>From: "Judith M. Dixon" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Kelly Ford <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: NLS Launches Web-Braille
>
>Web-Braille, NLS's new system for distributing braille books via
>the Internet, is now ready for use.  Grade 2 braille books are
>available for download or online use by eligible individuals,
>libraries, and schools with braille embossers, refreshable
>braille displays, and other braille-aware devices.  To retrieve
>Web-Braille files, you can use whatever braille equipment and
>browser you are most comfortable with.
>
>At the moment, Web-Braille contains 2,672 braille books beginning
>with BR8827.  NLS will continue to add new books to Web-Braille
>as the press copies are approved for shipment.  You can access
>these new books through the online version of Braille Book Review
>(BBR).  Beginning with the July/August, 1999 issue, BBR will
>include links to the Web-Braille versions of titles listed.
>
>To get a user ID for Web-Braille, contact the library that
>handles your braille magazine subscriptions.  You will be asked
>to select a password and provide an e-mail address.  If I can answer
>any questions or assist in any way, please contact me.
>
>Judy Dixon
>
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>*  Judith M. Dixon                     [log in to unmask]        *
>*  Consumer Relations Officer          (202) 707-0722      *
>*  National Library Service            (202) 707-0712 fax  *
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>*     Physically Handicapped                               *
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