[Nfbf-l] Exciting Newsline happenings
Sherri
flmom2006 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 31 06:08:14 UTC 2010
Thanks for the kind words Kirk. I appreciate it!
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From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Exciting Newsline happenings
> Sherri, I tend to agree with Kathy! Go ahead and take a BOW! KH
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 9:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Exciting Newsline happenings
>
>
> Again, thank you for the kind words, but as I said before, none of this
> would be happening without the help and support of NFBF, the library and
> DBS.
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathy Davis" <kdavisnfbf at cfl.rrcom>
> To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 10:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Exciting Newsline happenings
>
>
>> Dear Sherri,
>>
>> Thank you for the warm and most informative e-mail about Newsline
>> Florida.
>> You are doing a fantastic job. You took the time to thank everyone who
>> has
>> helped you as Newsline Coordinator and I want to say in turn, KUDOS to
>> you!
>> I know this is an effort of love for you and your warmth with Newsline
>> members when they call with issues must be most apparent. Just take a
>> moment
>> to pat yourself on the back. We all appreciate your diligence and hard
>> work!
>>
>>
>> God bless,
>>
>> Kathy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Sherri
>> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 6:11 PM
>> To: nfbf-l at nfbnet.org; flagdu at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Exciting Newsline happenings
>>
>> Hello everyone.
>> I just received a newsletter from our Newsline coordinators from the
>> National Center. There are so many exciting things going on with Newsline
>> and NFBF.
>>
>> I am so excited about Newsline and so proud of all my users in Florida. I
>> hope those who are not using it will contact me and I will either sign
>> you
>> up or get your user information to you if you are already signed up. I am
>> so
>> happy for all those who have helped us increase our user minutes. That is
>> very important in seeking additional funding for our Newsline program! I
>> am
>> especially glad for our regional and sub-regional libraries who sign up
>> hundreds of people a week. Sometimes, that results in a duplicate
>> sign-up,
>> but if you are signed up twice, I can always remedy the situation.
>>
>> Keep up the good work NFBF! My heart-felt thanks go out to you. And a
>> special "thank you" to Grant Downey for keeping the Florida channel
>> updated
>> with all kinds of new interesting announcements and to Kirk Harmon and
>> Katie
>> Hicks for sending out all those welcome letters. I also thank Kirk for
>> his
>> work helping me with Newsline calls. I thank Wendy Wilson for her
>> marketing
>> efforts. I also want to thank Gloria Mills for her work managing the
>> Newsline funds. My thanks go out to Sabrina Deaton because she is going
>> through and cleaning up our subscriber data base. And finally, my thanks
>> to
>> all those who unselfishly give their time to spread the word about our
>> Newsline program. I thank those who contact me and let me know what they
>> have been doing and request brochures and literature to hand out. Keep up
>> the enthusiasm NFBF! And happy Newsline listening. Oh and last but
>> certainly
>> not least, I thank Joyce Hildreth and the folks at DBS who totally
>> support
>> Newsline.
>>
>> Here is just some of the latest news.
>>
>> Sherri Brun
>>
>> "We've got lots of good news to share with you this month! We encourage
>> you
>> to share the information below with your colleagues and clients so that
>> they
>> can be aware of, and tell others about, these exciting developments.
>>
>> Firstly, you will all shortly have an opportunity to meet Paul, our new,
>> more human-sounding voice. Paul from NeoSpeech, who, as you may recall
>> was
>> subscribers' top choice in our recent poll, will be available sometime
>> early
>> February. One benefit of this new voice is that it sounds much more
>> human
>> than the current Eloquence voice, so that newly blinded individuals
>> unfamiliar with synthesized speech (such as seniors) may feel more
>> comfortable using NFB-NEWSLINER. Those with a slight hearing loss may
>> also
>> appreciate this new voice as it may be easier to hear and follow. While
>> we
>> do think many individuals will like and use Paul, we want to stress that
>> this new voice is not a substitution for the Eloquence voice, rather, it
>> is
>> an additional voice provided to afford our subscribers with greater
>> choice
>> and flexibility. We view that those who are not familiar or comfortable
>> with synthesized speech may prefer to use Paul initially, but may in time
>> prefer the Eloquence voice as it offers a faster reading speed."
>>
>> "Another terrific development will soon be available to subscribers:
>> subscribers accessing the news via the telephone can now make an
>> on-demand
>> request to have an article sent to their e-mail inbox on demand. This is
>> great news for those who want to read an article again for research
>> purposes, or if they find they don't have time to fully read or
>> appreciate
>> a
>> complex or lengthy piece. To use this feature, subscribers simply press
>> #9
>> (pound nine) during the reading of an article, and the article will be
>> sent
>> to the e-mail address on file."
>>
>> "We had tremendous achievement across the board in 2009, making terrific
>> improvements over the previous year's usage and new member statistics, as
>> evidenced below:
>>
>>
>> 2008
>> New Users: 5,916
>> Total Emails: 1,156,020
>> Total Calls: 1,675,387
>> Total Minutes Used: 32,793,945
>>
>>
>> 2009
>> New Users: 13,340
>> Total E-mails: 1,833,343
>> Total Calls: 1,772,046
>> Total Minutes Used: 33,935,582
>>
>>
>>
>> Statistically Speaking
>>
>> In December, 2009 we received a total of 152,392 calls (up by 946 over
>> November's usage), and added a total of 2,688 new subscribers. Excellent
>> work, everybody!
>>
>> Top Ten Minutes Used:
>>
>> We received a total of 2,883,120 minutes of use in December. Kudos to
>> Florida and New York, who have made increases of 5,392 and 4,046 above
>> November's usage, respectively. (Editorial comment) We are still in third
>> place in terms of total minutes used behind California and New York.
>>
>>
>> Top Ten New Subscribers: (Editorial comment) For this, I thank our
>> marketers, our NFBF members out there spreading the word and our Talking
>> Book librarians for signing up so many people.
>>
>> 1. Florida with 2,335
>> 2. California and Arkansas with 27 each
>> 3. New Jersey with 24
>> 4. Texas with 23
>> 5. Pennsylvania with 19
>> 6. Wisconsin with 18
>> 7. Massachusetts with 13
>> 8. Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan with 12 each
>> 9. New York, Maryland, Washington, and Nebraska with 11 each
>> 10. North Carolina with 10
>>
>> E-mail Superstars:
>>
>> We sent a total of 155,994 e-mails in December, an increase of over 7,000
>> above November's usage.
>>
>> 1. Texas 13,051
>> 2. New York 10,286
>> 3. Florida 8,151
>> 4. Pennsylvania 7,756
>> 5. North Carolina 6,908
>> 6. Massachusetts 6,447
>> 7. California 6,338
>> 8. Colorado 6,273
>> 9. Michigan 5,510
>> 10. New Jersey 5,506
>>
>> Top Ten Registered Subscribers:
>>
>> Below is our Gang of Ten, congratulations to you all!
>>
>> 1. Florida with 17,305
>> 2. California with 6,751
>> 3. Maryland with 3,038
>> 4. Texas with 2,967
>> 5. Michigan with 2,684
>> 6. North Carolina with 2,654
>> 7. Wisconsin with 2,438
>> 8. New York with 2,396
>> 9. Ohio with 2,315
>> 10. Massachusetts with 1,956
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Please feel free to call me if you have any questions. My toll-free
>> Newsline
>> number is (800)603-8578.
>>
>> Sherri Brun, NFBF Secretary and NewslineR Coordinator
>> E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
>> http://www.nfbnewslineonline.org
>> http://www.nfbflorida.org
>>
>> "Don't give up something you want forever for something you want only for
>> now!"
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