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Subject: VIBUG meeting
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

     The next meeting of VIBUG (Visually Impaired and Blind User 
Group) will be held on Saturday, December 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 
National Braille Press--located at 88 Saint Stephen St. in Boston 
(phone 266-6160).   
 
     Gayle Yarnall of Telesensory will demonstrate Oscar:  a 
speech friendly scanner and software system.  Print documents of 
various typestyles may be scanned into a personal computer and 
translated into ASCII text with the powerful Calera TrueScan 
software.  Operating the scanner and reading documents is 
accomplished conveniently with a menu driven interface, optimized 
for use with Telesensory's line of speech, large print, and 
braille access products. 
 
 
                 For more information, contact: 
                         Jamal Mazrui 
                         VIBUG Director 
                         308 Summer St., Apt. 1R 
                         Somerville, MA  02144 
                         Phone:  (617) 666-9856 

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