[NFBNJ] Updates Highlighting LEAP and Newsline

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From: The New Jersey Library Talking Book And Braille Center

We are announcing the NEW sessions for the Library Equal Access Program 
(LEAP) computer and iPad training at eleven public libraries. We have added 
a NEW library in Monmouth County at Manalapan.

We have a NEW outreach librarian, Stephen Felle, who will be working on the 
LEAP Project as well as with local libraries.


We have a NEW and exciting way to listen to NEWSLINE. It is now available 
with the Amazon Echo and Dot using voice commands. It solves the problem of 
not having your phone available when listening.

SPRING 2019 LEAP CLASSES

We are pleased to announce that the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and 
Visually Impaired (CBVI) is sponsoring iPad and computer training classes 
for the spring of 2019. These free classes are offered through the Library 
Equal Access Program (LEAP) to New Jersey residents 55 and older who have a 
change in vision.


The computer and iPad classes will be provided by Advancing Opportunities 
and will be held from March through June. Classes meet once a week for 1.5 
hours. Here is a list of the classes offered:


iPad Basics (6 weeks)

iPad Intermediate (4 weeks)

Introduction to Computers & Accessibility (4 weeks)


Classes will be held at these public libraries in New Jersey:
Atlantic County:

Atlantic City Library, 1 N Tennessee Ave. (Introduction to Computers & 
Accessibility class)

Atlantic City Library – Richmond Ave. branch, 4115 Ventnor Ave. (iPad Basics 
and Intermediate classes)

Atlantic County Library– Mays Landing branch, 40 Farragut Ave.



Bergen County:

Johnson Public Library, 274 Main St., Hackensack



Camden County:

Cherry Hill Public Library, 1100 Kings Hwy N





Essex County:

Newark Public Library, 5 Washington St.

South Orange Public Library, 65 Scotland Rd.



Middlesex County:

East Brunswick Public Library, 2 Jean Walling Civic Center



Monmouth County:

Monmouth County Library – Manalapan, 125 Symmes Dr.



Morris County:

Morristown & Morris Township Library, 1 Miller Rd., Morristown



Ocean County:

Ocean County Library – Toms River, 101 Washington St.





All of these libraries are NJ Transit Access Link stops. To register and 
find the schedule of the spring 2019 LEAP classes, please call TBBC at 
1-800-792-8322, extension 812.



NEW STAFF ANNOUNCEMENT



Stephen Felle, TBBC’s Outreach Librarian, joined the Reader Services team 
back in August 2018 and may have already spoken to you! Stephen was born and 
raised in Freehold, New Jersey. He attended The College of New Jersey for 
his Bachelor’s Degree, before moving onto Rutgers University where he earned 
his Master’s. Before working at the library he worked numerous jobs in 
retail. Besides reading, Stephen also likes to spend his free time playing 
video games, listening to music, and hiking outside in sunny weather. He 
looks forward to serving the library community of New Jersey for years to 
come!



ACCESSING NFB-NEWSLINE THROUGH AMAZON ECHO



Subscribers to National Federation of the Blind’s (NFB) NEWSLINE can now 
access it hands-free on any Amazon Alexa product. This includes the Echo and 
the Echo Dot. Just say, “Alexa open National Federation” and after providing 
login information, every feature of the program is available by voice 
commands.



You can ask Alexa to read any of the five New Jersey newspapers available as 
well as the New Jersey Grocery Ads. Or any of the thirteen national 
newspapers, like the Wall Street Journal; thirty-two news services including 
CNN and ESPN; and over sixty magazines and newspapers from every state. You 
can also ask for news and information about TBBC, TBBC’s Friends group, the 
New Jersey Chapter of the NFB and the New Jersey Commission for the Blind 
and Visually Impaired (CBVI).



NEWSLINE is sponsored in New Jersey by CBVI and is available to TBBC 
patrons. Call TBBC for more details or call NFB at 866-504-7300.
In addition, the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey’s 
Coordinator is Jane Degenshein.
Her number is 973 736 5785 or email, jdegen16 at comcast.net

Newsline Coordinator for Newsline is Jane Degenshein, President of the 
Senior and Technology Divisions.


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