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Blindness Resource Center has made major changes to the followng sections:
- Low Vision Resources
- Online Information
- Expanded Yahoo! Section in our Search Page
- A graphic map of the school's location.
- The 4th Annual Harvest Swing Golf Tournament
  is scheduled for August 31, 1998
  at the Knollwood Country Club

Pick of the Month

Multimedia Encyclopedia Accessibility Technical Report
From the CD-ROM Access Project for Blind and Visually Impaired Students at The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)

1998 CSUN Conference Proceedings Offered Free On-Line
Definitions of Blindness and Low Vision
The Love Bike: The Cycling Family's Dream Come True. A tandem bike with rear seat steering.
Project Gutenberg recently added its 1137th title to its collection. Check here for the latest additions.
Radio Information Service (RIS) Promoting Independence Through Information
The Virtual Blindmans Cane Project is an Austrian A-Level Project at a school of electrical engineering
Vicki's Variety Place
WAI Accessibility Guidelines: Page Authoring
- W3C Working Draft Latest Edition
World Database - Schools for the Blind

Absolute Magnitude Magazine, specializing in gritty adventure science fiction, has opened the doors for readers with disabilities by offering an accessible electronic version of the magazine on computer disk.
The Empowerment Zone web site now has a compressed plain text version of "The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design."
The CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media announces the first technical report from the CD-ROM Access Project. The report is an analysis of four popular multimedia encyclopedias, tested with three screen readers and two screen magnifiers. You can find the report on the project Web page
Sound Computing, the Audio Computer Magazine for all blind computer users.
Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students(Press Release)
URL: http://www.tsbvi.edu/spacehome.htm
Theater by the Blind Presents TRIFOCAL
Three sleek, sophisticated looks at blindness -- a thriller, a drama and a farce -- in 75 intermissionless minutes.
February 7 to 28, 1998 At the Samuel Beckett Theatre
410 West 42 Street, just west of 9th Avenue

The Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children
- Insights: Newsletter
- Site Map

The Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill
- CIB Newsletter in PDF Format
- Directory of Adminstrative Staff(in frames)

Texas School for the Blind
- How do you remember Emerson Foulke?
- News & Updates

Overbrook School for the Blind
- Overbrook 2001
- New Projects

The Alliance for Technology Access: a network of community-based resource centers dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies. Centers can be found all across the country.
American Foundation for the Blind:
- Product Evaluations - Windows 95 Access for Blind or Visually Impaired Persons: An Overview of nonvisual access to Windows, LP-Windows, Magnum 95, ScreenPower, and Window-Eyes.
- Accessing the Internet: What you need to know to get started and the tools you need to find what you are searching for

People to People Committee on Disability
International Disability resources and information.
People to People Committee on Disability PO Box 18131 Washington D.C. 20036 Email: webmaster@ppcd.org - a non-political non-profit (501 (c) (3) organization working outside of government to promote international understanding and communication.

Vision Technology Management is proud to announce their free e-mail newsletter VisionNews. VisionNews is published every two weeks and includes information and help with technology
Simply Internet: After many months of development, it is finally here. Simply Internet is available for the general public. It includes a Winsock Dialer, a Telnet client and an E-mail client for windows which are both speech friendly and speech enabled.

New Release of ZoomText Xtra v6.10 by Ai Squared. Level 1 is an advanced screen magnifier and Level 2 offers a fully integrated magnifier and screen reader – designed specifically for the low-vision computer user.
Biolink Computer R & D Ltd develops and markets inexpensive screen access products for the visully impaired. Protalk32 for Windows 95, Protalk32 for Windows NT 3.51/4.0 and Provision32 for Windows NT 3.51/4.0
IBM Special Needs Systems: A new FixPak is available for Screen Reader/2 version 2.01 that increases the accessibility of Lotus Notes releases 4.1 and 4.5. Read all about the latest developments in the "News about Screen Reader/2".
Repro - Tronics is the designer and manufacturer of the Tactile Image Enhancer, Flexi - Paper tactile imaging paper, the Thermo Pen II, and Tactile AudioGRAPHICS. These products are designed to assist blind and visually impaired individuals in the creation and understanding of tactile graphic images.
Repro-Tronics, Inc., 75 Carver Avenue, WestWood, NJ 07675
Phone: 1-800-94T-TILE, Fax: (201) 722-1881
Email: mailto:DAVESREPRO@AOL.COM
Vision Technology creates innovative products for people with macular degeneration and other forms of low vision that help them read, write and live independetly. The new MousCam 500 Color and the MousCam 200 video magnification systems provide state-of-the-art electronic and optical technology in an easy to use hand-held device.
Vision Technology, Inc., 40 Worthington Dr., Maryland Heights, MO 63043
Phone: 314-878-0933 FAX: 314-878-6562 TOLL FREE: 800-560-7226
E-Mail: vti@visiontechinc.com
The Blindness Resource Center Vendor Listing: A comprehensive collection of vendors of products for persons with visual impairments.

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- Visually Impaired Computer Users Group of New York City (VICUG-NYC) meets on the second Monday of every month at the Associated Blind building, which is located at 135 West Twenty-third Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, in New York City.
  - Information and Telephone Contact Line: 212 539-3514
  - NYC: Special Interest Groups have been formed for:
    - Braille 'n Speak/Braille Lite support group
    - Access to MIDI and music
  - Directions to the meeting site are available here.
  - MOVING TARGETS: Topical Topics of Interest to the Blind and Visually Impaired Community of the New York Metropolitan Area
- Web Sites of Blind/VI Computer User Groups Nationwide
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