November Braille Monitor Available (fwd)

November Braille Monitor Available (fwd)

[Hans Zoebelein]

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Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 04:56:06 -0600
From: David Andrews <dandrews@VISI.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list BLIND-L <BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
Subject: November Braille Monitor Available

     The Braille Monitor for October, 1996 is now
available for downloading or file request from NFB NET.  It can
be had under the file names BRLM9611.ZIP or BRLM9611.TXT.

     the Monitor can be downloaded from NFB NET by calling (612)
696-1975, n,8,1 at
300 to 33.6K baud.  You can also now reach NFB NET via the Internet by
Telnetting to nfbnet.org.

You can also file request it by using the magic file name monitor
from Fidonet 1:282/1045.

     You can also get the Braille Monitor via NfB's new file
distribution system called NFB-FDN.  If you operate a
Fidonet-compatible BBS, and wish to get connected to NFB-FDN, to receive
NFB-related files automatically, then contact Fidonet 1:282/1045 for more
information.  You must have a Fidonet-compliant BBS setup and be
able to process Tick files.  We will deliver the Monitor and
other NFB-related files to your BBS doorstep, automatically, each
month.

     The Braille Monitor is also available on CompuServe.  It is
located in Library 5 of the Disabilities Forum, "go disfor."
Finally, the Braille Monitor is available via anonymous FTP from
nfb.org or from our World Wide Web site on the Internet at
http://www.nfb.org.

     This month's Monitor contains a wide variety of articles.  Here is the
Table of Contents.

Who Are the Blind Who Lead the Blind

                       Why I am Building Reading Machines Again
  by Ray Kurzweil

                       Braille Readers Contest Makes a Difference
  by Miki Causey

                            Literacy, Learning, and Louis Braille


                       Is It Too Late to Rescue Braille Literacy?
  by Emerson Foulke

                                            Window of Opportunity
  by Susie Stanzel

        1997 National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program


Frank Kurt Cylke Receives 1996 Dr. Dayton M. Forman Memorial
Award

                                              Sighted Electronics
  by David Pillischer

                                               Optacon User Alert
  by Steve Britt

                                   NPR Hears From Montana's Blind


                                                          Recipes

                                               Monitor Miniatures

     Happy reading!

David Andrews