I'm not saying that most of us haven't bent the rules on free matter for the 
blind at one time or another, but to say in effect that it's all right 
because everybody does it is the oldest copout in the books.  We should at 
least admit when we do wrong and try not to do it again.
Harvey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Old keyer available


> 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