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From: rbarth@cs.UMD.EDU (Richard Barth)
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Subject: Arkenstone/Panasonic Scanner Donation Program
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Date: 17 Jun 91 15:24:07 GMT
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HEX recently received a letter from Arkenstone Inc., a non-profit which 
deals in technology to aid the visually impaired.   The following comes
verbatim from that letter: 

***Quote: 

   Arkenstone Inc. has just received a very generous $250,000 donation of 
scanning equipment from Panasonic.  We need help to find the best 
possible homes for these scanners.  If your organization is interested in 
having a reading system for people with vision or reading impairments, 
please read on!  

...

   Panasonic and Arkenstone have put together the "Panasonic Scanner 
Donation Program" described in the attached material.  We are seeking 
nonprofit agencies that will be able to use these scanners as part of an 
Arkenstone reading system to effectively benefit the most people 
possible. ...  If you have a significant number of clients who could 
benefit from access to a reading machine or if you have an active braille 
publication program, please contact us.   We look forward to receiving an 
application for the donation of a scanner to your organization.  

Sincerely,

(signed) 
James R. Fruchterman
Presidant

***Unquote.

Those interested in applying should contact Arkenstone for further 
information and an application form.  

Arkenstone Inc.                 Phone (800) 444-4443
1185 Bordeaux Drive                   (408) 752-2200
Suite D                         FAX   (408) 745-6739
Sunnyvale CA 94089

Please *DON'T* contact the HEX; I don't know any more about it than you do!

Also, please note that the HEX now has a new net address, which is:
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Mail to my previous address at UMD may be forwarded for a while.  It may 
also wind up in the bit bucket, so please change your address books or 
alias files.  

--- 
Richard Barth, W3HWN,  media!ka3ovk!rbarth@uunet.uu.net
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