tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 27 12:57:09 1994
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KLBC: SaQum
- From: [email protected] (Lisa Stapp)
- Subject: KLBC: SaQum
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 14:54:00 -0500
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(I know what I intended to say, and tried to say... What did I
***ACTUALLY*** say?)
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Howdy y'all from Houston!
Should K.L.I. be interested in this? I *KNOW* Hol Qed is
NOT a fanzine, but not all interested folk can read
print easily...
To: ALL Refer#: NONE
Subj: FANZINE TAPING SERVICE Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
Conf: MAIN BOARD (0) Read Type: GENERAL
You've heard of Talking Books from the Library of Congress for the Blind
and Print-Handicapped Readers, right? I hand out applications for this
program on a fairly regular basis at my library.
Well, now the Fanzine Taping Service for Blind and Print-Handicapped
Readers needs you!
TO: 1) SPREAD THE WORD. If you or your friends are PRINT-HANDICAPPED
due to visual or physical impairment, etc., and want to read zines, tap
into our library. We are offering this service to individuals who are
eligible to receive recorded materials from the Library for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped through the Library of Congress and/or
Recordings for the Blind.
TO: 2) READ A ZINE OR ZINES ONTO TAPE. No special equipment or
experience required. We supply guidelines and tapes. SASE if
interested and we'll talk. No hard feelings if you then decline or tire
of taping later.
AND 3) IF YOU HOLD COPYRIGHT, PLEASE OH PLEASE GIVE US WRITTEN
PERMISSION TO RECORD YOUR ZINE(S) OR STORY(S). (New, Old, In-or-Out-OF
Print) and make them accessible to fans who are unable to read them
otherwise. The donation or loan of a copy to be used for taping would
be greatly appreciated, but is not a pre-requisite. (If you have
already taped your zine and want to retain distribution rights, we will
gladly list you in our catalog as "Also Available." Please contact us.)
Our goal is to establish a Library of master tapes which we will
duplicate upon request onto blank tapes supplied or purchased by
patrons. In this way fans who cannot read regular print can own the
tapes to read and re-read at their pleasure. This is a non-profit out
of pocket service dependent on donations for materials and operating
costs and on volunteers for operation. We are focussing on Trek and
Mixed-media zines, but will respond to interest in other TV/movie
fandoms.
Please note that to insure that this service is only used by
eligible patrons, we will be disseminating tapes in a format that will
sound like gibberish in a normal cassette player. Our tapes can only be
played on specially modified cassette players, which are provided free
by the government to Americans who are certified as unable to read
regular print. (Readers will use conventional machines to record - we
will then re-master the tapes.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Janice St. Clair, 781 Somerville Ave. #2, Somerville, MA 02143 OR
Marcia Nigro, 20 Towne House Road, Hamden, CT 06514
Print, Braille, and taped inquired welcome. Please include SASE
or appropriate return mailer. Donations of stamps and unused namebrand
90-minute cassettes are needed and will be gratefully accepted.
NOTE FROM ACCOMPANYING LETTER:
As of this printing, the taping service has received permission from 64
fan authors/editors in 18 fandoms to record their zines and stories. We
received over 45 inquiries from interested volunteers, and have received
10 audition tapes. 5 volunteers are currently taping zines for us. We
have 7 zines-on-tape ready to distribute and have several more in
progress. By [August 1993] our ad is due to appear in a national Braille
publication. We urge fans to tell us of other ways we might spread the
word. We are not in any computer nets, and would appreciate members
putting our notices on computer bulletin boards.
How about it, fellow sf readers? Can anyone re-post this message
IN ITS ENTIRETY on other sf BBSs? Remember, this re-posting is for a
very good cause!!
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