Happy summer at last!  We hope you’re enjoying the season and hope you have a Talking Book nearby to enjoy too! If you’re out and about in the Traverse City area, please stop in to visit.

      In May I attended a regional conference for Libraries for the Blind & Physically Handicapped and I’d like to share some of my experiences with you.  Whenever we have a conference there is a speaker who, like you, is a consumer of this program. This year’s representative was Cindy Paulding, a social worker, speaker about disabilities, and photographer.

Did you know that hundreds of the most popular tax forms and publications are available for download for sight impaired individuals?  These products range from talking tax forms to Braille and Large Print formats, and are accessible using screen reading software, refreshable Braille displays and voice recognition software.

Connections Fall  2010    

Fall is in the air!  Even if you can’t see the colorful change of the seasons, I hope you will be enjoying the sounds smells and feel of fall: the rustle and crunch of leaves, the rattle of cornstalks in the wind, the crispness of the air, the smoky smell of burning leaves, the aroma and sweet/tart taste of the first crispy fall apples.  For the more mature among you, here are some quotes to savor:

As the days March on toward Spring, we march forward in our distribution of digital players!  Many LBPH patrons are now happy users of NLS digital talking book players and books.  As we receive monthly allotment s of the new players, we are working our way through the wait list.  Eventually everyone will receive a digital player, but you will receive one sooner if you let us know