<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Good one Robert.<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 31, 2017, at 12:43 PM, rjaquiss via Nfb-history <<a href="mailto:nfb-history@nfbnet.org">nfb-history@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hello:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> I thought you would find this Fred’s Head article about the Clarke and Smith talking book machine from the UK of interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Robert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Fred's Head from APH [<a href="mailto:fredshead=aph.org@mail221.atl101.mcdlv.net">mailto:fredshead=aph.org@mail221.atl101.mcdlv.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Fred's Head from APH<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 31, 2017 6:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> =?utf-8?Q??=<br><b>Subject:</b> Posts from Fred's Head from APH for 03/31/2017<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div 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Caption for second photo: Black plastic “Tapette” cartridge and a black vinyl mailing pouch.)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#606060">Micheal A. 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