[Nfbf-l] NFB-NewslineR Meeting

[Dan Hicks]

Fellow Federation members, 

 

This morning I was fortunate enough to take part in a meeting at the
headquarters of the Florida Division of Blind Services in Tallahassee. The
subject of the meeting -- NFB-NewslineR.  Also present were Scott White,
NFB-NewslineR Director, Renee West, Director of NFB-NewslineR Marketing -
both from Baltimore; NFBF NewslineR Coordinator Sherri Brun, from Florida,
DBS Director Joyce Hildreth, and DBS Assistant Director Stephanie Wilson. 

 

I know that many of you are enthusiastic Newsline supporters, and you will
be pleased to know that Joyce, Stephanie, and the Division of Blind Services
leadership and staff are also very much behind the program. Funding for
NFB-NewslineR is assured, at least for the near future. This is assuring to
know, in this time of budget shortfalls and program cutbacks. 

 

Scott and Renee demonstrated many feature of Newsline, including  Newsline
in Your Pocket, a function which allows you to download entire newspapers to
read on your Victor Reader Stream or other compatible device. 

 

You will be happy to know that some new features and functions are in the
testing stage and will be available to all of us soon. Go to 

 

http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Newspapers_by_Phone.asp

 

or call Sherri Brun at 1-866-603-8578.or more information.  

 

We are working on updated Florida's Newsline pages. In a few days check
www.nfbflorida.org/newsline to see what is new. 

 

Thank you all for supporting NFB-NewslineR!

Dan Hicks, President

NFBF 

 

 

"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is" 
                                    -Isaac Asimov