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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Richard,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I was literally scrolling my e-mail and was going to put <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Something out but your ahead of me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thanks for that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Shane Popplestone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="mailto:spopplestone.nfb@gmail.com">spopplestone.nfb@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>234-716-2208<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>You can live the life you want!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 18, 2024 12:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Ohio Announcement List' <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Richard Payne <rchpay7@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ohio-Talk] Message from John G. Paré Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Information about our NFB-NEWSLINE outage went out on all of our social media channels this morning. The content below will be emailed to all National Federation of the Blind members and NFB-NEWSLINE subscribers this afternoon. I apologize I did not get this information out sooner and for any problems this outage has caused you.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>John<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>NFB-NEWSLINE Outage July 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>This is an important update regarding NFB-NEWSLINE. Late last week, the NFB-NEWSLINE service experienced a disruption on one of our servers responsible for managing online services and receiving publication files from publishers. This resulted in an outage affecting the iOS app, NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile, Web News on Demand, the Amazon Alexa skill, downloads to portable players such as the Victor Reader, and delivery of emails to subscribers. <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>While most of the service is restored, we are actively working to restore service as soon as possible to the Amazon Alexa skill. <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Additionally, there are a number of newspapers that still need to be brought up to date on the system. To update these publications, it will be necessary for us to work closely with the individual publishers of the content. We anticipate that we will have all these publications updated over the next week.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><a name="">If you are having any problems with accessing NFB-NEWSLINE, please call our customer service line at 866-504-7300 or send email to</a> <a href="mailto:nfbnewsline@nfb.org"><span style='color:#467886'>nfbnewsline@nfb.org</span></a>. You can obtain the most up-to-date status of our system recovery by calling 410-609-7081. <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>We apologize for any inconvenience this disruption has caused. Thank you for your patience.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>John G. Paré Jr. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy<o:p></o:p></p><p>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p><p>(410) 659-9314, extension 2218 | <a href="mailto:Jpare@nfb.org"><span style='color:#467886'>Jpare@nfb.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Richard Payne, President</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>937/829/3368</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="mailto:Rchpay7@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1'>Rchpay7@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>