In Touch Handbook on the Net (fwd)

[Hans Zoebelein <zocki@goldfish.cube.net>]

Dear Blinuxers,

This might be interesting for you,
so I forward this message to he list.

Hans

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From: Mike McMillan <d.m.p.mcmillan@reading.ac.uk>
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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:57:38 +0100 (BST)
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In Touch Handbook Preserved On The Internet

The In Touch Handbook 'bible' of visual impairment for 23 years, is being
made freely available in cyberspace as a closing gesture after 12 editions
using five different publishing media.

Handbook publishers IN TOUCH PUBLISHING are placing the Handbook permanently
on the Internet, where it will be availble for browsing, access and
downloading by users of any medium, including braille, speech and large
print. 

Speaking at the 'Sight Village 1996' exhibition, handbook Publisher Mike
Joseph called the move 'an important step marking the end of conventional
publishing.

'We aim to extract the maximum continuing benefit for visually imapired
people, despite the failure of all attempts so far to secure future funding
for the Handbook.'  

The move into cyberspace also keeps alive the possibility that the means and
the finance to restore active publishing will be found at some time in
future, but it was stressed that the time is not now.  

The rest of the release details the history of the quest to find funding for
a further edition which would be of no interest to others outside the UK so
I will not labour the point - if UK folk want to know more, I'll e-mail the
whole release to them by all means.

It is still available for the time being in 3 mediums: print, disk and
braille, but permanently on the Internet.

A small stock of the Handbook in print can be obtained from In Touch
Publishing (01 222 222403) or RNIB (0345 023153 for details I think) who are
distributing particularly to libraries. There is also a small stock of the
computer disk Handbook in 'SeeView' search format with accompanying tape for
visually impaired computer users.

The Handbook in braille is sold out. Braille readers can emboss extracts
from the Internet, or can use In Touch Publishing's braille extract sevice
at standard braille printing rates.

The Internet Handbook is available at http://www.netlink.co.us/users/pia

Posted by Chris McMillan

Chris McMillan Snail Mail: 42 Eastcourt Avenue, Earley, Reading, Berkshire
RG6 1HH. Tel: 0118 9265450.  Fax: 0118 9668167.