Re: For the blind
- From: "Mickey Quenzer" <mickeyqu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:36:03 -0800
Hello James:
I'm sorry, but there is a question that was asked that was relivent. It
was, Where can the scripts for the client be obtained.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: For the blind
> This advertisement thread is not what the list is here for. Any further
> comments with regard this thread should be sent through private mail, so
we
> can go back to discussing more relevant topics, such as topics that
concern
> JFW specifically. Thank you all.
>
> James,
> List Admin
>
> At 02:03 AM 25/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >Where can you get the scripts for the text chat? Thanks. Glenna
> >"God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change,
> >courage to change the things we can,
> >and wisdom to know the difference."
> >
> >MSN Messenger and AIM screen name:
> >earthmother122
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "louie" <oudie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:59 PM
> >Subject: RE: For the blind
> >
> >
> > > Hi List,
> > > I wrote the scripts for the text chat. Any one having trouble with the
> > > scripts pleas e-mail me at:
> > > oudie@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
> > > Louie
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > > Behalf Of Ryan Mcmanomy
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:39 AM
> > > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: For the blind
> > >
> > > New Information Service for visually Impaired
> > > Ask a librarian to help you find information about absolutely
anything!
> > > From
> > > locating a list of symptoms for common eye diseases, to finding a
> > > gingerbread cookie recipe, our librarians can find the information
you
> > > need.
> > > You can chat live with a librarian using text-chat, or email a
> > > question.
> > > Best of all, you can communicate online with audio, hearing a
> > > librarian's
> > > voice while we co-browse the Internet with you. The web pages we go
to
> > > will
> > > appear simultaneously on your computer screen. If you have a
> > > microphone, you
> > > can also speak to us; if not, you can type your questions using text
> > > chat.
> > > If no one is available, you can email your question! Visually
impaired
> > > persons in select libraries around the United States are
participating
> > > in a
> > > six-month pilot project which officially opens on Monday, March 22,
to
> > > test
> > > an online information and virtual reference service designed
> > > specifically
> > > for their needs. The service will be offered through InfoEyes
> > > http://www.infoeyes.org
> > > ,
> > >
> > > a virtual reference and information community for
> > > the visually impaired. Through the pilot project, visually impaired
> > > patrons
> > > will use QuestionPoint to work with librarians virtually to find what
> > > they're seeking on the Internet. QuestionPoint, the collaborative
> > > virtual
> > > reference service developed by the Library of Congress and OCLC,
helps
> > > librarians track and manage questions from patrons through a network
of
> > > reference librarians around the world. The Illinois State Library and
> > > the
> > > Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service are
> > > coordinating the
> > > pilot project; the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) has provided
> > > software and resources. The project will test the effectiveness of
> > > assisting the visually impaired in using the Internet. "The goal of
the
> > > QuestionPoint service and other online reference services is to
> > > increase
> > > access to information," said Frank Hermes, Vice President, OCLC
> > > Cooperative
> > > Discovery Services. "The InfoEyes pilot project will increase access
> > > to
> > > online reference. OCLC is proud to be part of this effort which is
> > > consistent with our mission of furthering access to the world's
> > > information." In the pilot project, librarians will provide services
> > > that
> > > include voice over IP, co-browsing and application sharing. InfoEyes
> > > users
> > > will be asked to evaluate the service and resources to help
librarians
> > > further develop the service. Hours of service will be posted on the
> > > InfoEyes Web site. If users would like service outside of those
hours,
> > > they
> > > may schedule an appointment or a reference session. "Virtual
reference
> > > for
> > > the blind and physically handicapped population is nothing short of
> > > imperative toward the inclusion of this population in mainstream
> > > society,"
> > > said Barry Levine, a Talking Book reader and library leader in
> > > Illinois.
> > > Libraries participating in the project, which will run from January
to
> > > July
> > > 2004, include: the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
in
> > > New
> > > York City, Cleveland Public Library/Library for the Blind and
> > > Physically
> > > Handicapped, the Illinois State Library, the Indiana School for the
> > > Blind,
> > > the Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the
Library
> > > of
> > > Congress, Maine State Library Outreach, Mid-Illinois Talking Book
> > > Center,
> > > Nevada Talking Book Services, Perkins Braille and Talking Book
Library,
> > > Southern Illinois Talking Book Center, Texas State Library and
Archives
> > > Commission, TAP Information Services,
> > > For more information, contact Sharon Ruda at
> > >
> > > sruda@xxxxxxxxx
> > > ,
> > >
> > >
> > > Diana Brawley Sussman at
> > >
> > > dbrawley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > ,
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom Peters at
> > >
> > > tapinformation@xxxxxxxxx
> > > ,
> > >
> > >
> > > or Lori Bell at
> > >
> > > lbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
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