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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>We wanted to pass along the below announcement from Be My Eyes regarding a partnership between them and Amtrak to help blind and low vision people navigate stations located in the north east corridor.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Taking Amtrak to Washington Seminar from the northeast corridor? The folks at Be My Eyes want you to know about a new visual description service available to any Be My Eyes smartphone or Meta glasses user. Effective immediately travelers can call a live agent who is prepared to give you visual descriptions of Amtrak stations and assist in finding key places within the station and its platforms.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Just go to the Service Directory in the Be My Eyes app and choose Amtrak. Each agent has maps of all stations in Amtrak\u2019s northeast corridor area from Washington DC north. And best of all, the new Be My Eyes Amtrak service is completely free of charge. Try it out for Washington Seminar or whenever your travels take you to Amtrak\u2019s northeast corridor.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The specific stations located in your State offering the above mentioned feature are the following:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Richmond, VA \u2013 Staples Mill Road Station (RVR)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Alexandria, VA (ALX) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Washington, DC (WAS) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Baltimore, MD (BAL) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>BWI Marshall Airport, MD (BWI) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Wilmington, DE (WIL) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Philadelphia, PA (PHL) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Newark, NJ \u2013 Penn Station (NWK) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Metropark, NJ (MET) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Moynihan Train Hall + NY Penn Station (NYP) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Stamford, CT (STM) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>New Haven, CT (NHV) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Providence, RI (PVD) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Route 128, MA (RTE) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Boston, MA \u2013 Back Bay Station (BBY) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Boston, MA \u2013 South Station (BOS) </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u200b</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Fredericksburg, VA \u2013 (FBG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>President, National federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbma.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>sharawinton@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>