Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!275!429!Warren.King From: Warren.King@f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Warren King) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Guide Message-ID: <13428@bunker.UUCP> Date: 11 Aug 90 03:02:39 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Warren.King@f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:275/429 - HandiNet BBS, Virginia Beach VA Lines: 26 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 9753 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] I saw an ad in BYTE magazine for a book entitled THE SECOND BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PERSONAL COMPUTERS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED, published by the National Braille Press. Prices given were $12.95 for braille or cassette and $14.95 for print. The address given for orders was: National Braille Press Inc. 88 St. Stephen Street Boston, MA 02115 (617)266-6160 The ad had a disclaimer "NBP is a nonprofit braille printing and publishing house". And to quote the ad, "This comprehensive book contains reviews, written by blind users, of software that works with speech." Warren King 'HandiNet BBS' -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!275!429!Warren.King Internet: Warren.King@f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org