For your information.
Steve.

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Date sent:      	Mon, 11 Oct 1999 14:26:13 -0400
To:             	[log in to unmask]
From:           	"BRL,Inc" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:        	Free Email Newsletter for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Respond to this email message if you wish to receive the monthly 
WYFIWYG newsletter.  Here is a sample issue. 

                        WYFIWYG NEWSLETTER 
                  What You Feel Is What You Get 


This free monthly email newsletter highlights products 
and 
services presently available and discusses 
breakthroughs in 
technology of interest to the blind.  It is sent by email to 
those who sign up for the newsletter at our web site or 
who 
request it by email or phone, and it is kept brief so the 
reader 
is quickly informed. 

Columns in the newsletter vary from month to month to 
keep the 
newsletter fresh and lively.  Here are a few columns you 
can 
expect to read often. 

Customer Corner tells you what commercial products 
are hot and 
what are not and tells you what are good buys and what 
to avoid. 

Editorial Corner presents hot topics and controversial 
issues 
like:  Should you upgrade to Microsoft Office 2000?  Are 
DOS 
users doomed when Windows 2000 debuts? 

Web Showcase presents web sites of interest to the 
blind and 
discusses their navigation and more. 

Technical Tidbits features ways to make Windows 
applications work 
better with screen readers and introduces accessible 
programs. 

WYFIWYG Announcements debuts products and 
services of interest to 
the blind. 

Book Reviews highlights a tutorial, user manual, or 
program 
documentation  and mentions its pros and cons. 

Comments to WYFIWYG shares comments from visitors 
to the WYFIWYG 
web site. 

Monthly Specials announces special offers to newsletter 
subscribers and products on sale at the WYFIWYG web 
site. 

Please tell friends and colleagues about the WYFIWYG 
newsletter 
and the WYFIWYG web site.  The newsletter is free and 
so is the 
online catalog.  Pleas forward this newsletter, or any 
portion of 
this newsletter, to a discussion list or newsgroup whose 
members 
may enjoy the material. 


                         WYFIWYG WEB SITE 

HTTP://WWW.WYFIWYG.COM 

This web site serves blind and visually-impaired web 
surfers in 
various ways.  It offers a product catalog that visitors can 
download in different formats: WordPerfect 5.1, text, 
translated 
braille for narrow and wide pages, and PDF.  Visitors 
can also 
browse the catalog while online.  Moreover, the catalog, 
upon 
request by email or phone, is available in hard copy 
format:   
print, large print, Grade 2 braille, and 2-track audio 
cassette. 

The WYFIWYG web site offers online shopping.  Many 
items are 
intended for the blind computer user.  Products which 
make 
computers accessible, tutorials which make Microsoft 
Windows and 
other programs easy to learn and resource lists which 
make the 
computer indispensable are all available here. 

Also, items are showcased which enhance the quality of 
daily 
life.  Check out the Heart Rate Monitor that talks.  With it, 
you 
can exercise at the proper level and enjoy life more fully.  
Check out the Bar Code Reader that talks.  With it, you 
will 
never open the wrong can of soup for lunch or play the 
wrong 
music CD at a party. 

Many items are unavailable elsewhere.  So, tell friends 
about 
products that you think might interest them. 

Millions of customers shop daily on the Internet.  
Customers 
visit and browse web sites and web malls for products 
and 
services.  Often, bargains are found because Internet 
merchants 
have much less overhead than traditional retail stores 
and malls. 

Virtually all web sites which serve the sighted community 
use 
"shopping carts" that let customers place credit card 
orders 
online.  This is a great convenience and completely safe 
when 
merchants employ a "secure" web site or web mall. 

Virtually no web site which caters to the blind community 
presently offers a shopping cart customized for the blind 
shopper 
and online credit card processing.  We are proud to 
provide an 
accessible shopping cart and to offer customers 
convenient online 
credit card processing.  American Express, Discover, 
Master Card, 
and Visa are all accepted online as well as offline. 

We rely on the EasyCart shopping cart which works 
superbly well 
with screen readers.  The manufacturer of EasyCart lets 
us sell 
EasyCart to other web site owners in the disability 
community.  
Also, the manufacturer is willing to consider reasonable 
alterations to EasyCart -- like larger fonts and different 
color 
schemes to improve accessibility.  Tell webmasters of 
other 
disability sites about EasyCart so they can also offer you 
this 
shopping convenience. 


                         ABOUT BRL, INC. 

Braille Research & Literacy, Inc., d/b/a BRL, Inc., is a 
nonprofit corporation founded in September 1988.  Our 
mission is 
to improve the lives of blind people via innovative 
technology.  
We are located just south of Atlanta Georgia.  Here is 
our 
contact information: 

BRL, Inc. 
110 Commerce Drive 
Suite 210 
Fayetteville, GA  30214 

TEL:  770-716-9222 
FAX:  770-716-9599 

EMAIL: 
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WEB SITE: 
HTTP://WWW.WYFIWYG.COM 

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Steve Metcalfe
Head of Disability Access Resources and Technology
University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1482 440550 ext. 3300
Fax: +44 (0)1482 463531
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