good stuff, that's what I was after.
I expect canada post has similar, if not precisely the same rules and regs 
governing free matter for the blind materials.

I must say though, having a drivers license and driving is also a 
privallage, and people abuse the rules of the road without even thinking and 
it is tolerated and accepted for the most part.
While it's always safe to abide by the rules and regs of a particular 
process, sometimes those rules and regs can be bent as they say without 
anyone getting upset or it becoming a serious problem.
The spirit of the law is to allow blind persons, and organizations who 
assist the blind specifically, who are considered to be members of society 
with less access to financial resources compared to other members of 
society, to send important blind specific items from one place to another.
obviously your not going to send stuff that isn't well within that 
definition.
However, if you are sending something, from one blind person, to another, 
and it does meet requirements of being specifically blind friendly, 
accessible, or access related in some way, then I think it's ok to use the 
service, and not be thought to be abusing it.
 Remember, the rules and regs were created a rather long time ago when 
braille paper materials, and perhaps large print materials, and cassettes or 
records were about the height of accessible material.  Now, we have allot of 
digital material, and the devices used to replay that digital material. 
Along with allot of different equipment that can be said to be used to 
create accessible material in a digital format.
I could potentially say a 24 channel mixer, microphones, and computer would 
be a set of devices used to create recordings for the blind, and with blind 
specific content.
That would fall within the regs, even though those items were not 
specifically designed and manufactured for "the blind".
anyway, sending something through free matter that doesn't precisely meet 
the regulations isn't going to find you in court or jail by any stretch of 
the imagination.
the worst that might happen is they'll return the posted item.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: Old keyer available


>A keyer is absolutely not eligible to be mailed as "Free Matter for the
> Blind."  It is not made specifically for a blind person and does not fit
> within either the letter or spirit of the postal regulations. Knowingly
> misusing the "Free Matter for the Blind," privilege is both unethical and
> illegal.
>
> As the President of the South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind, I 
> have
> studied the postal regulations quite closely and even conferred with the
> postal authorities to be sure I understood the regulations before we used
> the "Free Matter for the Blind" stamped on our mailings and shipments 
> going
> to our members, mailing materials to doctors' offices, etc.  Believe it or
> not, the postal inspectors will and do inspect some mailings and shipments
> to be sure they are not in violation of the postal regulations.  No, they
> do not inspect everything that is sent as "Free Matter for the Blind," but
> they will check anything that looks even a little suspicious.
>
> To use the "Free Matter for the Blind" mailing privilege, your item must 
> be
> specifically for a legally blind person or persons and includes Braille 
> and
> large print matter and devices designed for the specific use of blind
> people.  A Victor Reader Stream can be sent as "Free Matter for the 
> Blind,"
> but an Olympus DS-50, which has speech built into it, cannot be sent as
> "Free Matter for the Blind" because the Olympus DS-50 was not designed
> specifically for the blind; though, it can certainly be used by the blind.
> In like manner, all of the Apple products, e.g. iPhone Apple TV, etc.
> cannot be shipped as "Free Matter for the Blind," even though they all 
> have
> Voiceover built into them and can be used by a blind person.
>
> Ron M.
>
>
> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
>
> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
> Monthly Monetary Support Program (MMS) Committee
>