[BlindTlk] donating a laptop

[Ericka]

I was having trouble too. Type in computer blind swap and maybe that will help. I just typed in Braille and got a whole list of things including a braille book swap!

Ericka Nelson

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:05 AM, Madison Martin via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Can someone please give me the subscription address? I've been searching on
> groups.io, but can't find the group. thanks
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Pamela Dominguez via
> BlindTlk
> Sent: July 20, 2021 9:53 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Pamela Dominguez <pammygirl99 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] donating a laptop
> 
> Thank you!  I was on that group a long time ago, but I don't know what happened.
> Maybe I got dropped when they changed email servers or something? 
> I had been scratching my head, trying to remember that name for ages! 
> That's how I got my Dec-talk express.  Pam.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heather Field via BlindTlk
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 12:16 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Heather Field
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] donating a laptop
> 
> Hello,
> You could join the group called Sight exchange on  the groups io platform.
> That is a group where people offer useful things, such as braille books or
> equipment, to other blind people.
> You could stipulate that you only wanted to give it to someone in Canada.
> Just go to the groups.io website and do a search for sight exchange. It should
> come up for you to apply to join.
> 
> Also, have you tried calling the CNIB and asking if they have any suggestions?
> Just sharing a couple of thoughts. It would be great if you could get your
> laptop to someone who could use it.
> 
> Warmly,
> Heather Field
> 
> 
> 
> From: Madison Martin via BlindTlk
> Sent: Monday, 19 July 2021 2:56 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Cc: madisonmartin463 at gmail.com
> Subject: [BlindTlk] donating a laptop
> 
> Hi all,
> Don't know if anyone can help me, but I'm going to ask anyway. My old laptop is
> just collecting dust on my desk, but it's still a perfectly good machine for
> someone who doesn't care about having the latest and gratest in terms of
> computers. Now I know there's Computers for the Blind in Texas, but as I live in
> Canada I worry about what it would cost to ship it to them. Does anyone know of
> anywhere closer where I could donate my laptop too? I'm not interested in
> selling it because I don't know how much  I'd get for it, plus I know that there
> are many people especially visually impaired people who can't afford a brand-new
> computer so if I could donate it to somewhere so that it could go to someone who
> really needs/wants a good machine then I'd love to do that. Hope someone can
> help me!!! Thanks Madison
> 
> 
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