[BlindTlk] donating a laptop

Wed Jul 21 03:35:25 UTC 2021

I suppose so, not sure if you'd have to pay to ship books though, not sure if there's a free matter for the blind thing for international shipping.

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From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ericka via BlindTlk
Sent: July 20, 2021 7:52 PM
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Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] donating a laptop

Glad to help! Can United States folks  swap? I wasn’t denied membership.

Ericka Nelson

> On Jul 20, 2021, at 10:47 AM, Madison Martin via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> That braille book swap list is meant for people in the UK. I was able to find it, thanks to your suggestion!!!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ericka via 
> BlindTlk
> Sent: July 20, 2021 10:41 AM
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> Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] donating a laptop
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> I tried to join real book swap but got a message saying io groups is under routine maintenance. Maybe tomorrow you’ll be able to find what you’re looking for.
> 
> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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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