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From: David.Andrews@f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
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Subject: NEW JOB
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Date: 4 Jan 91 05:00:09 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

I am pleased to be able to announce that I have accepted a new and 
exciting job.  While it is tough to leave the New Mexico Commission for 
the Blind and NEWSLINE for the Blind, the new position has some very 
exciting opportunities.
 
I will serve as the first director of the National Braille and Technology 
Center, now being established by the National Federation of the Blind in 
Baltimore.  It is our intention to make this the premier center to see, 
use and evaluate speech technology in this country.  Already, before I am 
there, the Center ha every braille printer known to mankind, including 
two Braill-O units, the Ted 600, Marathon, BookMaker and Romeo from 
Enabling, the Thiel, the Otsucki, a Versapoint from TSI, an Index 35, the 
Pixelmaster, and a Blazer.  I am probably forgetting one.  In addition, 
there is already a navigator, Braille 'n Speak, Eureka A4, DEC-Talk, 
Kurzweil Personal Reader, Panasonic scanner, and various Speaquilizers. 
We will be acquiring other scanners, speech software, speech 
synthesizers, braille translators etc.  I also hope to evaluate various 
products, start a BBS etc.  I Start work on January 14th.
Hope to see you all there.

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