Speaking of lending, let me reinforce and lend my support to what Ms. Knuth said in her original message. I am a resident of PA, have taken advantage of their services and know of many others who have benefited as well. Keep up the great work PIAT! Stewart ----- Original Message ----- From: "jknuth" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] AT ledning Library > Catherine and Listers, > > I work with Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology, and we work > with the Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Lending Library. I am sorry, > Catherine, that you have had negative experiences with the Lending Library > and that you are communicating those negative experiences. We make every > effort to keep equipment up to date (within the ability of our state > funds) > and to see that everything is in good working condition. We are also > value > consumer choice and feedback. When consumers find that our inventory is > out-of-date or that particular devices do not function, please let us > know. > If you would like for us to add a particular device, please let us know. > You can reach us by email at [log in to unmask] or by phone at > 1-877-722-8536. > . > > The Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Lending Library can only be used by > residents of Pennsylvania. However, other states have AT lending > libraries, > and the new AT Act requires that all states have AT LLs unless they can > provide a good reason for not doing so. > > Also, I would like for all of you to know that both Amy Goldman and I have > communicated extensively, off-list, with Anthony to answer his questions > and > to try to connect him with his AT Act program and other resources. > > Janice Knuth > > -----Original Message----- > From: VICUG-L: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Catherine Getchell > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:22 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: AT ledning Library > > There is an ATT lending library in Pennsylvania, though I don't know if > non-Pennsylvania residents could use it. Also, in my experience of using > their services, their products are very out-of-date and work minimally if > at > all. Sorry to not have cheerier news. > Catherine Getchell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony Slate" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:50 AM > Subject: AT ledning Library > > >> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >> >> ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C5CAD9.294A3410 >> Content-Type: text/plain; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> Does anyone know if there is a At lending library in the USA >> >> ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C5CAD9.294A3410 >> Content-Type: text/html; >> charset="iso-8859-1" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> >> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> >> <HTML><HEAD> >> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = >> charset=3Diso-8859-1"> >> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=3DGENERATOR> >> <STYLE></STYLE> >> </HEAD> >> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> >> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D4>Does anyone know if there is a At = >> lending library=20 >> in the USA</FONT></DIV> >> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> >> >> ------=_NextPart_000_005E_01C5CAD9.294A3410-- >> >> >> VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. >> To join or leave the list, send a message to >> [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type >> "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. >> VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at >> http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html >> >> > > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. > To join or leave the list, send a message to > [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type > "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. > VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html > > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. > To join or leave the list, send a message to > [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type > "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. > VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html