Well done, Tom.
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From: "Tom Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] reading books
Hi
Ann writes:
Hi all,
Tom, best be polite, Frank Curt Cylke is head of NLS. I'd put your
diplomat's hat on.
That same thought had occured to me. So,
I dusted it off and sent him the following:
Dear Mr. Cylke,
I know that you don't know me, so please forgive my barging into your
inbox.
I got your address from someone who passed it along on an e-mail
discussion list pertaining to the use of the BrailleNote note-taker.
I'm writing to you this evening to tell you that I was quite surprised and
disappointed yesterday to find that the Web Braille service is shut down.
The
Web Braille service has been my primary source of electronic Braille books
for the past six years, and, as an avid reader, I can tell you that the
removal
of the service was a shocking blow. It will be sorely missed by all of us
throughout the country who have derived immense pleasure from being able
to
freely download books whenever we get the urge to read.
Thus I'm compelled to write to you this evening, as others undoubtedly
will, imploring NLS to consider reinstating the service. If that's not
possible,
for technical or security reasons, it is my sincere hope that a suitable
alternative, with an even greater wealth of reading material, will be
provided
as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Tom Lange
Mr. Cylke kindly replied:
Mr. LANGE: Web-braille will be back soon. Thank you for your thoughtful
message. Kurt Cylke ... P.S. Please feeel free to "barge in" anytime. Kurt
Cylke
Frank Kurt Cylke, Director
National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20542
202-707-5104
Fax 202-707-1690
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So, there you have it. We just need to sit tight and see what happens.
Tom
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