--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAA00009Date: 06/05/97 From: CEDISABL@SPRYNET.COM Time: 07:53pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Braille restaurant guide From: cedisabl@sprynet.com Subject: Re: Braille restaurant guide CE Disabled Services What provisions have been made for those of us who don't read braille?? See my earlier posting regardin the Department of Justice action against th Friendly restaurant chain. It specifically states that restaurants are required to provide menus in alternate formats. --- * Origin: NFBnet <--> Internet Email Gateway (1:282/1045) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAA00010Date: 06/05/97 From: "NANCY K. MARTIN" Time: 11:28pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Orthopedic surgical help please From: "Nancy K. Martin" Subject: Orthopedic surgical help please Hello everyone, The doctor is giving a preoperative diagnosis of fracture basal neck hifanater trochanteric, right hip. What is the Hifanator, er? Thanks. Nancy --- * Origin: NFBnet <--> Internet Email Gateway (1:282/1045) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAA00011Date: 06/05/97 From: RON SMITH Time: 10:00pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: midi files of NFB Song melodies want22:00:5206/05/97 From: Ron Smith Subject: Re: midi files of NFB Song melodies wanted Spare my ears!! God help us all who tune in! On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Pete Donahue wrote: > > > > Fellow federationists and friends, > > The development of our Greater San antonio Chapter Web Site continues to > occurr. We currently have the second half of Beethoven's Symphony number > ix as the background music. However, we would like to change this to have > NFB Songs play in the background rather than this current music. We > wouldlike to make this change before the 1997n South texas Internet > Odyssey to llow uskOdyssey to allow us to display the site with these > songs playing instead of the current sellection. If any of you have midi > files of these tunes could you please E-mail them to me privately. In > addition, I wonder if anyone c ould make a midi of Thje Rehab Song and > I've Been Working In the workshop so the tune contains only those sections > of I've Been working on The Railroad to which these words are set. > > Your help with this project would be greately appreciated. Take care and > have a great day. > > Peter Donahue > > > > > --- * Origin: NFBnet <--> Internet Email Gateway (1:282/1045) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAA00012Date: 06/06/97 From: VAUGHAN DODD Time: 01:56am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Long Delay with Mailing From: vdodd@Actrix.gen.nz (Vaughan Dodd) Subject: Re: Long Delay with Mailing Organization: 16 Parkside Lane Hi Mike. Understand the problem: Think I have over a thousand email messages stored somewhere - two days have gone by and my hd didn't stop whirring for about 15 minutes getting the new material.=20 Most definitely - what you have to say is relevant, but I need to=20 \ througfhthe memory banks to remember the original thread (grin.) =09 --- * Origin: Usenet:16 Parkside Lane (1:282/1045) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAB00000Date: 06/06/97 From: CEDISABL@SPRYNET.COM Time: 04:52pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Spammed?? From: cedisabl@sprynet.com Subject: Spammed?? We are currently unable to recieve mail due to a problem at the server?? ? --- * Origin: NFBnet <--> Internet Email Gateway (1:282/1045) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAB00001Date: 06/06/97 From: PATRICK GORMLEY Time: 05:33pm \/To: WARREN FIGUEIREDO (Read 0 times) Subj: restaurant guide -> This is convention month and many of you will be heading to New -> Orleans. The Louisiana affiliate is selling a braille restaurant -> guide for five dollars. It will be press braille embossed in the -> handy convention size that many people like. For your copy, find me -> or go to the welcome desk or the Louisiana booth in the exhibit hall. -> -> Diet now or later but do plan to eat well in the Crescent City. The -> guide has an EAT TO LIVE sectionn for those saving pennies and it -> features a LIVE TO EAT for those that want to have a fine dining -> experience. -> I look forward to seeing all of you at convention. -> Warren Figueiredo -> -> --- Maximus/2 2.02 -> * Origin: NFB NET St. Paul, MN (612) 696-1975 (1:282/1045)warren I can't make New Orleans if I send you a check could you send me one because periodically my wife travels down to New Orleans for work and this might be a handy thing to have. --- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v1.3 * Origin: The TALKING HUB * Alexandria, VA * (703) 549-5612 (1:109/632) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAB00002Date: 06/06/97 From: LINWOOD GALLAGHER Time: 05:11am \/To: MIKE FREEMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: budget speech synthesize Dear Mike: Before there were tutorials, we planned to specialize in help for those new to computing and to offer inexpensive speech devices in order to get newbies started. What we have to liquidate are the following. Hearsay 1000, (still in shrinkwrap) $60.00 Echo--PC, (still in Shrink wrap), $75.00 VOS, (like new and includes manual on cassettes as well as print manual in notebook) $100--OBO The Econo speech package, $200.00 (this was the emsemble we finally decided upon and developed enhancements for. It consists of the Speech Thing Synthesizer, MS-Dos that allowed us to maximize the package, the QWERTY Word Processing program, A bootable disk for beginners, and cassette instructions.) I no you are an experienced operator but perhaps you know of beginners wishing to begin economically with the understanding that they will want to upgrade latter. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Library COM -* Reno, NV USA *- (702) 785-4191 (1:213/742) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAB00003Date: 06/06/97 From: LINWOOD GALLAGHER Time: 05:25am \/To: ALL LISTERS (Read 0 times) Subj: documents in special media Dear Listers: I wish discussion from those wishing to comment regarding blind persons having access to their: financial and billing information, medical reports, legal and government documents, and restauraunt menus.Given the intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act, shouldn't these be provided in a media convenient for the individual? --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Library COM -* Reno, NV USA *- (702) 785-4191 (1:213/742) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAC00000Date: 06/06/97 From: JENEAN GRAY Time: 10:49am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: r s v a listserv (fwd) From: Jenean Gray Subject: r s v a listserv (fwd) Please send me this subscription when it is published. Thank You. Jenean Gray --- * Origin: NFBnet <--> Internet Email Gateway (1:282/1045) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 233 NFB BLIND NEWS Ref: EAC00001Date: 06/07/97 From: DAVID ANDREWS Time: 12:27am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Braille-related research on the internet00:27:4806/07/97 From: David Andrews Subject: Braille-related research on the internet (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 14:16:10 +1000 (AEST) From: Jason White Reply-To: brailletech@hoflink.com To: brailletech@hoflink.com Subject: Braille-related research on the internet A new web site has recently become available which offers a number of research papers pertaining to braille. The documents have been collected by an organisation in the United States known as the "International Braille Research Centre". The address of the web site is http://www.braille.org Jason White. --- * Origin: NFBnet <--> Internet Email Gateway (1:282/1045)