[Ohio-talk] Message from Gary Wunder, about The Braille Monitor

[richard]

Greetings, chapter presidents. I have just returned from convention, and I
write to tell you what I found when talking with members about the Braille
Monitor. Normally I thank people for reading and ask how we might improve
the publication. To my great surprise, I had many members tell me they had
heard of the publication but did not get the magazine because they do not
read Braille. Others said that they had never heard of the magazine through
their chapters or their affiliates and were embarrassed to realize the
Monitor is our flagship publication.

 

For this reason I write to those of you who have closest contact with our
members to enlist your help. We put a lot of time, energy, and money into
this resource, and we must find a way to get our members subscribed if they
want to know as much as they can about what is happening in the Federation.
So, with the indulgence of those of you who already know this by heart, let
me say that the Monitor is published eleven times a year. It is available in
Braille, print, and in narrated audio on a flash drive readable with an NLS
player. It is available through email and as a podcast which one can find
through iTunes. It is on the web as an HTML document and in Microsoft Word.
It can also be read with human narration by article.

 

To subscribe, send an email to slittle at nfb.org, telling Sonia the form in
which you would like the publication. Give her your address if you want an
audio flash drive, Braille, or print. Remember that if you want the podcast,
this you will get through iTunes just as you would any other podcast.

 

So whether you read Braille, print, or prefer to do your reading with the
voice provided by your screen reader, the Monitor is available to you.
Whether you prefer your portable Victor or HIMS product, the Monitor can go
where you go. Enjoy the Monitor with the markup you are accustomed to find
in a DAISY book or take it as a podcast and enjoy the convenience of it
coming to you automatically. The choice is yours.

 

I ask that you not only do this yourself but that you make the Monitor a
part of your chapter's agenda-letting people know it is available, seeing
that they get signed up, and talking about articles that appear each month.
Many of the articles can act as a springboard to philosophical discussions
about being blind and can explain the traditions and present challenges we
face as brothers and sisters working in this movement.

 

Please write to me with any questions or to offer ways in which I can make
the Monitor more interesting. And please, use this resource. I am attaching
a copy for your review.

 

Warmly,

 

Gary Wunder, Editor

The Braille Monitor

gwunder at nfb.org

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