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From: Al.Hoffman@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Al Hoffman)
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Subject: Re: PRODIGY
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Date: 26 Jul 90 17:19:23 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

This is just to clear up some Prodigy confusion.

     After speaking with the Vice President of Research at Prodigy, 
the following is supposedly in the works.  1.  There is a project 
"underway," involving AFB, to make Prodigy accessible to the visually 
impaired.  2.  You can use a standard modem with Prodigy, the package 
can be had for $10.00 with just a disk and a little booklet.

     You can copy material from the screen, there are a host of Prodigy 
Utilityies available locally here.  For low-vision people Prodigy 
is just fine, we totals will simply need to wait some more, and maybe 
boot AFB/Prodigy in the butt once in a while to speed up this project 
they are working on.  Curtis Chong has been in contact with the Research 
people as well, but I don't know the outcome of that discussion.

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