
                       New list for Audio Description
                              Talking word prc
              DOS-based internet browsing for visually impaired
                     TTS file for LightTalk Synthesizer
                             Re: Positions Open


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Subject: Positions Open
From: nibnj@aol.com (NIBNJ)
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)

National Industries for the Blind has a number of secretarial and
professional position openings at its Alexandria, Virginia office.  For
more information contact Kathy Gallagher 201-595-9200



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Subject: VI/OM TEACHING POSITION
From: Maxsdad@aol.com

The Broward County, Florida Public School system is looking for a teacher
certified to work with visually impaired students.  Orientation and mobility
certification is required.
Send resumes to:
Gloria Tolar, Principal
Sunset School
3775 SW 16th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 3312



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Subject: Re: Capsule Paper
From: gary@sasquatch.com (Gary Peterson)




---------- Forwarded message ----------
  Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 09:18:07 GMT0BST
  From: MRS S MILLER <S.Miller@SWANSEA.AC.UK>
  To: Multiple recipients of list EASI <EASI@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU>
  Subject: Re: Capsule Paper

On Friday 21/7/95 Dorothy Lenard asked about:-
" capsule paper, with which one could custom make raised line maps.  We have
 obtained some existing raised line
maps from the other resources you all gave me, but still have
a need to custom make maps for testing purposes.  The capsule
paper was just what we need, but I was not given a source, and cannot find it in
 any of our catalogs.  Can anybody tell me of a source?

In the UK, Queen Alexandra College for the Blind market such a paper,
along with a system called Nomad which produces tactile drawings with
sound using a Thermo pen and a pc.  I saw an impressive demo this
week.

Contact Stewart Morehead at Queen Alexandra College,
49 Court Oak Road
Harborne
Birmingham B17 9TG
West Midlands
Tel.0121-428-5050
Fax 0121-428-5048

Hope that's of use.
Sue Miller
s.miller@swansea.ac.uk




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Subject: R.P.
From: p007792b@pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us (B Davis)
Organization: SEFLIN Free-Net - Broward


Anyone around with RP?

--
The best is yet to come...
B Davis
p007792b@pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us




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Subject: New list for Audio Description
From: awoods@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Alan Woods)

Announcing AUDIODESCL, the list for Audio Description,
intended for discussion about the growing art of Audio
Description, which makes performance and public events
accessible to the blind and those with low vision or
visual impairments.  AUDIODESCL allows describers,
consumers, presenters, and others to opportunity to
explore new techniqeus, share problems and creative
solutions, and to create a network in the international
community now exploring description services.

To subscribe to AUDIODESCL, send an email message to:

     listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu

The body of the message MUST contain only the following
line:

     subscribe audiodescl Yourfirstname Yourlastname

You'll receive confirmation of your subscription and
additional information.  To send messages to AUDIODESCL,
use the following address:

     audiodescl@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu

Alan Woods
Ohio State University
Department of Theatre/Lawrence and Lee Institute
awoods@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu



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Subject: Talking word prc
From: blocka@beloit.edu (Alan Block)

Sir,

I have a customer who is looking for a word processor which will speak each
word as it is typed, each letter as it is typed, for the Windows platform.
Can you suggest any places do look for such things?

Thanks,
 Alan
--
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Alan Block       -
blocka@beloit.edu-
or               -
blocka@aol.com   -
"Stamford" to the-
Hounds of the    -
Internet         -
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Subject: DOS-based internet browsing for visually impaired
From: edinburgh@easynet.co.uk (edinburgh cyberia)
Organization: edinburgh cyberia

Can anyone point me in the direction of any software which will
enable blind users to access the internet?

This would need to be DOS-based. There appears to be plenty that
can do the text-to-speech job, once you have some files,  but
something that will help in doing the browsing in the first place
is not something I have seen.

Here at this internet cafe, we have some customers who would like
to be able to use the internet, but they are currently unable to do
so.

Please direct replies to the email address edinburgh@easynet.co.uk
as soon as possible...

Thanks

Dave

David E Newton
Cyberguide
Cafe Cyberia
Edinburgh


This message has been posted from the public cafe account
at Cyberia, 88 Hanover Street, Edinburgh. The opinions
expressed herein are not necessarily those of CyberSurf Ltd.
Please report inappropriate use to den@easynet.co.uk.



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Subject: TTS file for LightTalk Synthesizer
From: keith@IGLOU.COM (Keith Creasy)

Hi, does anyone know where I can retrieve a TTS file for the LIght-Talker
Synthesizer, or perhaps tell me how the control sequences are laid out so
I can create one?   Thanks.



Keith Creasy
Keith@iglou.com
http://www.iglou.com/members/keith.html



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Subject: Re: Positions Open
From: kelly@ripco.com (Kelly Pierce)
Organization: Ripco Internet BBS, Chicago


Do these positions pay at or above the minimum wage?  National Industries for
the Blind has opposed efforts to end the exemption that sheltered workshops
for the blind enjoy that allow them to pay sub-minium wages to blind workers.
The managers and administrators earn considerable salries often gained at the
expense of hard-working but unsophiscated blind workers.


NIBNJ (nibnj@aol.com) wrote:
: Index Number: 37070

: National Industries for the Blind has a number of secretarial and
: professional position openings at its Alexandria, Virginia office.  For
: more information contact Kathy Gallagher 201-595-9200

--
Kelly pierce
kelly@ripco.com
(312) 472-7206
(312) 400-2567 (pager)



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