<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Greetings Fellow Federationists,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have just returned from convention, and I write to tell you what I found when talking with my colleagues about the <i>Braille Monitor</i>. Normally I thank people for reading and ask how we might improve the publication. To my great surprise, I had several folks tell me they had heard of the publication, but did not get the magazine because they do not read Braille. Others said that they had never heard of the magazine, either through their chapters or their affiliates, and were embarrassed to realize that the <i>Monitor</i> is our flagship publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><o:p></o:p> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So, with the indulgence of those of you who already know this by heart, let me say that the <i>Monitor</i> is published eleven times a year. It is available in Braille, print, and in narrated audio on a flash drive readable with an NLS player. It is available through email and as a podcast which one can find through iTunes. It is on the web as an HTML document and in Microsoft Word. It can also be read with human narration by article.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><o:p></o:p> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To subscribe, send an email to <a dir="ltr" href="mailto:slittle@nfb.org" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">slittle@nfb.org</a>, telling Sonia the form in which you would like the publication. I can also help you subscribe if you write to me. Please make sure she has your address, telephone number, email address, and the form in which you would like our publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><o:p></o:p> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So whether you read Braille, print, like narrated audio, or prefer to do your reading with the voice provided by your screen reader, the <i>Monitor</i> is available to you. Whether you prefer your portable Victor or HIMS product, the Monitor can go where you go. You can have the convenience of a DAISY book navigable article by article or the convenience of a podcast in which each issue comes to you when it is released.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><o:p></o:p> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Please write to me with any questions or to offer ways in which I can make the <i>Monitor</i> more interesting. And please, use this resource.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><o:p></o:p> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Warmly,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Gary Wunder, Editor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Braille Monitor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a href="mailto:gwunder@nfb.org" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">gwunder@nfb.org</font></a></p></div><div><br></div></body></html>