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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>Topic: "The founding and overview of the services provided by Bookshare."<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Important, please read: When you enter the Tek Talk Room, you may be placed in our waiting room until the host admits you to the room. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Special note: We are proud to announce that archived Tek Talk Programs can now be heard on ACB Mainstream. Please visit the schedule for our programs by going to <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acbradio.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Cook%40sccb.sc.gov%7Cbc1fe02b10d94eb3183708d83ec320eb%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637328355070434856&sdata=X0X4KKBbzSbOt62Hgm%2FAa7nWO1Eq1sdGpF9XbmWJxew%3D&reserved=0">www.acbradio.org</a>. Also Tek Talk archived programs can now be listened to on your Echo Smart Device. Say “Echo, play T e k Talk podcast on Tune-in.” Finally, we can now hear our Tek Talk podcasts on our Stream devices by going to the podcast Humanware North America number 30.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Major sections of this newswire are at heading level 1. Contact information is at heading level 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Tek Talk welcomes Angela Griffith, Customer Support Specialist, Bookshare. Topic: “The founding and overview of the services provided by Bookshare.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> Monday, August 17 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Time: 8:00 pm Eastern.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1>Newswire:<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Tune in for an update from Bookshare, the huge online library of ebooks for people with blindness, deaf blindness, low vision, and other reading barriers. Get your Bookshare questions answered and hear about new and forthcoming updates from Bookshare, and Benetech, Bookshare’s parent nonprofit, including surpassing 900,000 books in the collection, our monthly Book Club for adult members, innovations in accessible Science, Technology Engineering, and Math (STEM) content, and a prototype Bookshare Reader for Smart Speakers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>More about Bookshare:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Bookshare is an ebook library that makes reading easier. Books come in easy-to-read, accessible formats like audio, braille, and large font, and can be read on almost any device and platform. With over 900,000 titles, members can find virtually any book that they could want to read for work, school, or pleasure. Membership is free for U.S. students and $50 annually... or less than $1 per week for unlimited reading.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Presenter: Angela Griffith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Customer Support Specialist, Bookshare<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Email: <a href="mailto:angelag@benetech.org">angelag@benetech.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Date: Monday August 17, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Time: 5 pm Pacific, 6 pm Mountain, 7 pm Central, 8 pm Eastern and throughout the world, Tuesday 0:00 GMT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>About 10 minutes before each program dial the Zoom numbers or work with your computer link found on your Zoom invitation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1>Zoom invitation<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Welcome to the Zoom platform:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>You can attend Zoom meetings in many different ways including with a Windows, Mac or Linux computer after downloading and installing the applicable Zoom meetings client software, on an iOS, Android or Amazon Fire smart device if you've installed the Zoom Cloud Meetings app, or on a regular telephone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Zoom meeting invitation for this Training Class is the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Topic: “The founding and overview of the services provided by Bookshare.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Time: Meets Monday, August 17, 2020, from 8-9 p.m. Eastern. If you have installed the Zoom client software on your computer, I would recommend your starting that software before executing the below link on your computer. If you have installed the Zoom Cloud Meetings app on your smart device, I suggest you open that app before executing the below link on your smart device.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F839935813&data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Cook%40sccb.sc.gov%7Cbc1fe02b10d94eb3183708d83ec320eb%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637328355070434856&sdata=puaw8URS%2B323QeDf8zKCR29AF%2FfoTCkHkOvmcLGMHn8%3D&reserved=0">https://zoom.us/j/839935813</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Or iPhone one-tap:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>US: +16468769923,839935813# or +1408-638-0968,839935813#<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Or Telephone:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 408 638 0968<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Meeting ID: 839 935 813<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>International numbers available: <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fu%2FcnnUjZ1oh&data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Cook%40sccb.sc.gov%7Cbc1fe02b10d94eb3183708d83ec320eb%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637328355070444856&sdata=EVtR9r1Jod16D%2FbqC0cy1ZwafpxlnZCDEyHIQp6Wbv4%3D&reserved=0">https://zoom.us/u/cnnUjZ1oh</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>If you execute the above link from a computer with installed Zoom client software, the software should automatically launch and take you to the meeting. If you execute the above link from a smart device containing the Zoom Cloud Meetings app, the app should automatically launch ant take you to the meeting. If you prefer to use your iPhone as a regular phone without the app to call into the meeting, you can double tap on one of the above two numbers to initiate the call.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1>Podcast feed<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Those wishing to subscribe to past Tek Talk program archives can do so using their mobile device and podcast app of choice or using their computers and podcatcher program of choice. The link with which to subscribe follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faccessibleworld.org%2Ftaxonomy%2Fterm%2F16%2Fall%2Ffeed&data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Cook%40sccb.sc.gov%7Cbc1fe02b10d94eb3183708d83ec320eb%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637328355070444856&sdata=SFcG3zSw6SySj4k7B2jbQlzXbCc%2BeH4x6l1oTLfaKYs%3D&reserved=0">http://accessibleworld.org/taxonomy/term/16/all/feed</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1>Subscription information<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Special note. To subscribe to our Tek Talk Discussion list, send a blank email to: <a href="mailto:tek-talk-discussion+subscribe@groups.io">tek-talk-discussion+subscribe@groups.io</a>. You will receive a reply and just reply back without putting anything in that message.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>To subscribe to our one-way announcements list, send a blank note to: <a href="mailto:aw-announcements+subscribe@groups.io">aw-announcements+subscribe@groups.io</a>. Follow the above instructions to get subscribed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1>Contacts:<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2>Robert Acosta: Chair Emeritus<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessibleworld.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Cook%40sccb.sc.gov%7Cbc1fe02b10d94eb3183708d83ec320eb%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637328355070454850&sdata=VRU8NxpgteeidEGI7Vi%2FSX9BZRZtBNg97KBinQH%2B1bA%3D&reserved=0">www.accessibleWorld.org</a> and <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiooutofthepast.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Cook%40sccb.sc.gov%7Cbc1fe02b10d94eb3183708d83ec320eb%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637328355070454850&sdata=yqA0YK1nhUcH9GTt48LdRmpofox2j62%2F4VXPUrK9vIw%3D&reserved=0">www.radiooutofthepast.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Phone: 818-998-0044<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Email: <a href="mailto:boacosta818@gmail.com">boacosta818@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Website: <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.helpinghands4theblind.net%2F&data=02%7C01%7CSteve.Cook%40sccb.sc.gov%7Cbc1fe02b10d94eb3183708d83ec320eb%7Ce9f8d01480d84f27b0d6c3d6c085fcdd%7C1%7C0%7C637328355070454850&sdata=PBjkdVSOrKd6DqFVr7lFPJGkQT2F4g9%2FBk2of8yie9A%3D&reserved=0">www.helpinghands4theblind.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2>Larry Gassman: Accessible World Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Phone: 714-449-1958<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Email: <a href="mailto:larrygassman@roadrunner.com">larrygassman@roadrunner.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2>Alan Lemly: Accessible World Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Phone: 601-919-6907<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Email: <a href="mailto:walemly@gmail.com">walemly@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steve Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>District 2 State Board Member of the National Federation of the Blind of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1<sup>st</sup> Vice President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the National Federation of the Blind of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Board member at large of the Columbia chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of SC owns and operates Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center. Below is a link to read more about Rocky Bottom and to make a reservation for a mountain retreat!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://rockybottomofsc.com/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please join the National Federation of the Blind of SC on Face Book at any of the below links!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NatFedofSouthCarolina/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>National Federation of the Blind of SC on Face Book</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://m.facebook.com/Computer-Science-Technology-Division-of-the-NFB-of-SC-343263089815304/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Computer Science & Technology Division of the National Federation of the Blind of SC</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://m.facebook.com/RockyBottomofSC/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://m.facebook.com/Scabs1944/?refid=46&__xts__%5B0%5D=12.%7B%22unit_id_click_type%22%3A%22graph_search_results_item_tapped%22%2C%22click_type%22%3A%22result%22%2C%22module_id%22%3A1%2C%22result_id%22%3A103680927718372%2C%22session_id%22%3A%22dde06b014c19c1fa49889d82a62edcda%22%2C%22module_role%22%3A%22ENTITY_PAGES%22%2C%22unit_id%22%3A%22browse_rl%3Aaed5eb18-5eed-4148-8ec7-5150ce26bf7b%22%2C%22browse_result_type%22%3A%22browse_type_page%22%2C%22unit_id_result_id%22%3A103680927718372%2C%22module_result_position%22%3A0%7D"><span style='color:#0563C1'>South Carolina Association of Blind Students</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://m.facebook.com/groups/375092969314880?_rdr"><span style='color:#0563C1'>South Carolina Parents of Blind Children</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Your old car keys can be keys to literacy for the blind.<br>Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking <br><a href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.carshelpingtheblind.org</span></a> <br>or call 855 659 9314<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>