can a wa. state resident get this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "david poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "blinux list" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:27 AM Subject: Fw: CURR: Project from NY Talking Book and Braille Library > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Catherine Alfieri" <calfieri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <EASI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:12 PM > Subject: CURR: Project from NY Talking Book and Braille Library > > > Dear Web Braille Subscriber: > > The New York State Library's Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) and > Bookshare.org (Bookshare) invite you to take part in an exciting new, > free-to-you, one-year pilot project limited to 100 TBBL patrons who are not > now members of Bookshare. > > Goals of the Pilot Project: > > TBBL and Bookshare want to provide a wider range of digital books to TBBL > patrons while learning how Bookshare can work to provide access to you. For > this, we need your feedback. TBBL needs feedback from you on the sign up > process and usability, as well as any suggestions you may have that would > help make Bookshare a stronger resource for libraries and their patrons. In > return, TBBL and Bookshare are offering, free-to-you, one year of unlimited > access to Bookshare's books and services. > > Criteria: > > A. Must be a TBBL patron > B. Not a Bookshare member at the present time. > C. Must be age 18 or over > D. Must have access to a computer and the Internet. > E. Must have computer skills necessary to browse the web, install Bookshare > utilities, and download books. > > If you are comfortable filling out online forms or making purchases over the > Internet, you'll be comfortable using Bookshare. > > Bookshare Books and How They May be Read: > > The majority of books from Bookshare are created by scanning so they contain > the full text but no pre-recorded human voice. They are all rated for > quality to indicate the level of proofreading after scanning. More than > two-thirds of the books have the top quality rating indicating almost no > errors. Bookshare has over 17,000 books and adds several hundred each month > to the collection, largely through efforts of volunteer scanners. Bookshare > books can be read using almost any assistive technology that users may > already have and be comfortable with, so long as it supports reading > text-based documents. You may also listen to the books from Bookshare using > the Bookshare Edition of the Victor Reader Soft DAISY reader, provided with > membership. Alternatively, you may read the book with a screen magnifier or > in braille format with a portable braille reader or refreshable braille > display. You may request a cd containing Bookshare utilities. > > How it Works: > > if you want to become a member of this free pilot project, please contact me > by July 15th via email at tmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or phone at 518-474-5957. > Your first name, last name, home address, and email address will be > submitted to Bookshare. You will then receive a welcome message with a > password and a link to the registration form. Once you are registered, you > will be entitled to all the services of a Bookshare subscriber for one year. > > Referrals: > > Do you know a TBBL patron who is not a Bookshare member and would like to > be? Please ask that person to call me by July 15th and let me know of > his/her interest. If there are still memberships open in this limited pilot > project, TBBL will be happy to include this patron. > > If you have any questions or need additional information, please send me an > email at tmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx or call at 518-474-5957. > > Tina 518-474-5957 > New York State Talking Book and Braille Library > Email: tmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp@xxxxxxxxx > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. > Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Abvi-Consumers mailing list > Abvi-Consumers@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://enabling.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/abvi-consumers > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > See EASI Special October Bonus offer at http://easi.cc/clinic.htm > EASI November courses are: > Barrier-free E-learning, Accessible Internet Multimedia and Business > Benefits of Accessible IT Design: > http://easi.cc/workshop.htm > EASI Home Page http://www.rit.edu/~easi > > >>> Error in line 8 of EASI.MAILTPL: unknown formatting command <<< > -> ............. <- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list