[nfbwatlk] FW: ReadThisToMe - free reading service for the blind

[Alco Canfield]

Very interesting.  

Alco

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Subject: [nfbwatlk] FW: ReadThisToMe - free reading service for the blind


FYI,
Doug Trimble
Orientation & Mobility Instructor
Off Campus Work Advisor
Washington State School for the Blind
2214 E. 13th Street Vancouver,  WA  98661
office ph. 360-696-6321 #118
cell:360-909-0833

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Subject: FW: ReadThisToMe - free reading service for the blind

FYI
-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Stenehjem 
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:59 PM

Got this from Chuck Young at Hadley -  FYI 
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Savetz [mailto:kevin at savetz.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:09 PM
To: Chuck Young
Subject: ReadThisToMe - free reading service for the blind

Dear Mr. Young,

I am writing to tell you about a new, free service for the blind  
community: Read This To Me is a free reading service for the blind,  
powered by volunteers and Internet collaboration. I hope that you  
will consider telling your blind students and faculty members about it.

ReadThisToMe allows blind and low-vision people to have printed  
documents read to them over the phone. All the blind person needs is  
a phone line and a fax machine (no computer is required.) Here's how  
it works:

The blind person faxes the document to be read to the ReadThisToMe  
toll-free fax number: 1-877-333-8848. The first page of the fax needs  
to be a cover page that includes the client's first name and callback  
(voice) phone number. The document itself can be just about anything:  
a handwritten letter, a bill, a can of food, a multi-page magazine  
article -- anything that can be faxed. Then, one of ReadThisToMe's  
volunteer readers will call the client back and read the document.

The service is available throughout the U.S. and is absolutely free,  
though donations and business sponsorships are accepted.

More information is available at www.ReadThisToMe.org. Or, a recorded  
message describing how to use the service can be heard by calling  
1-877-333-8847.

If you have any questions about this service, please contact me at  
info at readthistome.org

--Kevin Savetz
Creator of ReadThisToMe

--
contact | Kevin Savetz - kevin at savetz.com - www.SavetzPublishing.com


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