MINNESOTA STATE SERVICES FOR THE BLIND COMMUNICATION CENTER SUPPLEMENT An approved application for free library service entitles you to use all services available from State Services for the Blind's Communication Center in St. Paul. Check the services that you want: Radio Talking Book. Daily newspapers, current magazines, and the latest best sellers are read over a closed circuit radio reading system called the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network. If you check this item, a special radio will be sent directly to you. Transcription Services. Textbooks, reference books, manuals and other printed documents needed for work, school or leisure may be requested. If not available from the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault, or other national sources, books are transcribed into digital audio, cassette tape or braille format by Communication Center volunteers. If you check this item, an informational packet will be mailed to you explaining the procedures for transcribing. Telephone-based news services. Two telephone-based news services supported in part by funds from the Minnesota Department of Commerce’s Telecommunication Access Minnesota (TAM) fund, are available 24 hours per day. If you pick one or both services, a staff number will call to set it up. Dial-in News. A free service providing daily and weekly Twin Cities newspapers. Using a touch-tone telephone anywhere within the Metro dialing area, you may access the the and Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press City at your convenience. Pages NFB-NEWSLINE® for the Blind. A free service providing local and national newspapers. Using a touch-tone phone, you may access the Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Duluth News Tribune, and over 300 other out-of-state and national newspapers and magazines including the Grand Forks Herald, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. For correspondence via e-mail, provide your address: E-mail address:
MINNESOTA STATE SERVICES FOR THE BLIND COMMUNICATION CENTER SUPPLEMENT An approved application for free library service entitles you to use all services available from State Services for the Blind's Communication Center in St. Paul. Check the services that you want: Radio Talking Book. Daily newspapers, current magazines, and the latest best sellers are read over a closed circuit radio reading system called the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network. If you check this item, a special radio will be sent directly to you. Transcription Services. Textbooks, reference books, manuals and other printed documents needed for work, school or leisure may be requested. If not available from the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault, or other national sources, books are transcribed into digital audio, cassette tape or braille format by Communication Center volunteers. If you check this item, an informational packet will be mailed to you explaining the procedures for transcribing. Telephone-based news services. Two telephone-based news services supported in part by funds from the Minnesota Department of Commerce’s Telecommunication Access Minnesota (TAM) fund, are available 24 hours per day. If you pick one or both services, a staff number will call to set it up. Dial-in News. A free service providing daily and weekly Twin Cities newspapers. Using a touch-tone telephone anywhere within the Metro dialing area, you may access the Star Tribune, the St. Paul Pioneer Press and City Pages at your convenience. NFB-NEWSLINE® for the Blind. A free service providing local and national newspapers. Using a touch-tone phone, you may access the Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Duluth News Tribune, and over 300 other out-of-state and national newspapers and magazines including the Grand Forks Herald, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. For correspondence via e-mail, provide your address: E-mail address:
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