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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you so much for allowing me to speak at Saturday’s meeting. I had to leave and forgot to leave some of my cards with you all to give to chapter reps. Please feel free to email them my information and my personal cell phone number (404-908-6046).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As well, here is a link to the prototype machine being discussed (<a href="http://www.realsam.com.au/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.realsam.com.au/</span></a>). Again, they are in the very early stages of discussion with this type of technology, so we do not anticipate any new developments on this front within the next few years. However, the following network libraries will participate in phase 1 of the Braille eReader Pilot Project:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Kentucky Talking Book Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Utah State Library Division<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The four libraries participating in the pilot will receive eReaders for up to eighty percent of their braille-reading patrons. The twenty-four regional libraries that maintain braille collections will each receive one device for testing purposes during the pilot.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Know that we are available to you all whenever you call, and look forward to empowering your members’ educational and leisure reading needs throughout 2020 and beyond.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Very sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kristin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";color:#1F4E79'>Kristin White<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";color:#1F4E79'>Director of Talking Book Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";color:#1F497D'>1500 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29201<br>803-734-8650 | <a href="mailto:krwhite@statelibrary.sc.gov"><span style='color:blue'>krwhite@statelibrary.sc.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=47 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D5C54A.D5A94630" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01D4F084.CF83AED0"></span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";color:#1F497D'>Innovation </span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book";color:#1F497D'>|<i> Collaboration </i>|<i> Participation</i> |<i> Preservation</i><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>