[nfb-talk] Braille Monitor

[Mike Freeman]

The problem is that it's becoming almost impossible to obtain new cassettes,
let alone the equipment to handle them in bulk.

Mike


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Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 5:52 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor

This is unfortunate as we have many elderly members of our chapter who are 
not computer users or Braille readers. I would think that the cassette 
version would continue to be a good outreach tool to get new federationsits.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
To: "nfb-talk" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:56 PM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor


>I am surprised that no one has referred to Dr. Maurer's announcement of the

>end of the cassette edition of the Braille Monitor after the December 
>issue. Computer users will be encouraged to download it, but no decision 
>has yet been made as to what will be done for non-computer users. A 
>possibility is thumb drives, which can be cheaper than the cartridges. We 
>are supposed to get a full announcement in September. In answer to a 
>question, we were told that it cannot be placed on BARD, but downloads will

>have to be from an NFB site.
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