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> STATE REGISTER NOTICE
>
>
> Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
>
> Notice of Request for Proposals to Develop, run, and maintain Web
> Hunter scripts to be used on multiple web sites for State Services
> for the Blind's Dial-In-News
>
> Minnesota State Services for the Blind (SSB) operates a telephone
> system call Minnesota Dial-In-News (DIN). This system allows blind
> or visually impaired SSB customers to use the telephone to listen to
> the text of daily and weekly newspapers, to navigate within each
> publication and article, and to control other parameters of the
> system, such as reading speed, all with the 12 buttons of a touch
> tone telephone. The system uses the Telephone Reader software
> developed and marketed by the University of Kansas Audio-Reader
> Network. Proposals are requested to use the Web Hunter software
> which comes with Telephone Reader to locate relevant articles from
> the web sites of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer
> Press, City Pages, and a television listings site, download them,
> monitor the software for problems and correct any that occur, and
> upload them to the Dial-In-News server. This is performed 365 days a
> year.
> Estimated cost: $11,500 per year.
> A written request (by email) is required to receive the Request for
> Proposal. For a copy of the full Request for Proposal, or more
> information contact:
> David B. Andrews
> Department of Employment & Economic Development
> State Services for the Blind
> 2200 University Ave W #240
> St. Paul, MN 55114-1840
> Phone: (651) 642-0513
> E-mail:
> <file:///mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>
> Other personnel are not authorized to answer questions regarding this
> Request for Proposals. Deadline for proposals is 2:30 p.m. CST,
> Friday May 12, 2006. Late proposals will NOT be considered. Fax or
> emailed proposals will NOT be considered. In addition to a paper
> copy, an electronic copy in Microsoft Word, ASCII text, RTF or HTML
> should be included on a floppy disk or CD.
> This request does not obligate the State to complete the
> work contemplated in this notice. The State reserves the right to
> cancel this solicitation. All expenses incurred in responding to
> this notice are solely the responsibility of the responder.
>
>
> David Andrews and white cane Harry.
>
>
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