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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good Monday Morning everyone – <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope all who attended our state convention over the weekend are as motivated as I am to make October a successful Meet the Blind Month and continue the momentum throughout the year! We heard some truly inspiring words from our NFBK and National leaders and I don’t know about you, but it put a fire under me to kick things in high gear! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wanted to share something with you all that I believe will be very helpful to many of us. The following link is to an audio presentation given by Bruce Gardner at the 2013 NFB National Convention about how to use the Victor Reader Stream as an audio teleprompter when giving speeches or presentations. <a href="http://www.blindhow.com/posts/729#content">http://www.blindhow.com/posts/729#content</a> I would love to be as fluent and speedy a Braille reader as was Dr. Jernigan, but unfortunately I’m not and I still have to occasionally give talks so I need a good method in place to do so. I’m so excited about the potential this has for me and I hope you all find it useful as well. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Melanie<b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#403152'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Vehicle Donations Take the Blind Further <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Donate your car to benefit the National Federation of the Blind today!<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>For more information, please visit: http://</span><a href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/"><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>www.carshelpingtheblind.org</span></a> <span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>or call 1-855-659-9314<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>