[nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for 5 Years
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Wed Jul 13 01:30:49 UTC 2011
Humberto,
I thought 2012 would be in Dallas, as I heard from Dr. Maurer at
this year's convention. Unless you mean 2018's would be in
Orlando, making it six years.
Chris
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----- Original Message -----
From: Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:36:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for 5 Years
The convention will actually be in Orlando for the next six
years.
--- On Mon, 7/11/11, Rachael Vacanti <revacanti at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Rachael Vacanti <revacanti at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for 5 Years
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date: Monday, July 11, 2011, 2:28 PM
I agree with Chris and Sherri.
I haven't seen the old schedule, but that's
beside the point. I flew down Saturday and didn't
leave until the next
Saturday. You think I'd have time for fun
right? Wrong. I didn't get out
of the hotel once. I meant to go places, like the
beach, Citywalk and Bubba
Gump Shrimp, but I couldn't get there. Why?
Because there were too many
things to do at convention. Convention was awesome
and I had a great time,
but I really wanted to go out and explore Florida a bit
more. I looked at
the agenda and technically, the first 3 days weren't
"required". General
sessions didn't start until Wendsday.
One thing I think might also help convention, is if they
announce the state
cacus. I missed mine cause I had only heard about it
once and I don't think
he even told me where it was. The states should get
them sorted out before
convention and email their state this is when and where it
is. I know that
not everything can be perfect at a thing like this, but
they did a very good
job. For my first time, it was pretty good.
Rachael
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:00:41 -0400
From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
To: NABS list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>,
NFBMD list <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>,
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history list <nfb-history at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] [Blindtlk] Convention in Orlando for
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From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com
Subject: [Blindtlk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
Date sent: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 19:59:44 -0400
It was announced at the convention that conventions
from 2013
through 2017
will be held in Orlando. I wish we could extend
the length of
the convention
back to how it was and NFB would
organize tours for Wednesday afternoon. That
way, people could
get excited
about Orlando and have time to go places. I
liked the old
schedule much
better. If we are going to keep people here for
five years in a
row, we need
to give them ample opportunity to take advantage of
all there is
to do in
Orlando. Besides, I like the banquet the night
before the last
day of
convention.
Sherri Brun
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making
other
plans." John
Lennon
Check out http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun
E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
NFBF Newsline? chair
www.nfbnewsline.org
Vice-president NFB Greater Orlando Chapter
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Secretary FDCP INC
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:07:57 -0400
From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] question about brail to word
program?
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You could also join the BrailleNote list, where users
of the
BrailleNote can talk about tips and tricks regarding
the BN and
ask questions when they're having technical
problems. Here's the
link:
www.list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote.
In
the mean time, if you'd like, I can post your question
to the BN
list and forward you any responses off list.
Hope this helps!
Chris
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list'"
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Date sent: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 22:54:22 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] question about brail to word
program?
Are you trying to convert the Braille Note native
format
documents into word
documents. If you want to do so, you will have
to use your
Braille note to
do it because there is no program that will translate
and convert
Keyword
Braille format (kwb) documents into Microsoft word
(.doc)
documents, unless
you want to convert you .kwb files into .BRF files,
and then use
a program
in your PC to convert .BRF files into .doc files--you
will need
Duxbury
Braille translator (which costs about $900 for the
license if you
don't
already have it--you can although try it for free but
some
functions will be
disabled)
I hope this was helpful to you. Feel free to
send another
message off list
if you can and I will give you more instructions--this
is good
practice for
me because I will be a teacher of the blind teaching
assistive
technology.
Cheers, Humberto
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Subject: [nabs-l] question about brail to word
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I am sure this is a silly question but I have to
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use my brail
note quite a bit but now I use my laptop more, I was
wondering if
there is a
program to change the files from the brail document to
a word
document?
Please keep in mind I am not very tech savvy so the
simpaler to
use the
better, but I still want it to do a good job.
thank you so much
for your
help.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:20:18 -0400
From: Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [acb-l] polling place access
issues to this day
in mi
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Hi,
OK, my thoughts. They are, at the moment, each
other's
competetors/enemies/whatever. So, at the moment
anyway, I doubt
it.
Best,
Josh
sent from my Apex
Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:30:00 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [acb-l] polling place access
issues to this
day in mi
I forwarded this because since the NFB is working to
ensure
accessible voting and was the driving force behind the
Help
America Vote Act (HAVA.) So, we might be able to work
jointly
with ACB on this. What does
everyone think?
Chris
"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp
Abilities motto)
The I C.A.N. Foundation helps visually impaired
youth in
Maryland have the ability to confidently say "I can!"
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C.A.N.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:25:02 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [acb-l] polling place access
issues to this
day in mi
Chris, why are you forwarding stuff from the ACB?
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/8/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
wrote:
Thoughts on this?
Chris
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Subject: [acb-l] polling place access issues to
this day in mi
Date sent: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:05:31 -0400
A Call to Action ?
Unfinished Business to Ensure Michigan Voters
with Disabilities
Have Access to the Polls in 2012
A Public Report on
Polling Place
Accessibility in Michigan
Public Report by
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc.
2011
Acknowledgements
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service (MPAS)
is Michigan?
designated agency to advocate and protect the
legal rights of
persons with disabilities, mandated
by federal and state law. MPAS receives
funding from the
Administration on Developmental Disabilities,
the center for
Mental Health Services ?Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
the
Rehabilitation Services Administration, the
Social Security
Administration, the State of Michigan
and from private donations.
Funding for this report has been made possible
through the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for
Children and Families, and the
Administration on Developmental
Disabilities. The contents are
the sole responsibility of the author and do not
necessarily
represent the official views
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.
2011 by Michigan Protection and Advocacy
Service, Inc. This
publication may be reproduced in part or in its
entirety for
noncommercial purposes as long
as appropriate credit is given.
Table of Contents
Executive
Summary..........................................................
...................................................5
Midterm
Report...........................................................
.........................................................6
Michigan? Polling Place Accessibility
Project..........................................................
.........7
Communicating Accessibility Problems with
Election
Officials......................................10
Next
Steps............................................................
..............................................................11
In
Summary..........................................................
..............................................................11
Accessibility Rate Per
County...........................................................
................................13
Executive Summary
In Michigan, voters with disabilities face
obstacles at voting
locations often because their polling place
lacks physical
accessibility. The Help America
Vote Act (HAVA) acknowledged the unique
obstacles faced by
voters
with disabilities and authorized funding for the
federally
mandated Protection and Advocacy
Voting Access programs (PAVA) to help remove
barriers.
Unfortunately, this vital mandate has been
targeted for
elimination in the President? proposed
2012 budget.
HAVA charged Michigan Protection and Advocacy
Service, (MPAS),
and other Protection & Advocacy agencies
with helping to ensure
the full participation of
individuals with disabilities in the electoral
process,
including
registering to vote, casting a ballot, and
accessing polling
places.
The PAVA program at MPAS is designed to ensure
that every
eligible Michigan resident receives equal access
to their
polling
location and has the opportunity
to cast an independent secret ballot. MPAS
staff members are on
the ground providing advice, technical
assistance, and training
to election officials about
voting accessibility across the spectrum of
disabilities. The
agency also provides outreach and training to
voters with
disabilities, poll workers, and
service providers. MPAS and the Secretary
of State of Michigan
partnered over the past six years working toward
this goal,
which
has been effective in
increasing physical access to polling locations
throughout
Michigan.
Voting is a fundamental right protected by the
United States
Constitution, upheld by the Supreme Court and
subject to intense
public scrutiny each election
cycle. Provisions within these protections
prohibit
discrimination against people with disabilities
in the electoral
process. Exercising their Constitutional
right, however, has continued to be a challenge
for individuals
with disabilities despite changes made to
federal and state laws
intended to ensure full
participation.
Key Summary
? Disability advocates
have visited 95% (3,457) and
reviewed the exterior of polling locations in
Michigan.
? Upon initial review,
Michigan Protection and Advocacy
Service found that only 75% of 3,457 Michigan
polling places
were
compliant under the Americans
with Disabilities Act.
? After working with
state and local officials, it is
anticipated that Michigan? accessibility rate
will be increased
to 90% in 2012.
? Of the locations that
were inaccessible, 60% had one
barrier, 30% had two types of barriers, and 6%
had three or more
types of barriers.
? Only six of the 84
counties in Michigan were 100%
physically accessible upon initial visit.
? MPAS continues to
receive complaints regarding the
AutoMARK, Michigan? accessible ballot marking
device.
Michigan has made great strides toward
accessibility at the
polls. This report will highlight the
steps taken to ensure
that
all polling locations throughout
Michigan are accessible to voters with
disabilities. In
addition, the report will offer recommendations
for Michigan to
achieve and maintain an accessibility
rate of 100%.
2010 Mid Term Report
Acknowledging widespread irregularity throughout
the country,
Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
in 2002. HAVA
included sweeping legislation
intended to modernize the electoral system for
all voters,
including those with disabilities. The
Help America Vote Act
reinforced the application of
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
and Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act. Furthermore, in
2004, Michigan
lawmakers amended Michigan election
law (Public Act 92 of 2004) to require the
removal of physical
barriers at polling locations.
Irrespective of both federal and
state law, 25% of Michigan's
voting locations continued to be inaccessible
for the November
2010 general election. To achieve an
all-encompassing voting
standard for the fifty states,
HAVA included two key components for the
disability community:
? All polling places
must have at least one voting system
which allows all citizens to cast a ballot
privately and
independently, whether or not one
has a disability.
? States must ensure
accessibility at all public polling
places in a manner compliant with the Americans
with
Disabilities
Act (ADA).
Accessible Voting System
In 2004, the disability community and the
Michigan Secretary of
State? Bureau of Elections (BOE) carefully
assessing which
accessible device would best
fit the needs of Michigan voters, and in 2006
selected the
AutoMARK. The AutoMARK is an accessible
ballot marking device
that can be used by all voters
with or without disabilities.
Although every polling location is equipped with
the AutoMARK,
each municipality is responsible for making sure
it is set up
and
operating properly. Unfortunately,
MPAS continues to receive complaints about the
AutoMARK. Voter
complaints have included the following:
the AutoMARK was boxed
up on Election Day, unplugged,
jammed up, turned off, or set up so other voters
could see the
?ecret?ballot. Complaints concerning
jammed ballots have been
greatly reduced since the
last round of updates were completed.
Because the AutoMARK is
used only on Election Day, MPAS relies on voter
feedback to
correct these kinds of problems.
MPAS continues to monitor and respond to
complaints as they
arise.
Accessible Polling Places
Under HAVA, the federal government allocated
money to assist
with
the purchase of accessible equipment like the
AutoMARK, but also
to help municipalities
make their polling places physically
accessible. Congress
recognized that in order for people to use the
accessible voting
machines, the building must
also be accessible so voters can access the
polling location and
voting equipment. It is the local election
officials?
responsibility to make sure all
polling locations are accessible on Election
Day. To help cover
the expense for removing barriers at polling
locations, the
Michigan BOE administers a
grant program called Access for All, under the
U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services with funding
allocated through
HAVA,
to help the state comply
with HAVA. In most circumstances, the
Access for All grants
cover all costs associated with accessibility
upgrades for
polling locations.
When Michigan? State Plan to implement
provisions under HAVA
was
initiated in 2004, municipal clerks were
required to complete an
accessibility checklist
to determine whether or not their locations were
accessible.
This was one of the state? first attempts to
gather information
on Michigan? polling place
accessibility. During this time, MPAS and
other organizations
were working closely with individual election
officials on
polling location reviews and
were also training the municipal clerks on the
accessibility
requirements. MPAS also spent a
considerable amount of time
assisting clerks with assessing
the accessibility of their polling locations and
helping them
apply for Access for All grant money. MPAS
found that the
accessibility data provided by
clerks was not, in certain instances, wholly
reliable.
MPAS brought this to the Bureau of Election?
(BOE) attention
and
shared independent accessibility reviews with
them. The BOE has
since increased efforts
to ensure the accuracy of reporting by improving
communication
and requiring additional documentation from the
clerks.
In 2008, MPAS started to assess municipal
polling locations
randomly, without notifying the election
official in advance.
After compiling this data on
polling locations statewide, the systemic issue
of
inaccessibility became a heightened
concern. Once these
concerns
were communicated to the Bureau of
Elections, they backed a new initiative in 2010
dramatically
increasing their involvement in the advancement
of polling place
accessibility.
This same year, the federal government began
reviewing how the
states were spending HAVA funds. This
fueled speculation that
the federal government would
eliminate the monies available under HAVA, since
some states had
not spent their money, rather placing it in an
account and
allowing the funds to gain
interest. Concerned that Congress would
pull the allocated
funds
completely, which would prevent municipalities
from accessing
money to make polling places
accessible, MPAS, along with the Michigan Bureau
of Elections,
embarked on a project to ensure 100%
accessibility at all
Michigan polling places.
Michigan? Polling Place Accessibility Project
In 2010, Michigan started building the framework
of a statewide
plan to reach 100% polling place
accessibility. MPAS and the
Bureau of Elections strengthened
their partnership in order to achieve this
goal. Within this
plan, MPAS would review the exterior of all
locations throughout
the state. Michigan has
approximately 3,600 polling places in
total. MPAS had already
gathered information on 530 polling places prior
to 2010,
therefore, did not revisit those
locations (some were initially accessible and
others MPAS worked
closely with clerks to improve
accessibility. MPAS is still
working with clerks to bring
the remaining 57 of the 530 polling locations
into compliance).
MPAS was able to visit the remaining 2,927
polling locations in
2010.
Overall, MPAS conducted on-site reviews of at
least 95% of the
polling places in Michigan.
The on-site reviews conducted in 2010, exposed
nearly 25% of the
polling places that remained physically
inaccessible as required
by the Americans with
Disabilities Accessibility Guidelines.
Of the 3,457 polling locations noted above,
2,927 were assessed
between May-August 2010. Using the ADAAG
as a benchmark to
determine physical accessibility,
over 800 polling locations within the 2,927
locations visited,
had physical barriers failing to comply with the
ADAAG ?
barriers
that create potential
difficulties to voters with disabilities on
Election Day.
Barriers can prevent people with disabilities
from fully
participating in all aspects of society because
of their
disability. This might include
architectural
barriers, physical barriers, communication
barriers, attitudinal
barriers, cultural barriers, etc.
Throughout this project,
MPAS?
reviews focused primarily
on physical and external barriers, which are
defined as
something
material that blocks passage. Physical
barriers addressed in
this report include objects
in the environment such as inaccessible doors or
doorways,
inaccessible elevators or lack thereof,
inaccessible door
hardware, inaccessible parking, etc.
Among the 2,927 polling locations visited in
2010, 28% did not
meet accessibility standards. Based on
discussions with the BOE
in 2008, when MPAS completed
the unannounced visits, clerks were not only
notified with a
letter from MPAS concerning accessibility, but
they were also
notified by the Bureau of Elections.
MPAS and the BOE required prompt reply about the
municipalities
plans to meet ADA requirements. The
letters contained a
photograph of the problem area(s),
along with the appropriate ADAAG citation.
Within a five month
period, letters were sent to over 440
municipalities concerning
approximately 800 polling
locations.
As shown below, 28% of the polling places
visited in 2010 had
some type of physical barrier present at the
time of review.
The following chart highlights the most common
number of
physical
barriers discovered at each location.
A majority of the locations reviewed had only
one physical
barrier present. While the largest and
most frequent problem
was
related to parking, the types
of barriers at each location varied as shown in
the following
chart.
Text Box: Parking Signs: locations that had
accessible parking
but no signs posted Parking:
locations that had no parking
designated or noncompliant access
aisles Pathway: barriers that
existed between access aisles
and
entryway Entrance: problems such as
door width, door
thresholds, door hardware, vestibules,
etc. Ramps/Curbs: problems with curb cuts,
ramps, handrails,
thresholds greater than 1 inch, etc.
Communicating Accessibility Problems with
Election Officials
After completing the on-site reviews, MPAS
notified municipal
clerks of locations where barriers were
discovered. Within a
four-month period, over 440
letters were sent to election officials.
By the end of 2010,
88%
of those clerks responded back to MPAS with a
plan of
correction.
In addition, MPAS
provided technical assistance to the election
officials on how
to
improve access to their polling location in
order to come into
compliance. Based on
the responses received from clerks, 43% informed
us they were
would make the changes required; 31% corrected
the barriers at
the polling locations; 9%
were going to apply for Access for All grant;
and the remaining
responses varied from clerk using temporary
equipment.
When a clerk informed MAPS that the work was
completed, MPAS
required documentation from each clerk proving
or stating that
the work had been completed,
including photographs and/or copies of purchase
orders. A
majority of the clerks responded either with a
plan of
correction
for spring 2011 or with a
statement that the work was completed.
MPAS is still waiting
for
some clerks to confirm that the work was done
sufficiently.
Once
the removal of barriers
at these locations has been verified, MPAS
expects Michigan?
polling place accessibility rate to rise to
nearly 90 % ?--
one of the highest in the nation.
There remains, however, substantial work to be
completed in the
city of Detroit in order to reach this
goal. The remaining 12%
of clerks, who did not respond
to MPAS or the Bureau of Election with a plan of
correction,
will
become a 2011 priority in order to attain 100%
accessibility.
NEXT STEPS
While the focus of this report has been on
reaching the 90%
accessibility rate, there would still be
approximately 10% of
polling locations in Michigan
that are not accessible to all voters.
Some clerks disagree
with
the findings and MPAS is working with those
clerks.
In 2011, MPAS will be re-visiting a number of
polling locations
that are still recorded as being inaccessible,
breaking them
into
three categories: failure
to communicate; work promised but documentation
still needed;
and
locations requiring review by MPAS.
MPAS will focus attention on election officials
who have failed
to respond to MPAS communication attempts.
This may involve
revisiting the location (some
clerks correct the problem even when they fail
to respond),
attending city council/township meetings, filing
official HAVA
complaints, and/or pursuing
legal action under different funding
sources. MPAS?goal has
always been to educate clerks and assist them
with improving
access first by proposing solutions
to removing barriers.
In 2011, MPAS will also direct its attention to
monitoring the
correction plans that election officials have
submitted to
ensure
that barriers are removed.
MPAS will review the remaining 150 polling
locations that have
not been visited yet.
In Summary
Throughout the 2010 project, the partnership
between MPAS and
the
Michigan Bureau of Elections (BOE) was
crucial. The state
reinforced the necessity of
accessible elections. They followed up
with each municipality
whose polling place was noted as being
inaccessible in order to
determine the jurisdiction's
planned course of action. In addition, the
BOE coordinated and
extended Michigan's polling place improvement
grant well into
the
fall to assist municipalities
in removing barriers to voting at no cost.
Local election officials can either upgrade
their polling places
(with or without grant funds), or relocate the
polling place to
an accessible site. The
Bureau of Elections reports that due to the 2010
project, they
have seen a large increase in the number of
municipalities
applying for grant money. In
an effort to assist with the project, the BOE
extended the
typical grant cycle by two months, giving clerks
additional
opportunity to respond to MPAS?
letter and correct the problem(s) by using grant
funds. The
Michigan Bureau of Elections received 74 grant
applications, the
largest amount ever received
in one grant cycle. Of those 74 grant
applications, 66
applicants received letters from MPAS seeking a
plan of
correction - 89% of those who applied.
A large number of municipalities have pledged to
apply when the
next grant period opens in early 2011.
If the HAVA/PAVA program survives the President?
proposed
budget
cuts, MPAS looks forward to continuing the
partnership with the
Secretary of State, ensuring
all elections are accessible to all
voters. Additionally, MPAS
encourages clerks to reach out to local
disability groups for
future trainings. Listed
below are additional recommendations moving
forward.
Summary/Recommendations:
? Local clerks must be
required to notify the Bureau of
Elections prior to relocating polling places.
? Accessibility checks
should be completed when clerks
change polling locations, to verify
accessibility. Reports
(with
photographs) should be submitted
to the Bureau of Elections.
? New polling locations
must be required to adhere to the
Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility
Guidelines.
? The advisory committee
in charge of amending the State
Plan (under HAVA) should re-convene and identify
ways to hold
clerks accountable and implement
model oversight programs.
? Access for All grant
money should be available
throughout
the year, so accessibility problems can be
addressed anytime
they
arise.
? The Bureau of
Elections and local clerks should continue
working with disability advocacy organizations
to complete
year-round polling place accessibility
audits and training to clerks.
Accessibility Rate by County
Table with 9 columns and 85 rows
County
Polling Locations
Visited
Accessible
Barriers Discovered
Percent Visited
% Accessible of those Visited
Now Complete
% Now Accessible
Alcona
12
12
8
4
100%
67%
3
92%
Alger
10
10
5
5
100%
50%
5
100%
Allegan
37
37
35
2
100%
95%
1
97%
Alpena
15
15
8
7
100%
53%
1
60%
Antrim
15
15
9
6
100%
60%
2
73%
Arenac
14
14
10
4
100%
71%
3
93%
Baraga
8
6
1
5
75%
17%
1
33%
Barry
23
23
18
5
100%
78%
1
83%
Bay
49
48
36
12
98%
75%
1
77%
Benzie
13
13
6
7
100%
46%
4
77%
Berrien
57
57
43
14
100%
75%
8
89%
Branch
18
17
9
8
94%
53%
6
88%
Calhoun
46
43
34
9
93%
79%
3
86%
Cass
19
19
12
7
100%
63%
6
95%
Charlevoix
18
16
10
6
89%
63%
1
69%
Cheboygan
20
20
14
6
100%
70%
5
95%
Chippewa
19
18
13
5
95%
72%
4
94%
Clare
19
16
13
3
84%
81%
2
94%
Clinton
28
26
24
2
93%
92%
1
96%
Crawford
7
7
6
1
100%
86%
0
86%
Delta
21
20
11
9
95%
55%
1
60%
Dickinson
15
15
6
9
100%
40%
5
73%
Eaton
36
36
28
8
100%
78%
2
83%
Emmet
19
19
12
7
100%
63%
5
89%
Genesee
119
109
84
25
92%
77%
2
79%
Gladwin
17
17
11
6
100%
65%
1
71%
Gogebic
10
10
7
3
100%
70%
2
90%
Grand Traverse
28
27
27
0
96%
100%
0
100%
Gratiot
23
23
16
7
100%
70%
2
78%
Hillsdale
21
21
12
9
100%
57%
3
71%
Houghton
31
22
9
13
71%
41%
5
64%
Huron
30
29
18
11
97%
62%
5
79%
Ingham
95
81
78
3
85%
96%
0
96%
Ionia
22
22
17
5
100%
77%
1
82%
Iosco
15
15
14
1
100%
93%
1
100%
Iron
12
12
6
6
100%
50%
2
67%
Isabella
25
25
19
6
100%
76%
1
80%
Jackson
47
45
34
11
96%
76%
2
80%
Kalamazoo
97
97
79
18
100%
81%
7
89%
Kalkaska
12
12
8
4
100%
67%
1
75%
Kent
209
207
174
33
99%
84%
11
89%
Keweenaw
5
4
4
0
80%
100%
0
100%
Lake
15
15
8
7
100%
53%
2
67%
Lapeer
24
24
20
4
100%
83%
2
92%
Leelanau
13
13
8
5
100%
62%
1
69%
Lenawee
30
30
23
7
100%
77%
4
90%
Livingston
48
45
35
10
94%
78%
0
78%
Luce
4
4
3
1
100%
75%
0
75%
Mackinac
13
10
5
5
77%
50%
1
60%
Macomb
235
233
188
45
99%
81%
17
88%
Manistee
15
15
11
4
100%
73%
3
93%
Marquette
29
29
16
13
100%
55%
1
59%
Mason
23
23
15
8
100%
65%
3
78%
Mecosta
22
22
18
4
100%
82%
1
86%
Menominee
16
14
8
6
88%
57%
0
57%
Midland
38
29
22
7
76%
76%
4
90%
Missaukee
17
17
14
3
100%
82%
3
100%
Monroe
42
36
27
9
86%
75%
5
89%
Montcalm
26
25
21
4
96%
84%
2
92%
Montmorency
9
9
7
2
100%
78%
1
89%
Muskegon
72
71
68
3
99%
96%
2
99%
Newaygo
28
28
22
6
100%
79%
3
89%
Oakland
410
380
292
88
93%
77%
46
89%
Oceana
18
18
12
6
100%
67%
0
67%
Ogemaw
16
16
10
6
100%
63%
5
94%
Ontonagon
14
10
3
7
71%
30%
0
30%
Osceola
18
18
14
4
100%
78%
2
89%
Oscoda
6
6
4
2
100%
67%
1
83%
Otsego
10
10
7
3
100%
70%
2
90%
Ottawa
88
88
79
9
100%
90%
5
95%
Presque Isle
16
16
10
6
100%
63%
3
81%
Roscommon
11
11
11
0
100%
100%
0
100%
Saginaw
75
75
61
14
100%
81%
8
92%
Sanilac
30
30
26
4
100%
87%
3
97%
Schoolcraft
10
10
6
4
100%
60%
2
80%
Shiawassee
27
27
17
10
100%
63%
3
74%
St. Clair
52
48
44
4
92%
92%
3
98%
St. Joseph
17
17
12
5
100%
71%
2
82%
Tuscola
25
24
16
8
96%
67%
2
75%
Van Buren
23
22
19
3
96%
86%
1
91%
Washtenaw
106
100
70
30
94%
70%
0
70%
Wayne
568
519
325
194
91%
63%
28
68%
Wexford
20
20
14
6
100%
70%
1
75%
Total
3635
3457
2579
878
95.10%
74.60%
289
83%
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:01:14 -0400
From: Katie Wang <bunnykatie6 at gmail.com
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Chris, there is no Download button on Web
Braille. Instead, when you
are taken to the book itself, just press Space with s
on your Braille
Note and you will be prompted for where you would like
to save the
file and what you would like to name it. NLS saves
each braille volume
of a book in a separate file, so you will have to do
this multiple
times if you are dealing with a book that is in more
than one volume.
I have been a Web Braille user for many years and find
it a great
resource, although I have come to rely on Bookshare
more in the past
few years for pleasure reading since it has a much
larger, more
current collection.
Lea, I don't think you are doing anything wrong
on your end-- It
might be a NLS database issue. I would suggest
contacting your state
NLS library again and see if they can get you
some sort of technical
support contact info. Someone from the central program
that
administers the Web Braille service might need to look
into your
situation.
Hope this helps!
Katie
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I tried to sing up with this sight and when I log
in it says my user
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gotten it changed three
times and it still says it. wonder what I am
doing wrong.
On 7/9/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all,
I have a question for all you NLS Web Braille
users! I recently
registered for WebBraille, and am looking
forward to all it has
to offer. But I do have this question:
when I click on a link
for a book, where can I find a link, button,
or something where I
can download the BRF file(s) onto my
BrailleNote? I tried to
download Walking Alone and Marching Together
last night, and when
I clicked on the link, it put me into the
actual book to read
online, but I wanted to download the book to
read it in my
BrailleNote's book reader at a later
date. How can I do this?
Thanks!
Chris
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:46:14 -0400
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Hi all,
I?m interested in starting a blog or maybe more than
one blog.
So what accessible sites are there? Do bloggers
generally write first
person stories, or about things they see that are more
objective?
Any of you have a blog? How often do you update
it? Is it possible to
upload photos to it to go along with your story? Or
maybe you need sighted
help to post photos?
What about audio? What format do audio clips need to
be in?
Can you have more than one blog on the same site? Can
you write as much as you want or is there a word
limit?
I enjoy writing and I?d like to share with friends and
family. I figured
blogging would be a neat way to write stories about
myself, life and my
opinions on things like books, technology, and
religion.
What site can you write like a journal about
yourself?
Thanks.
Ashley
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:50:08 -0500
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
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Ashley:
Why not start an accessible forum, online, for blind
people?
I've found an accessible one.
V Bulletin, is quite accessible, with an audio
captcha, (if they still have
it.)
To see 2 forums, from V Bulletin, here are some
examples.
www.apostolicfriendsforum.com, and
www.goodnewscafe.net.
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/10/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net
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Hi all,
I?m interested in starting a blog or maybe more
than one blog.
So what accessible sites are there? Do
bloggers generally write first
person stories, or about things they see that are
more objective?
Any of you have a blog? How often do you
update it? Is it possible to
upload photos to it to go along with your story?
Or maybe you need
sighted
help to post photos?
What about audio? What format do audio clips need
to be in?
Can you have more than one blog on the same site?
Can
you write as much as you want or is there a word
limit?
I enjoy writing and I?d like to share with
friends and family. I figured
blogging would be a neat way to write stories
about myself, life and my
opinions on things like books, technology, and
religion.
What site can you write like a journal about
yourself?
Thanks.
Ashley
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:42:30 -0400
From: <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
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Joshua,
What is a forum like? Isn't that for a group of people
to discuss something
common?
Is that how a forum differs from a blog?
This would be a good idea if I had several
people interested in a forum.
I'll see about it. I have a beep ball team and that
was one of the things I
wanted to blog about. But yes if more people want to
post online, I'd like
the idea of a forum. A blog would be more for my
writings, if I do it.
I'll check those links out and I'm glad to know they
are accessible.
Ashley
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Ashley:
Why not start an accessible forum, online, for blind
people?
I've found an accessible one.
V Bulletin, is quite accessible, with an audio
captcha, (if they still have
it.)
To see 2 forums, from V Bulletin, here are some
examples.
www.apostolicfriendsforum.com, and
www.goodnewscafe.net.
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/10/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
wrote:
Hi all,
I?m interested in starting a blog or maybe more
than one blog.
So what accessible sites are there? Do
bloggers generally write first
person stories, or about things they see that are
more objective?
Any of you have a blog? How often do you
update it? Is it possible to
upload photos to it to go along with your story?
Or maybe you need
sighted
help to post photos?
What about audio? What format do audio clips need
to be in?
Can you have more than one blog on the same site?
Can
you write as much as you want or is there a word
limit?
I enjoy writing and I?d like to share with
friends and family. I figured
blogging would be a neat way to write stories
about myself, life and my
opinions on things like books, technology, and
religion.
What site can you write like a journal about
yourself?
Thanks.
Ashley
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Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:52:18 -0400
From: Elizabeth <lizmohnke at hotmail.com
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nabs-l] Thanks for the Help at National
Convention
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Hello All,
I have done my best to thank everyone individually for
the help they have
provided me over the past week. However, I thought I
would also send out a
general message to thank anyone I may have missed
along the way. My
convention may not have gone the way I wanted it to
go, but it was exactly
what I needed for reasons I am not willing to share on
such a public email
list.
Since the last time I checked the messages on this
list was before
convention, it is quite possible that someone may have
already said what
happened, or at least their version of the story.
However, I have already
shared my version of the story about a million times
by now, so if you are
curious as to what happened, you will just have to
wait for another time.
The bottom line is that I am going to be just fine. I
just wanted to show
my appreciation to those who may have helped me along
the way.
Thanks,
Elizabeth
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:22:03 -0500
From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible blog and journal
sites
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Yes.
Are you familiar with the beap baseball?
I just heard about it, on the DJD Invasion.
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/10/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
wrote:
Joshua,
What is a forum like? Isn't that for a group of
people to discuss
something
common?
Is that how a forum differs from a blog?
This would be a good idea if I had several
people interested in a forum.
I'll see about it. I have a beep ball team and
that was one of the things
I
wanted to blog about. But yes if more people want
to post online, I'd
like
the idea of a forum. A blog would be more for my
writings, if I do it.
I'll check those links out and I'm glad to know
they are accessible.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Lester
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:50 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students
mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessible blog and journal
sites
Ashley:
Why not start an accessible forum, online, for
blind people?
I've found an accessible one.
V Bulletin, is quite accessible, with an audio
captcha, (if they still
have
it.)
To see 2 forums, from V Bulletin, here are some
examples.
www.apostolicfriendsforum.com, and
www.goodnewscafe.net.
Blessings, Joshua
On 7/10/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
wrote:
Hi all,
I?m interested in starting a blog or maybe
more than one blog.
So what accessible sites are there? Do
bloggers generally write first
person stories, or about things they see that
are more objective?
Any of you have a blog? How often do
you update it? Is it possible to
upload photos to it to go along with your
story? Or maybe you need
sighted
help to post photos?
What about audio? What format do audio clips
need to be in?
Can you have more than one blog on the same
site? Can
you write as much as you want or is there a
word limit?
I enjoy writing and I?d like to share with
friends and family. I figured
blogging would be a neat way to write stories
about myself, life and my
opinions on things like books, technology,
and religion.
What site can you write like a journal about
yourself?
Thanks.
Ashley
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:50:20 +0000 (UTC)
From: Amy Sabo <amylsabo at comcast.net
To: "BLIND STUDENTS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF"
<NABS-L at NFBNET.ORG>,
"OF BLIND STUDENTS,
COLORADO ASSOCIATION" <CABS at NFBNET.ORG
Subject: [nabs-l] aim problem
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hello all,
i hope that you are all doing well. i'm having
problems with the latest
version of aim. i have tried tabbing to all of the
features on it to change
the settings on it but, jfw won't let me do that. is
there a way in where i
can access aim with jfw? are there speciall scripts
for jfw that i can use?
thanks again and, i will talk to you all soon!
hugs,
amy
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 23:35:34 -0700
From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing
list'"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] aim problem
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The last thing I heard about AOL Instant Messenger
(AIM) was about 2 years
ago on a podcast about JAWS and instant messaging (by
the way, it was the
FS
cast). Maybe they have updated the software and now it
is inaccessible with
JAWS? I don't know...but, what version of JAWS are you
using? Which
operating system? Which version of aim?
Cheers, Humberto
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Behalf
Of Amy Sabo
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 9:50 PM
To: BLIND STUDENTS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF; OF BLIND
STUDENTS, COLORADO
ASSOCIATION
Subject: [nabs-l] aim problem
hello all,
i hope that you are all doing well. i'm having
problems with the latest
version of aim. i have tried tabbing to all of the
features on it to change
the settings on it but, jfw won't let me do that. is
there a way in where i
can access aim with jfw? are there speciall scripts
for jfw that i can use?
thanks again and, i will talk to you all soon!
hugs,
amy
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:50:05 -0500
From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
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Subject: [nabs-l] iPal for sale
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Eye Pal for sale. $1299
I can be contacted via email at mbrianwooten at gmail.com
Thanks,
Brian
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