Hello, all!
Here is an updated announcement of DEC's on-line ASCII
documentation. I am using the CDROM and it's extremely
useful.
Forwarded message:
> From UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU!UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU!owner-blind-l Fri Feb 11 08:27:40 1994
> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 14:33:28 EST
> Reply-To: Computer Use by and for the Blind <BLIND-L@UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU>
> From: "Mike Paciello, VIIS: 381-1831" <paciello@SHANE.ENET.DEC.COM>
> Subject: Vision Impaired On-Line Documentation (VIOLD) from DEC!
> Comments: To: "@viold_dis" <us2rmc.bb.dec.com@us2rmc.bb.dec.com>
>
> Dear Colleague:
>
> Several months ago I announced Digital's intent to produce an exciting new
> CD-ROM product for blind and vision impaired persons. Today that product
> is now a reality called Vision Impaired On-Line Documentation or simply, VIOLD.
>
> VIOLD is a collection of current Digital product documentation in ASCII text
> format and distributed on an ISO 9660 formatted CD-ROM. The VIOLD CD-ROM
> provides platform independent access to information for our vision impaired
> customers. You can flexibly output the documentation to a braille printer,
> refreshable braille display, and DECtalk speech synthesizer!
>
> You can purchase VIOLD on a one-time basis or as a subscription (update
> service). Order VIOLD today by dialing 1-800-DIGITAL (1-800-344-4825). Once the
> voicemail operator answers, Press 1. The VIOLD part numbers to request are:
>
> VIOLD Documentation Kit: QA-2FFAA-G8
> VIOLD Consolidated Documentation Update Service: QT-2FFAA-C8
>
> If you are a customer who resides outside of the USA, please call your local
> Digital Sales office and ask for VIOLD. It is a world-wide product. Should
> you have any problems, please don't hesitate to call me personally. My number
> is located at the end of this mail.
>
> Let me assure you that you can take this CD and install it on any CD reader
> that is ISO 9660 compliant and read it using most operating systems. You have
> total accessibility to over 225 volumes of Digital Equipment computer
> reference documentation at a cost of about $1.00 per book! An absolute bargain
> for anyone! If you would like a complete description of the current VIOLD
> CD-ROM, just contact me and I'll send it to you immediately.
>
> VIOLD's list of new books is growing. Subsequent versions will include
> Alpha, RDB, OSF, and PathWorks. We will continue to update and revise the
> documentation already on VIOLD. We are looking at including PC-based
> documentation from 3rd-party vendors. Finally, we are looking to build an
> accessible cross-platform viewing engine. We would love to hear what you
> would like for us to add to this new product. Just call me.
>
> There is one favor that I'd like to request from you personally. In order
> to ensure that we are providing a product that is useful to our vision
> impaired customers, we'd like to get your response to the following questions.
> This will take less than 10 minutes of your time and I'd be personally grateful
> to hear from you. I guarantee that I will respond to your thoughts and
> questions.
>
> 1) Do you (or your institution/corporation) plan on purchasing VIOLD?
>
> 2) If you do plan to purchase it, when? (Give a time frame in months, starting
> from Feb. 1, 1994)
>
> 3) If you do not plan to purchase it, why not?
>
> 4) Whether you plan to purchase VIOLD or not, how do you think we can improve
> the product?
>
> 5) Would you like us to send you a VIOLD mailer (it's overlayed with Braille)?
>
> 6) Please provide us with your name, institution/corporation, address, and
> phone number if you would like us to call you about VIOLD!
>
> Thanks so much for taking the time to read this. Once again, we truly
> appreciate your help in making VIOLD a reality. And please, by all means spread
> the word! You are welcome to copy this mail to any other listserv or bulletin
> board system.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Michael G. Paciello
> Digital Equipment Corporation
> Program Manager
> Vision Impaired Information Services (VIIS)
> 110 Spit Brook Road
> Nashua, NH. USA 03062
> Phone: (603) 881-1831
> TDD: (603) 881-0437
> Internet: Paciello@Shane.Enet.Dec.Com
> Vice-Chair: International Committee for Accessible Document Design (ICADD)
> Member: Electronics Industries Association/Assistive Devices Division (EIA/ADD)
> Member: Project EASI
>
>
-- Mike Freeman; Amateur Radio Callsign K7UIJ Internet: mikef@pacifier.rain.com; GEnie: M.FREEMAN11 ... The most popular form of birth control is a headache!
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