I like this.
Littlekat
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From: "Kurt Cylke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Littlekat10" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Web Braille shut down
YOUR THOUGHTFUL MESSAGE IS APPRECIATED. Web Braille will be back ASAP.
Kurt:
>My name is Lisa Warner and I have been using Web Braille for at least a
>year
>now and love it. I was very upset and disappointed at the news that it has
>shut down. Please don't take Web Braille away. It is the best thing that
>the library has done for its consumers. I have felt such joy and freedom
>that I can take many books on a long trip and enjoy reading them as I
>travel. I will miss Web Braille sorely. The one other thing that I would
>like to say is that this is not the age when a hard copy Braille book is
>really what a blind person should depend on. It is clumsy and expensive
>and
>takes up far too much space. Computers are the wave of the future and Web
>Braillle is a necessity not a luxury and will keep us compettitive with our
>sighted peers.
>
>Littlekat
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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