[nfb-talk] Braille Monitor

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

I hadn't thought about that issue.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Braille Monitor


> 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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> 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>
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> 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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