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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:54:17 -0600
From: David Rogala <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Linux
Books from O'Reiley and Associates are available in text files for the
blind.  Below is more info.

kelly



From:   <[log in to unmask]>
To:     blt <[log in to unmask]>
Date:   3/7/00 5:10AM
Subject:        Re: [blt] O'reilly and associates and blind people.

> Hello all.
>
> I have some information that will really be of help to any blind
> person who is taking basic linux.  I found out about a month ago, that
> O'reilly and asociates will give any blind person text versions of any
> of their books.  The blind person must have their doctor send a fax to
> Lenny Muellner stating the fact that the person is blind, and Lenny
> will send the blind person email telling them how to download the
> books from O'reilly's ftp site.  You must have a password in order to
> access the ftp site.  You tell Lenny what books you need via email.  I
> now have both running linux third edition, and Linux in a nutshell
> second edition plus a few other books.  They sometimes come with codes
> in them, but Lenny will send the person the sed script to strip the
> codes out of the textfiles, as well as the script to run sed on the
> files.  I tell you, it's really neat being to read this stuff.
>


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